Old sewing machines were powered with pedals.
Similarly: lathes, potter's wheels.
Hard work.
Modern ones: you plug them into the power supply.
When things feel an effort, it's because I'm not plugged in.
What is the solution?
Plug into the Power Supply not just in Step Eleven time but all the time: talk to God constantly and claim that God is directing you and giving you strength in every single specific task and situation.
Read Norman Vincent Peale, Emmet Fox, and Ernest Holmes.