Today's episode is for parents, caregivers, or anyone with children in your life who may need help with their next right thing.

Though this episode was recorded just a few days ago, a lot has changed in the world since then as our global community continues to try to slow the spread of COVID-19. I only address the pandemic for a moment at the top of the episode and then continue with the regularly scheduled conversation about helping children navigate their own decision-making posture.

Perhaps more than ever before this is a good time to talk with kids about keeping our minds on just the next right thing in front of us. Listen in.

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Today's episode is for anyone who has let something go and is now considering what it might look like to re-invite that thing back into your life in a new way. If you've been thinking about returning to something you left behind but aren't sure where to start, listen in.

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Weighing our options is important. But overthinking options and possibilities can keep us from actually making a decision. It's possible to be so distracted looking at the wall that we spend all our time there and we forget where we're going and why we're on the road in the first place. Here's a 10 minute reminder to keep your eyes on the road.

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In our last episode, I talked about the HALT method and how using that can help when we have big decisions to make. In summary, try to avoid making big decisions when you're hungry, angry, lonely, or tired. Instead, do the next right thing - eat, breathe, find a friend, or go to bed

Today I've come up with another acronym to help us consider other states of being that could skew our ability to think clearly about decisions: FOGI (pronounced foggy - Are you annoyed with me yet? Hang in there!)

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If you're listening to this episode and you're well-rested, well-fed, clear-headed, at peace, happy, even-tempered, and feeling basically great about life then this episode might not be for you today.

For the rest of us? The halt method could save us from making decisions more complicated than they need to be simply by asking these four simple questions. Listen in.

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In my letter to my readers last week I mentioned some loneliness I've been experiencing lately and a reader wrote back and asked me to share more about that.

My first response in my head was a sharp no way but then my second thought was maybe. And the ellipses that follow that maybe? Is today's episode.

When we're feeling lonely, what's our next right thing? I can't say I really have answers to that question, but I do have words and I do have stories and sometimes when you're feeling lonely, words and stories land better than answers anyway.

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As I pay attention to my own life and the life of people around me, I've come to the conclusion that we can trace a lot of our anxiety, stress, and feelings of overwhelm back to a single or a series of unmade decisions. It's not always because we are putting those decisions off. Sometimes It's because we don't even realize we're carrying them.

Today's episode is a simple practice in uncovering decisions that need to be made and doing the next right thing to make them. Listen in.

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A lot of what we talk about here isn't necessarily about the specific decision you're holding like which job to say yes to or whether or not you ought to marry that person. Instead, we talk a lot about mindset, posture, and cultivating a listening way of life so that when tough decisions come our way, we're better equipped to move through them.

Today I'll share two words we can eliminate from our vocabulary, especially when we're talking about our roles, our work, or the roles and work of others. Listen in.

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We all want to make our choices with wisdom, courage, and discernment. Today we come back home to one of the most foundational truths I hold on to when making decisions. On the surface it may not sound like it has to do with decision making at all. But these six words from Dallas Willard have changed the way I make decisions.

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Since adults make over 35,000 decisions every single day, it's no wonder that this idea of doing the next right thing feels like such a relief. But there are also times when doing the next right thing doesn't seem like enough.

Maybe you've been practicing this simple discipline for a while now and still, it's not leading to where you thought it would lead or bringing results you hoped to see by now.

If you can relate, listen in.

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