Rooted in reflection, The Next Right Thing Guided Journal is a companion for life-giving decision making. Designed for weekly, monthly and seasonal reflection over 12-months time, readers can begin this journal any month of the year.
About The Journal
When we have a decision to make, what we want more than anything is peace, clarity, and a nudge in the right direction. If you have trouble making decisions because of either chronic hesitation or decision fatigue, Emily P. Freeman offers a fresh way of practicing familiar but often forgotten advice: do the next right thing.
After the release of The Next Right Thing book in 2019, this journal is a resource designed to help you personalize the decision-making practices from the book..
With seasonal and monthly pages of insightful questions, personal lists, and guided decision-making techniques, this journal will help you to:
- clear the decision-making chaos
- quiet your fear of choosing wrong
- find the courage to finally decide without regret or second-guessing
Whether you’re in the midst of a major life transition or are weary of the low-grade anxiety that daily life can bring, you need a little space for your soul to breathe so you can discern your next right thing in love.
The Podcast
The resource that started it all, Emily’s weekly podcast offers a story, a prayer, and a simple next right step in less than 15 minutes.
The Book
A national bestseller, this book is for the chronically hesitant or anyone struggling with decision fatigue.
The Journal
A 12-month decision-making companion to personalize the simple, soulful practices from The Next Right Thing.
Meet Emily.
Emily P. Freeman is the New York Times bestselling author of How to Walk into a Room: The Art of Knowing When to Stay and When to Walk Away. As a spiritual director, podcast host of The Next Right Thing, and creator of The Soul Minimalist on Substack, hers has become a trustworthy voice of wisdom and direction for people as they make decisions in faith, work, and life. Emily holds a master’s degree in Christian Spiritual Formation and Leadership from Friends University where she serves as a residency lecturer.
She and her husband, John, live in North Carolina where they are enjoying a newly empty nest with their three young adult children away at college.



