I agree that would be ideal. I suppose though, that the people capable of doing that are usually monks or people who live a life that allows them to be like monks. (How blessed they are.) I have lots of cleaning to do after two kids, six cats, and a German shepherd, and plenty of work to get done aside from that. I have the mending, the cleaning, the cooking, the teaching, the caretaking... My hands are full and by the end of it I might get maybe a half hour of rest and prayer to myself and sometimes I just fall asleep from exhaustion.
I would suspect, too, that in Biblical times, it was even more difficult without modern day conveniences. I still have to make bread from scratch and wash the clothes by hand 3-4 times a week. These things take a long time.
Genesis 3:17
To Adam he said, "Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, 'You must not eat from it,' "Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat food from it all the days of your life."
He made us busy.