I divide my time between software coding and design/strategy meetings, and I can tell you I'd sure enjoy a few days of ditchdigging or baling hay to put my brain on ice! I find mental labor more exhausting than physical.
Sorry for the tangent, folks.
I find mental labor more exhausting than physical. The point is, all work is work. Professional condescension toward physical labor is as erroneous as the laborer's belittling of professional work. (I'm speaking in general, not implying you are condescending.)