Periagoge
Problem
Toward Presence

Stop Being Busy All the Time

Laoziguide
The Pattern

Busyness is a choice. It's also often a form of avoidance — of stillness, of difficult questions, of the self that would be present if there were space. What are you not having to confront while you're busy?

What Mastery Looks Like

A deliberate, protected relationship with attention

Helpful guides
Laozi
Technology & Attention
Peri
Recognize this pattern?

Peri can help you tell whether this pattern is really the one you’re caught in, and point you toward where to start.

The Path Forward
This pattern is guided by Laozi. When you’re ready to work through it, Laozi can help you find the path — or ask Peri where to start.
Work with Laozi
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Patterns that often live alongside this one.

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Working through stop being busy all the time?

Tell Peri what you’re noticing, and start where it actually helps.