I'm Emily P. Freeman and welcome to the next right thing. You're listening to Episode 3.64.

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 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 in work

and in life. Today, I'm so glad to talk with bookstore owner and brand new author, Annie B. Jones.

Annie owns the bookshelf, an independent bookstore in downtown Thomasville,

Georgia, and she's the host of From the Front Porch, the store's conversational podcast about

books, small business, and life in the South. Annie talks about books, sells books, and now

she's written one of her own. It's called Ordinary Time, Lessons Learned While Staying Put,

and it releases into the world on this very day, April 22nd. Annie challenges the idea that

loud lives are the ones that matter most and reminds us that we don't have to leave the lives we

have in order to have the lives of which we've

always dreamed. Not only do I commend this book to you, I also wrote the foreword, where I talk

even more about my admiration for both Annie as a person and as a writer. Today we're going to get

into what could be magical about a quiet, ordinary life.

I hope you'll listen in.

Annie B. Jones, welcome to the next right thing.

Hi, Emily.

Thank you so much for having me. I'm so excited to be here. Well, I'm thrilled to have you.

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