The anti-work anarchist solution is to abolish work either through productive play or automation. Productive play is the process of turning certain tasks into play. Abolishing work does not mean doing nothing. It means creating a new way of life, a ludic existence. Automation could also play a role and work could be abolished through the automation of all dirty, dull and dangerous tasks. I personally think automation is extremely important for abolishing work. Everything mundane, from cleaning toilets to mining should be automated. This would finally free us from toil and allow us to truly live spontaneously. However, while I think automation is extremely important, in and of itself it is not sufficient. Many of today’s tasks exist for the sake of work, or even worse reinforce bureaucracy. This by definition acts in the interest of power, hierarchy and authority. More specifically the state and capitalism. These tasks should obviously be abolished. Additionally remaining tasks should be transformed into productive play.
Most people would agree this is desirable. But I think the meat of these issues is the principles we adopt in view of the task of "automating" and "abolishing work"...
My concern is that anti-work thinking can lead to Marxist-style errors where we put all our hopes and emphasis on centralization, technologization and automation in hopes of being liberated after capitalism plays out. How, outside of a statist/technological context, do we go about eliminating "mundane jobs"?
I personally tend to think that (short of post-scarcity and/or automation) an anarchist society would be characterized by either balanced job complexes or greater remuneration for repugnant labor. I worry that if we put too much emphasis on anarchism/socialism eliminating repugnant labor, then we risk falling into the Marxist error of waiting for history to resolve itself (and thus being a passive supporter of capitalist trends) rather than endeavoring to implement just economic relationships in the here and now.
That's not to say i don't sympthathize with your ideals and values (I do), I'm just skeptical of anarcho-communist visions that assume post-scarcity or automation is around the corner.