 You know, St. Paul exhorts us in one of our letters, work always not as if we're working for a merely human master, but as if we're working for a divine master in the service of God. So I think to say a little prayer, very brief prayer, before we undertake any activity, both to remind ourselves of that and to implore God's assistance and grace. A key to being able to do this is to set aside a certain amount of time for holy solitude, literally for doing nothing, but being in the company of God. This might be only five or ten minutes each day, but it makes such a huge difference, I think, in keeping the right balance. So not to let our tasks master us, but to remain in mastery of everything that we do, making it an offering to God, knowing that God sometimes asks a lot of us, but he will never ask more than we can possibly do.