Does anyone else feel creatively limited with the grid on?

When I have the grid on, I feel like I automatically default to using the rule of thirds, whether I want to or not. It feels like I'm taking a formulaic approach to composition, rather than composing something in a more "organic" matter.

I think I'm going to keep the grid off moving forward. I've tried just ignoring it, but it doesn't feel like I can. I'm not sure how to accurately describe it, but it feels like I'm not seeing the photo itself while I'm composing, but seeing the composition's relationship to the grid, and I can't look completely past the lines. Like I'm not seeing the forest for the trees. And I'm only really feeling and observing the composition afterward, rather than both during the composition process and after.

And if I do want to use the rule of thirds, I feel like I can just eyeball it well enough anyway. To test my skill with this, I took a few dozen pairs of identical shots, the first photo without the grid and the second with, and aligning the subject on the same line/intersection. I was able to either nail it or get very close anyway.

Just wanted to see how many others feel this way?