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

You're listening to episode 288.

This is a podcast about making decisions, but it's 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

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

These questions, why do I feel so exhausted?

How can I remain a sole minimalist while having a maxed out schedule?

Does our soul have rules?

And if so, what the heck are they?

And how can knowing them help us in our next right thing?

This is not a conversation about pitting your schedule against your soul, but it is to

elevate our awareness that trying to tackle soul things with a scheduler's mindset will

almost always lead to frustration, disappointment, and exhaustion.

Listen in.

The soul and the schedule don't follow the same rules.

I've said this for years and people tend to understand intuitively what I mean by it,

but it seems worth an episode to define our terms and flush out a little bit more for

us what that means in our daily lives, specifically because an unawareness of this principle impacts

our ability to make clear decisions, specifically when it comes to feelings of burnout and exhaustion.

Our physical exhaustion could be evidence of a million things, a two full schedule, a

lack of sleep, high stress, stage of life, you know the whole list.

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