Periagoge
Problem
Toward Craftsmanship

Set Better Work Boundaries

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The Pattern

The boundary between work and everything else is not really a scheduling problem. It's a belief problem — specifically, a belief about your worth and what you have to demonstrate to be enough.

What Mastery Looks Like

An examined relationship with work that is sustainable and meaning-bearing

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