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Work and Play with Nancy Ray

203 - Small Play

Work and Play with Nancy Ray

Nancy Ray

Entrepreneurship, Business, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9683 Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

So we all know that play is such an important part of our lives. It's easy to talk about work all the time, and it's a little bit more difficult as we get older to talk about play and incorporate play into our lives. But what I found out is it's so important to do it in small ways every day. If you can incorporate small play into your life on a daily basis, it really makes your lives and your work that much better. And that is what we are talking about in today's episode. 

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0:00.0

So we all know that play is such an important part of our lives. It's easy to talk about work

0:04.3

all the time. And it's a little bit more difficult as we get older to talk about play and

0:09.5

incorporate play into our lives. But what I found out is it's so important to do it in small

0:15.2

ways every day. If you can incorporate small play into your life on a daily basis, it really makes your

0:23.1

lives and your work that much better. And that is what we are talking about in today's episode.

0:34.1

You're listening to Work and Play with Nancy Ray, episode 203.

0:39.5

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

0:44.4

This is where our life and our legacy takes place.

0:47.5

This is a podcast all about learning to work and play well,

0:50.4

which leads to a healthy soul and a fulfilling life.

0:54.1

Listen in.

0:59.0

So I want to start this episode just by reminding you the different aspects of play and what it does for us.

1:15.1

It's so easy to talk about work and how to have a more productive day or how to organize our time around work and get the most out of work. And I'm here

1:20.4

for that. I love that. I, y'all know, I'm a three on the Enneagram. I love to achieve. I love to be

1:25.6

efficient, productive with my work in my home,

1:28.8

with my work outside the home. You know, if I'm cleaning out the kids' drawers, it doesn't matter

1:34.0

what kind of work I'm doing. I want it to be done well. But there's an aspect of our lives

1:39.6

that brings so much fulfillment and so much joy that we can neglect so easily if we just focus

1:46.8

on work all the time. And that's playing. And it's so important, I'm just going to get this out of the

1:51.4

way, it's so important to plan a vacation and to even plan a really fun outing, to go to a concert,

1:58.7

to see a movie, to go to the beach for a day, to spend an afternoon

2:05.5

doing something fun. But that's not what I'm talking about today. I'm not talking about

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