Ikigai—finding your life purpose every day

Suggestions for finding your own reasons for leaping forth with a mighty zeal every morning, from https://www.elle.com/uk/life-and-culture/culture/a19592569/ikigai-japanese-purpose-lifestyle-trend/

Ken Mogi suggests starting with the 5 pillars

• start small
• accept yourself
• connect with the world around you (through other people and the environment)
• seek out small joys
• be in the here and now

Then ask yourself these 4 questions

1. What do I love?
2. What am I good at?
3. What can I be paid for now — or something that could transform into my future hustle?
4. What does the world need?

Héctor García and Francesc Miralles suggest in their book Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life

1. Stay active and don’t retire
2. Leave urgency behind and adopt a slower pace of life
3. Only eat until you are 80 per cent full
4. Surround yourself with good friends
5. Get in shape through daily, gentle exercise
6. Smile and acknowledge people around you
7. Reconnect with nature
8. Give thanks to anything that brightens our day and makes us feel alive
9. Live in the moment
10. Follow your ikigai