I'm Emily P. Freeman and welcome to The Next Right Thing. You're listening to Episode 372.

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, work, and life.

Today I'm exploring one of the things I crave that has nothing to do with food, a desire

for space, body, mind, and soul.

Here are some ways clearing space is helping me in my decision-making life.

Listen in.

So I've been seeing those ads on Instagram lately asking me if I feel dissatisfied with my fashion

and telling me if the answer is yes, then the problem is likely that I'm not dressing for my archetype,

which I have no idea what that means. I've also been fed quizzes to see where in the world I'm supposed to live based on my

personality, something to do with latitude or the stars or the tides or something I do not know.

Now, before you think that I'm blaming Instagram for these ads, I do realize the algorithm is not

telling me about Instagram. It's telling me about me.

Clearly, it is picking up on the fact that I have been looking at things having to do with clothes

and fashion and other things having to do with beautiful places and cities in the world,

really any kind of content that will serve as a counterweight to the current stream of bad news in the headlines. By the way,

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