{"id":57473,"date":"2019-05-15T06:31:28","date_gmt":"2019-05-15T06:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xenodochial-archimedes.45-76-20-142.plesk.page\/2019x105x1the-next-right-thing-book-review\/"},"modified":"2022-11-29T17:54:31","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T17:54:31","slug":"the-next-right-thing-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/2019\/05\/the-next-right-thing-book-review.html","title":{"rendered":"The Next Right Thing by Emily P. Freeman: Book Review – Mrs. Bishop"},"content":{"rendered":"

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*I received The Next Right Thing book from Revell in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. This post contains affiliate links.*<\/em><\/p>\n

The Next Right Thing: A Simple, Soulful Practice for Making Life Decisions by Emily P. Freeman<\/a> came to me at the best<\/em> time in my life. A juncture in which I am struggling to make important decisions about my future, work wise and in my life- as a mother, leader, and friend. A quote from the book sums up exactly what I\u2019m going through right now- <\/p>\n

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\u201cWhen you catch a tiny glimpse of the future, be sure not to smother it with your own agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Is anyone else guilty of this? I mean I am the queen<\/strong> of this. The control freak, keep it all together, do NOT ask for help so help me God\u2014the WORST. I am so guilty of taking charge and not being willing to wait. I get an idea and want to implement it right away. I want to do it all<\/em>. Juggle ALL the things. But, unfortunately- and also fortunately, that\u2019s not how life works. <\/p>\n

On the other hand- I also deeply struggle with really asking myself if this is MY decision or if I am letting fear, pressure, or anything else force it upon me. Freeman really knocks it out of the park when she says,<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe sad thing is many of us move through our entire lives not knowing what we want before, during, or after a decision. As a result, we live our lives as a shadow of our true selves, not fully knowing who we are and, in turn, who God is in us.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Knowing who WE are, what we want, who GOD is and what He wants to do in our lives, is a huge part of the decision making process. And one that I don\u2019t always take into consideration when I\u2019m trying to come to a conclusion. This is a major focus of this book- and Freeman really gives us the tools to help us reach these decisions. But, she does it in such a gentle way. Not forcing more work on our shoulders- but allowing us to make up our minds without so much pressure.<\/p>\n

Fear<\/h4>\n

I love that she also acknowledges fear, and how we allow it to affect our decision making processes. Sometimes forcing us out of doing something- or even the opposite, forcing us into doing something because we\u2019re afraid of what will happen when we don\u2019t. But, she also reminds us to let that fear know- hey we see and acknowledge you- but that fear doesn\u2019t get the final say.<\/em> That\u2019s up to us!<\/p>\n

Just Say No<\/h4>\n

I\u2019m also working on finding a \u2018No Mentor\u2019 thanks to her guidance- someone who is willing to give you the final push into saying \u201cno\u201d when you know that it\u2019s the right decision, but you\u2019re hesitant to make the jump. We need encouragers in our journey, but also people who can hold our hands and remind us that maybe we need to put on the breaks.<\/p>\n

Our Next Right Thing<\/h4>\n

Ultimately when we\u2019re trying to decide on the next right thing in our life- we really need to \u201ccome home to ourselves.\u201d Because-<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhat if your next right thing is to settle in right where you are and come back home to yourself? Sound strange? Consider this: the only person you\u2019re guaranteed to be with every day of your life is you. It doesn\u2019t get much more home than that. So maybe it\u2019s time to make some peace.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This book has really helped me to take a step back and really give my decisions a moment to sink in before I make my final say. To ask myself, is this what I want? What God wants? What\u2019s best in the present\/ the future? I\u2019ll sum it up with my favorite quote from the book,<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt doesn\u2019t always matter which road you choose. What matters is God is with you.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Truth. When I\u2019m struggling on deciding my next right thing, that\u2019s really the only truth I need.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re having a hard time making a tough decision or struggling with finding your next right thing, this book is definitely worth the read. I don\u2019t recommend binge-reading it in one sitting. I really enjoyed taking my time and highlighting important parts that I can turn to when another big decision comes my way. If this sounds like some advice that you also need, I hope you\u2019ll give it a read.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you’re having a hard time making a tough decision or struggling with finding your next right thing, this book is definitely worth the read.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":59204,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-books","category-uncategorized","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57473\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}