Great comment. I would like to add that there is a world of difference between drudgery of tactile work and drudgery in office work. Tactile work is more engag

Great comment. I would like to add that there is a world of difference between drudgery of tactile work and drudgery in office work. Tactile work is more engaging and less stressful. It does not require constant multitasking or context switching. You concentrate. You also build up a certain skill at it, which allows you to feel good about what you're doing. (I.e. you go from just making nails to making good mails quickly.) In many ways I find low-level manual tasks to feel more like "creative" office work.