Use attribute casting on the activity data

app/Entities/Users/Activity.php

@@ -9,4 +9,8 @@ class Activity extends Model
     protected $table = 'user_activities';
 
     protected $fillable = ['type', 'parent_id', 'user_id', 'object_id', 'object_type', 'data'];
+
+    protected $casts = [
+        'data' => 'array',
+    ];
 }

app/Listeners/Jobs/LogJobUpdateActivity.php

@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ class LogJobUpdateActivity
             'user_id'     => auth()->id(),
             'object_id'   => $job->id,
             'object_type' => 'jobs',
-            'data'        => json_encode([
+            'data'        => [
                 'before' => $this->getBeforeValues($originalJob, $attributeKeys),
                 'after'  => $this->getAfterValues($job->toArray(), $attributeKeys),
                 'notes'  => null,
-            ]),
+            ],
         ];
 
         Activity::create($activityEntry);

app/Listeners/Projects/LogProjectJobDeletionActivity.php

@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ class LogProjectJobDeletionActivity
             'user_id'     => auth()->id(),
             'object_id'   => $projectId,
             'object_type' => 'projects',
-            'data'        => json_encode([
+            'data'        => [
                 'name'        => $job->name,
                 'description' => $job->description,
                 'price'       => $job->price,
-            ]),
+            ],
         ];
 
         Activity::create($activityEntry);

app/Listeners/Projects/LogProjectUpdateActivity.php

@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ class LogProjectUpdateActivity
             'user_id'     => auth()->id(),
             'object_id'   => $project->id,
             'object_type' => 'projects',
-            'data'        => json_encode([
+            'data'        => [
                 'before' => $this->getBeforeValues($originalProject, $attributeKeys),
                 'after'  => $this->getAfterValues($project->toArray(), $attributeKeys),
                 'notes'  => null,
-            ]),
+            ],
         ];
 
         Activity::create($activityEntry);