Japanese Concept: "ikigai" - Reason For Being

[Kloof]

I saw this lovely graphic in my Facebook feed this morning. It's a Venn diagram that shows the intersection of "what you love," "what you are good at," "what the world need," and "what you can be paid for." The intersection of all of them is "ikigai," a reason for for being. I found it inspiring!

What I realized is, among the options I've considered for my future career, I've explored some missions, some passions, and a couple vocations, but haven't yet found an ikigai. I'll keep searching.

Here's a link to the source picture: https://www.thestar.com/life/relationships/2016/09/06/why-north-americans-should-consider-dumping-age-old-retirement-pasricha.html

[Loreena]

@Kloof  good good. Best of luck on your journey of life

[Nahm]

"The Quan"

 

[Kloof]

@Nahm What's "the Quan?" I googled it and found this definition on urban dictionary: "A crazy ass person who is out of control." Haha I'm pretty sure that's not what you meant.

[Nahm]

@Kloof lol. No. The quan is to have everything.