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

You're listening to episode 196.

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

Today, we're going to talk about a commonly made list that comes up when we talk about

decision making, either decisions that we need to make for ourselves or we often recommend

this list to others.

You know it well, I'm sure it's the pros and cons list.

Listen in.

This is the time of year where I'm nostalgic for shows that seem to either be set in the

fall or that I tend to watch in the fall.

And one of those shows is Gilmore Girls.

Well, there's an episode where Rory has to decide which college that she wants to go to.

And it's the episode I always think of when I'm thinking about a pro con or a pros and cons

list.

In the episode, which is by the way for the fans, that's season three, episode 17, a

tale of pose and fire.

But Rory makes a three pro con list, one for Harvard, one for Princeton, and one for Yale,

and the math life, right?

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