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

You're listening to episode 272.

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.

Today's conversation is something I've never talked about here before,

but it comes around every single year.

It's your birthday.

How can we approach our birthday like a sole minimalist?

And why would we want to?

Well, birthdays can be fun and lovely,

but also sometimes a source of our own chronic hesitation or decision fatigue.

And this can add stress because we want to enjoy it or celebrate it,

but we also may wonder how can we do that well as grownups?

Well, here's an episode to help you answer that question.

Listen in.

Well, it's my birthday week,

so it seemed appropriate to release a birthday episode for all of us

about how to celebrate like a sole minimalist.

Now, do not confuse this with how to have a minimalist birthday.

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