[Eric Roosevelt]

I agree to an extent. It's silly to make things harder for yourself than they need to be. Most everyday tasks are quite easy once you get the hang of them. But I wouldn't go so far as saying that hard work doesn't exist, at least if hard means "difficult", and if work simply means an effort to accomplish something. Difficult accomplishments certainly exist. In fact, if you don't ever do things that are slightly more difficult than what you think you can accomplish, then you're unlikely to grow.