Hi, and welcome to Jesus Over Everything, a five-day-a-week variety show that mixes encouragement,

the Bible, practical how-toes, and fantastic guests for the listener on the go.

I'm Lisa Whittle, and I welcome you to just five minutes with me, which I trust and pray

will be five minutes well-spin. Happy Friday, friends. Well, if you listen to Tuesday and

Wednesday shows, and really Monday as well, you've gotten a large dose of good information about decision making.

Emily P. Freeman's book, The Next Right Thing, is really a masterclass in things to keep and throw out in your decision-making journey.

But today I thought I might just let you into my own headspace and tell you what has most often hindered me in my own next right step journey.

Since we're all much more like than what we think, I suspect you might relate.

You ready?

Let's go.

So the five biggest hindrances in taking next right steps for me have often looked like this see if you

relate to any of them which obviously the purpose of let's not do these things anymore okay

number one overthinking i admit i'm a chronic overthinker i can be this is a a bit of the

curse of a creative and also maybe sort of a female trait to a degree I think

but can go with males or females I think but regardless I do tend to overthink and while I do

believe we need to be wise and methodical in our decisions obviously we can become paralyzed at

times with chronic overthinking. I have for sure.

And then do nothing. This is not helpful at all. Overthinking can really hinder doing the next right thing,

which I think is why Emily's book is super helpful, because it takes some of that intimidation out

for us about decision making. Really, just take the next step. Number two, overreacting. This is a

hindrance in that next right step. On the flip side of overthinking is overreacting. Now,

this is often also a personality trait. Some of us take longer to process and some of us are

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