If you want to do an easy residency, then you just waste your time and "money" (considered as lost opportunity of $65,000; getting $35,000-stifend instead of $100,000 salary).
Residency helps train you to be a competent clinical pharmacist. You are able to do many different things as a good clinical pharmacist does everyday. Yes, there are many deadlines to meet but you will learn to manage your time efficiently. If you think you can devote most of your time and effort for the residency, then you should do it. Otherwise, it is just another year of frustration for you. Doing residency is not for fun, though, believe me. Take your final clinical year in pharmacy school and double or triple up the workload; at least it gives you an idea of how busy the residency is.
Please tell me a pharmacy resident who could say that he/she is NOT burnt out. If that resident says so, he/she is lying. It is TRUE that you will have a "busy, stressful year no matter which way you look at it". Some hospitals, not the VA though, require their residents to staff at least 32 hours a month. Go figure! How many weekends?