What is Ikigai?
What does Ikigai actually means? Do you consciously take time to consider your happiness? Do minor things make you smile? Do you believe that you have a reason for living, something that motivates you to persist even in difficult circumstances? You're on the right track if you said "yes" to these questions and already have an ikigai. If not, perhaps it's time to start implementing it into your everyday life. Where does this word come from? I am pretty sure that a lot of people at least once heard this word in their life. But how many of us know what it is? The word Ikigai formed by combining two Japaneese words, iki which means "life"or "alive" and gai, meaning "benefit" or "worth". This concept refers to one's purpose in life or reason for being. Let's examine this "diagram" in more detail to gain a better grasp of it: As you can see, it consists of four overlapping circles, each set of circles come together ...