What's your ikigai?
Source: https://www.mindful-company.com/blogs/notebook/whats-your-ikigai In the Western definition of ikigai , the venn diagram breaks down the Japanese term into four spheres: what you love, what you’re good at, what the world needs and what you can be paid for. Where all four spheres overlap, you find your ikigai . But if it’s a little too complicated (or specific) for you, no matter. To the Japanese, ikigai is more fluid and rooted in the everyday. Here are 5 ways ikigai has been described by the Japanese. 1. Income (or work) may not play a factor in one’s ikigai at all. In a 2010 survey of 2000 Japanese, only 31% considered work their ikigai . 2. In the book About Ikigai (1966), Mieko Kamiya describes ikigai as w hat allows one to move forward even if the present feels dark . In other words, it’s about knowing (and holding on to) what makes your life worth living . To some, their ikigai may be their children or friends. To others, a hobby. 3. Clinic...