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

392. This is a podcast about making decisions, but it's 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 in life.

It's the last episode of our regular season, but do not worry.

We may pop in with a bonus episode in the next few weeks.

Stay tuned.

And we'll definitely be back in late June to begin Psalm Summer.

But before I sign off, I want to leave you with the heart of why I do what I do.

And what I believe is the most important thing to remember when we have decisions to make.

Listen in. In the early fall of 2022, we packed up our cars and headed west to drop off one twin in the western North Carolina Mountains,

only to turn around and drop off our other twin in Winston-Salem at the School of the Arts.

Both of them were beginning their freshman years of college for the first time living apart.

It was an exciting day, a slightly emotional one, as you can imagine.

It was a day that marked a lot of endings and a lot of beginnings.

Now, one of the twins still has a year to go before graduation.

There was a major change. There's student teaching. She had a minor to complete. But four days

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