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

You're listening to episode 203.

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.

The last several weeks, more and more of you have been messaging me to ask if we're doing

another edition of the Quiet Collection for Christmas this year.

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Every year, around this time, I choose a book to read from during the Advent season.

One year I made the mistake of not choosing it all, and I felt scattered the entire month,

trying to piece together meaningful and reflective readings from a variety of sources in order

to help set my mind for the season.

I wanted to remember the why beneath all the activity.

While I was grateful to have so many resources to choose from, my mistake was trying to

read a little bit from all of them instead of just picking one.

In the spirit of deciding once one of my favorite principles from my dear friend, the lazy

genius, I now know to choose just one advent type of reading for the season and stick with

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