I'm Emily P. Freeman, and welcome to the next right thing. You're listening to Episode 348.

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

workshop leader. I live in 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.

At the end of every year, I write down a list of what worked and what did not work that year.

In the same way that we had to

Barbara Brown Taylor for the question, what's saving my life right now? I always give a

nod to Ann Bogle for the question, what worked this year. Of course, I know she's not the

only one to ask it, but it was her list many, many years ago that inspired me to make my own.

And so the way I like to do this particular reflection is I like to share my list of things

that worked for me in various categories this year here on the podcast, as well as maybe

a couple of resources for you as you consider making your own list.

But for the record, I also share my list of what did not work. But I make

that one just slightly more difficult to get your hands on because I don't know what didn't

work sometimes reveals things about myself that I'm still working on. But I do share that

honestly in my monthly letter. So if you want to get in on that one, I send it out on the last day of the month.

So it goes out today. You can sign up for it at Emily pfremon.com slash letter. And if you're

already signed up, well, you can look forward to what did not work for me this year showing up in

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