Source: Dumb Little Man
The pressure to find happiness can lead to a sense of inadequacy and disappointment.
In fact, the pressure to be happy can make you unhappy.
Instead of forcing yourself, try Ikigai. It can get you out of bed in the morning.
In the culture of Okinawa, Japan, Ikigai (pronounced “eye-ka-guy”) roughly translates to “reason for being.
”In a 7-year study involving about 43,000 adults, it was found that those adults who were able to find their Ikigai were alive 7 years after the study.
This was even after taking other factors, like diseases, into account.
Ikigai is similar to “happiness”.
The difference is that even if you are miserable now but have a goal in mind, you may still feel Ikigai.
Have you ever been so absorbed in doing something that you forget to drink and eat?
What were you doing?
You may find your Ikigai in those moments.
If you can find out what you are good at, what you can be paid for, what the world needs and what you absolutely love doing, then you have your Ikigai.
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