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

You're listening to episode 260.

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 also distracting hum of

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

It's so great to be back. I did a lot of great valuable deep work during this month.

I got to spend some good time with my family, but now I'm so happy to be back in your ears again

with some weekly thoughts and perspective on those decisions in your life, the big ones and the

small ones, and the ones that you might not even be able to articulate yet.

With this first episode of the year, I wanted to give you a starter pack of sorts,

episodes to turn to for particular situations, especially for those of you who might be new here,

and who would like to be pointed in the right direction for some really helpful,

actionable decision-making content. So in this episode, I'm going to share three episodes for

when you feel stuck, three for decision-making with other people, and three that will share some

really helpful next right thing resources. Listen in.

When we have a decision to make, what we want more than anything is an answer, or at least a

nudge in the right direction. If someone would just tell us what to do, we would be so grateful,

and we would never ask for anything again, please, and thank you, but you know that's not actually

usually ever what we get. Instead, we work really hard, and we can get twisted up because we want

so desperately to make the right decision. I consider a big part of both my personal work,

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