Periagoge
Problem
Toward Joy

Enjoy Your Life Again

Nasguide
The Pattern

You've become very good at the serious parts of life. At some point you decided joy was a reward for completing everything else. Everything else never completes. The joy has been deferred indefinitely.

What Mastery Looks Like

The capacity to experience genuine delight and play

Helpful guides
Nas
Play & Joy
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 Nas. When you’re ready to work through it, Nas can help you find the path — or ask Peri where to start.
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