Benedictine monks, along with many other Christians practice lectio divina, or holy reading. They prayerfully reflect on a word, a phrase, a passage from the Holy Scriptures or other spiritual material. If you're new to the Scriptures, consider starting with St. Mark's Gospel, the shortest of the four gospels and likely the first. Make your work your offering to God. Whether it's writing a legal brief, teaching a class, treating a patient, taking your child to piano lesson or preparing dinner, ask God to use your labor as a blessing to you and to those who will be recipients of it.
Recreation helps restore our bodies, minds and souls.
The book of Genesis says that on the seventh day God rested from the work of creation and commanded a sabbath. My family and I spend a few evenings each week reading together in the living room. My daughter and I sometimes sit in the garden and take up our watercolors to paint the beauty around us.