I'm Emily P. Freeman and welcome to The Next Right Thing. You're listening to episode 337.

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 and life.

Today we'll begin to answer the question,

how can we practically integrate quiet

into our everyday lives?

And why would we want to?

Listen in.

Most of the

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most of us most of us know that when our lives are full and we have a lot going on it can

be hard to find the space we need to make those bigger decisions that require

more time and focus.

But hustle and busyness isn't the only thing that gets in our way.

It's possible to live alone and have lots of white space in your schedule and still avoid silence and solitude.

A busy life doesn't automatically indicate a non-reflective life, any more than a slower life indicates the opposite.

No matter your current season.

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