I'm Emily P. Freeman and welcome to The Next Right Thing. You're listening to Episode 2.79.

This is a podcast about making decisions, but it's also about making a life. If you struggle with

decision fatigue, with 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. Today's episode is fun and collaborative,

as I'll be sharing some of my favorite summertime decisions and then we'll get to hear from you.

By the way, thank you to everyone who sent in a voice memo. I absolutely loved hearing from you.

We tried to squeeze in as many as we could, but we couldn't get to all of them. But no matter what,

I did listen to all of them, and I am so grateful just to hear your voices. It's so fun. So that's coming

in this episode. And so if you're already feeling like you're in a summertime rut, I hope these

ideas will help if you find you need a little extra inspiration heading into summer. Listen in.

Whenever I talk about seasonal things, I like to mention briefly that I, of course, talk in a purely northern hemisphere accent.

With apologies to those of you listening in the southern hemisphere, I'm sure you're used to that by now, but thank you for listening.

If you are one who lives below the equator, for those of us who are above,

I'll say June is my favorite summertime month, but it may also come with a bit of pressure

to make the most out of the summer. So today, I want to try to help you create a summer

to the extent that we are able to create our own summers that will make your life, let's say,

5% more enjoyable this year, no matter who you are, who you're with, where you are, or what

your summer circumstance might be. And so first, I'll share three of my favorite decisions

that I make in the summertime. And by the way, these are three pretty much free things.

I try to be mindful of that. Like, you know, sure, it'd be great if we could all go to Paris, but

that's not on my list this year. But here are three free decisions that I have made this summer

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