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

You're listening to episode 209.

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 discerning your next right thing.

What do you do when you feel like your life

hasn't turned out the way you thought it would,

or the way you wanted it to?

How do you keep going in the face

of personal or vocational disappointment?

Well, my guest today has spent a lot of time

not only thinking his way through the answer to that question,

but he's lived his way through it

and has brought us along through his own stories,

questions, humor, compelling art,

and now his brand new book, Say Yes.

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