Every once in a while, us moms find ourselves in a very perplexing situation.

We have an unexpected hour of time, and we have no idea what to do with ourselves.

Today, we're going to get a game plan.

You're listening to Work and Play with Nancy Ray, episode 224.

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

Simply put, that's 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.

Okay, there's usually a weird wave of anxiety that hits me whenever I have an unexpected hour of free time.

Logically, I know I should be happy.

And I am.

Don't get me wrong.

But I'm also very anxious because I didn't see it coming.

I don't know what to do with myself because there's only 974 things on my to-do list. And I also know that I need to exercise or take a walk or do something for my physical body. And I also know that I need to spend

time with God. And good grief. An hour goes by really fast because I've already spent the first 15

minutes trying to decide what I should be doing and worrying

about my choices. And so now I'm already down to 45 minutes. I don't know if this is relatable

to anybody, but sure happens to me a lot. Well, I won't say a lot because I don't feel like I get

a ton of unexpected free hours, but it happens to me. Now, before I had kids, there was no anxiety

with unexpected free time. There was no anxiety with this blessed surprise hour or two of life.

I think it's because it feels like this rare gift, this gem of a gift, this treasure of time is something I don't usually get.

It's hard to kind of stop and think the thought, like, what do I want to do?

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