Periagoge
Problem
Toward Presence

Simplify Your Life

Laoziguide
The Pattern

Complexity accumulates by default. Simplicity requires subtraction — active, deliberate removal of what doesn't serve. The question is not what to add to your life. It's what to remove.

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
Related patterns

Patterns that often live alongside this one.

Problem
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Problem
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Problem
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Problem
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Problem
Rethink Your Beliefs About Money
Problem
Stop Analyzing and Start Acting
Problem
Stop Being Busy All the Time
Problem
Stop Feeling So Overwhelmed

Working through simplify your life?

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