It is the first podcast episode of 2023. I'm so grateful for you. I'm so grateful that you're

listening right now, that you keep listening, and that somehow my voice has found a place in your

life. One thing's for sure. You keep me coming back. You keep me coming back to record

podcasts again and again. The fact that you're listening

keeps me coming back. And I just want to say thank you. I want to thank you. And just let you know

how grateful I am to have like-minded friends out there to connect to in this format. Now, today's

episode is going to be kind of different. It's going to be a little behind the scenes of the podcast itself where I've been, where I think I'm headed, and what you can expect for this upcoming year. It'll be short and sweet with lots of resources thrown your way, hopefully helpful ones. And I just want to give you a heads up to that I'm taking the whole month of January off.

So I'll see you back here in February.

You're listening to Work and Play with Nancy Ray, episode 179.

Much of our daily lives can be divided into two categories, work and play. Simply put,

that is where our life and our legacy take place. This is a podcast all about learning to work

and play well, which leads to a healthy soul and a fulfilling life. Let's dive in.

If Let's dive in. If you are a regular listener to work and play with Nancy Ray, you may have noticed the podcast

has been, aka I have been, a little inconsistent the last few months.

I tried to go to every other week and then we

tried to get back on the weekly bandwagon and, you know, family life with four little kids,

little childcare and the holidays just kind of threw me all into a big whirlwind. And so I

basically said, you know what? I'm just going to get the podcast episodes out

when I can get them out. And that was that the last few months. So thank you for your grace with me

as it's been a little bit crazy in my own home. But in an effort to let my yes be yes,

you can refer back to episode 171 for that and just acknowledging

I've not been able to stick with my Dependable Tuesday podcast releases. I am here to own that

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