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

You're listening to episode 225.

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 up entertainment, well you're in the right place for discerning your next right thing.

Today's episode is a response to a listener question who said, I have a rising high school

senior.

How do we even begin to think about what's next?

Great question.

I'm only a little bit ahead of you on this path as my two high school seniors graduate in

just a few weeks.

But I can share what I've learned and I hope it'll help.

Listen in.

As I record this episode, it's the beginning of May.

For parents, teachers, coaches, and students, this is a full time of year.

For those who have students graduating from high school, it's full for a lot of reasons,

both calendar ones and emotional ones.

There are so many endings, so many lasts, and so many new beginnings.

Now when I was a high school student many years ago, I was not aware of all of the potential

new beginnings that were at my fingertips.

I mean, I was vaguely aware of it.

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