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

You're listening to episode 220.

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 sometimes delightful but distracting

hum of entertainment, you're in the right place for discerning your next right thing.

Today's question, when was a time you said yes and were so glad you did?

I asked that question last week and this week, we'll share some of your answers.

Why? Well, four years ago, I said yes to writing the next right thing book.

And three years ago, this week, that book was released into the world.

So today's episode is a celebration of sorts of the book anniversary, yes,

but also of you and all of the big and small ways we're learning to discern our favorite yeses

by simply doing the next right thing and love.

One more thing I'm celebrating today, I just learned for my publisher last week

that the book has now sold over 100,000 copies.

This is a huge milestone for a book and it's the first time I've reached it after writing five books.

It's humbling to know that there are 100,000 copies of the next right thing book

in the hands of actual real human readers like you.

And I just want to say thanks.

Now let's celebrate those yeses.

Listen in.

Several years ago, I read a book by producer, screenwriter, and author,

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