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So You Want to Learn to Play Mahjong

It's not as intimidating as it looks!

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Emily Ley
Sep 24, 2025
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Emily here to talk about my new favorite hobby, teaching you, and wishing we could all play together. Lately, our team has been so inspired by analog hobbies—the kinds of things that pull us away from screens and put something real in our hands. It feels so in line with the heart of what we do at Simplified: planning on paper. The digital world has its perks, but paper and analog practices are classic to us—something we’ll treasure forever. And that brings me to Mahjong, which has quickly become my unexpected doorway into this joy.

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