Funnily enough, grindy games that feel like work with limited time events make me procrastinate rather than grind to finish the event too. That said, when games become like that, it's when I quit them.
I don't even bother picking up F2P gacha games anymore, because I know they'll turn into grindy work worse than some jobs I've had, no matter how chill they start out.
Also, some cats ironically do some work if they're indoor / outdoor cats that like hunting vermin, even if they mostly play. Our neighborhood has enough stray and kept cats that everything from mice / rats to large bugs aren't a big problem anymore because they get hunted to where they basically disappear.