I'm Emily P. Freeman and welcome to The Next Right Thing. You're listening to episode 382.

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 in life.

If you're in need for a gentle inner life wellness check, this episode's for you.

Listen in. I'm going to jump right in here with five questions that you can answer today that will help to bring some quiet to the inner chaos because clearing the

clutter on the inside will almost always lead to more confident decisions on the outside.

Sometimes for questions like these, I set timers because it helps keep my hand moving and

forces me to just be honest with my first thought, rather than

try to find thoughts that feel or sound more spiritual. For some people, a timer will shut you all the way

down. If it's not helpful, don't use it. Throw it on out. But for me, it wakes me up. It gets me

moving. Your girl loves a deadline, even just a little bitty timer, do whatever helps you

be the most honest. Okay, so here are our five questions, number one. What is ending and what is

beginning? We're taking a look at our inner life and we're being honest about what is the right now

reality of our lives.

And for all of us, our right now reality is that we are always leaving rooms and finding new

ones. So take a few minutes to name what is true right now in your season, in your life,

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