Would love advice, though only roughly pregnancy related! So, while pregnant, my part-time job switched me to remote. This was great. I work a set # of hours per week and also run my own business the other hours.

Lately, I haven't been getting enough work to fill the set # of hours at my part-time job. Technically, I clock in and out (I am a salaried employee entitled to up to a certain amount per year). I can sort of log off and on whenever to do my projects; I don't have set hours, though I did promise to make myself available if needed during a certain window per day.

I complete my work fast. What do I do with the remaining time? Sometimes I just log out, losing money, so I can "free up" my time without feeling guilty, or else I end up answering emails or doing other stuff because I'm finished early.

I have always asked if anyone needs anything, checked in to see if more needs to be done, etc. Finally, I suggested that I become a contractor with a set of deliverables each week, but they said no, but they'd reduce the benchmark of hours and allow me to just fill them whenever I wanted -- so now I am basically getting paid less with a smaller window of hours, but I will still finish my work sooner than that window. I have flexibility but still feel like I don't have enough to do.

WWYD with this "free" or unused time?