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

You're listening to episode 291.

I'm an author, a spiritual director, and an occasional workshop leader.

I live in the Piedmont of North Carolina with my family, and through my work I've helped

thousands of spiritually thoughtful people overcome decision fatigue so that they can discern

their next right thing in faith, work, and life.

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the conversation about discernment and decision making for anyone who wants to move beyond

the pro-con list.

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 question, when is good enough great?

We'll talk about when perfectionism keeps us stuck.

I hope you'll listen in.

As it is with anything, it's important to define our terms, and so for our purposes today,

what I mean by perfectionism is simply that in some area of life, you have a version of

an expectation, maybe an unrealistic one, for how something should be, and it's not

matching up with your reality.

This is a gross simplified definition, and I could probably make all the arguments for

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