Less Work

It takes much less work to accomplish something if you let things - living or not - do what they want to do. Objects want to move in the direction of gravity, plants want to angle towards the sun and put out roots, animals want to seek food, water, security, and generally remain in their groups, and etc. 

So in this light, what we usually refer to as work is putting one's energy into making things do what they don't want to do, at least in terms of what our culture tends to on a mass scale. Work becomes organizing everything around you - sometimes by going against the grain of wants and expending energy to move something - so that all of its wants align with your wants. 

Once you're within a sphere of aligned wants, you're golden. For the time being.