The will is never free - it is always attached to an object, a purpose. It is simply the engine in the car - it can't steer.
When we have spiritual reading at meals, when we have the rosary at night, when we have study groups, forums, when we go out to distribute literature at meetings, or sell it on the street corners, Christ is there with us.
If you get anything creative going, then the work and play thing is the same thing, I feel.