When Something Feels Effortless  and Something Else Drains You

Have you noticed how some things just flow when you do them? You sit down to work, and before you know it, two hours have passed, and you still feel fresh. And then there are those other tasks, the ones that make you sigh before you even begin. Even if they take only twenty minutes, you feel like you’ve run a marathon.

It’s not just about liking or disliking something. It goes deeper than that.

The Bhagavad Gita, in its final chapter, speaks directly to this, not in a philosophical floaty way, but with startling practicality. Krishna says that each person is wired differently. Our nature, our temperament, our instinctive talents — all of these shape how we act, what energises us, and what exhausts us. That natural alignment is called svadharma.

Not duty in the heavy, moral sense – but the path that comes from who we are within.

The Effort We Don’t Fight

Today, everyone is reading about personality types, career alignment, purpose, mental health, burnout, work-life balance, but the Gita spoke about this ages ago. Chapter 18 doesn’t ask you to become someone else. It asks: What if your peace lies not in doing more, but in doing what is already yours to do?

Maybe you’re someone who thinks deeply and likes to work quietly. Maybe you come alive when leading. Maybe you’re a natural creator, healer, organiser, teacher, builder, writer, listener, or problem-solver. When your actions align with that inner wiring, life doesn’t feel like a tug of war.

But when you force yourself into something just because others are doing it, or because it “should” be done — that’s where the drain begins.

Krishna doesn’t say run away from your work. He says: Know which work is yours.

Why This Conversation Matters Now

We’re living in a time where people are exhausted not only from doing too much, but from doing what doesn’t belong to them. Many are successful and still restless. Others feel stuck, not because they lack talent, but because they’re spending energy in the wrong direction. The Gita doesn’t give a motivational pep talk. It gives a compass.

A Chapter That Doesn’t End — It Begins

The 18th chapter isn’t just the last part of the Gita. It’s where everything comes together — clarity, action, surrender, temperament, and the freedom that comes when you stop pretending to be someone else.

If you’ve been questioning your direction or simply curious about how to live with less resistance, this might be the right space to explore those thoughts.

Not as a follower. Not as a philosopher. Just as a human being trying to make sense of life.

And maybe that’s exactly what Krishna intended.

If something in you is tired of pushing, listen.

The Gita doesn’t ask you to escape life — it teaches you how to stop fighting with yourself.

Let that be the starting point.