Yes, but not as a daily activity for long stretches (months), so my view may be incomplete.

EDIT: Not as a job, but working for weeks, daily on a personal project.

There is absolutely no comparison between the person who has to work a manual labor job breaking their body down because it's the only way they can earn a living and the guy doing 2-3 weeks of physical labor because they have a personal project they want to finish.

I mean I can't even put into words how ridiculous this comment is.

Have you worked an office job for years on end? They aren't exactly easy on your body, or soul, either. And trades have "executive" levels as well.

I'd rather be the Plumber for a skyscraper development than the accountant for it...

Yes I have. And easy is relative. Of course my back is a little sore some days, and I've worried about carpal tunnel/RSI in the past. But if you're looking at manual labor (it's called "back breaking" for a reason), there's really no comparison.

Life is hard no matter what. We don't need to look at people who have it objectively much harder than us and say "but these florescent lights give me a headache" to try and make our lives seem harder than they are, just like we don't need to look at people who have it objectively much easier than us and say "they have so much money and free time they couldn't possibly understand how hard I have it."