I'm Emily P. Freeman and welcome to the next right thing.

You're listening to episode 142.

This is a podcast about making decisions, but also about making a life.

If you struggle with decision fatigue, chronic hesitation, or if you just need a few minutes

away from the constant stream of information and the sometimes delightful but also distracting

hum of entertainment, you're in the right place for a thoughtful story, a little prayer

and a simple next right step.

In our last episode, I shared how I'm redoing my morning routine, or maybe more accurately,

how my morning routine is undoing me, inviting me to rethink and reimagine what it means to

start my day.

When I shared this on my favorite social media, Instagram, a reader, Amy, left a comment.

She wrote, I changed my morning routine to begin with a walk.

I've never done exercise or movement as the first thing ever.

I'm amazed that it's actually generated energy and clarity for me in ways that sitting

for an hour with a drink and book hasn't.

Well, first of all, thank you, Amy, for leaving that comment.

When I read it, I realized I could deeply relate with that thought.

It paired really well with what I've been paying attention to in my own life, which is

how I often get stuck inside my head and how particularly over the last few months, this

has not served me so well.

If you have decisions to make, but feel like you're just circling around the same thoughts,

fears, ideas and possibilities, and you've been stuck inside your head, but you can't

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