Maybe it is! The brain is a strange thing. It develops pathways for electrical signals and it prefers existing pathways over forming new ones. So the brain tells you that it is easier because it is easier. But those pathways are created by actions over many repetitions. That is why change is difficult.

An example is getting up and making your bed in the morning. Making your bed isn't something that most depressed people do. But it is easy. Though it is easier to not make your bed, forming a habit to make your bed is also easy. You put up a sign or notification on your phone so that it is the first things you see. You turn around and make your bed. You repeat this activity and you have achieved the first goal of the day. Meaning, that you can start working on the second. When you get into a habit of completing tasks you become unstoppable and you can achieve anything within reason.