“I think the point is to welcome the Shabbos Malka in a relaxed and gracious manner”
Aries- I couldn’t have said it better. I think the idea is to stop doing the chores that are stressful or unpleasant, have everything ready, and then do chores that are pleasant at a relaxed pace, or take a walk or even exercise on the treadmill. Anything that will bring you into shabbos with A) a happy frame of mind and B)not preoccupied-even mentally-with the mundane. A person can’t stop himself from thinking about something he was just busy with an hour ago. You need more of a buffer so that by the time shabbos comes around it’s no longer on your mind.