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“Most people have Ikigai…figure it out by thinking what is most important to me in my life.”
My guest on this week’s episode of The Lifestyle First Podcast is Professor Gordon Mathews from the Department of Anthropology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Professor Matthews is the author of “What makes Life Worth Living?” and has co-authored a number of other books.
In this episode:
We explore what the word Ikigai embraces
We discuss the acceptance of not knowing what the meaning of life is and the acceptance that life is painful
We highlight purpose related to the future, the present and the past and how this changes as we get older
We uncover the way Ikigai is used in Japanese culture as an ordinary term
We talk about how Ikigai is both practical and a feeling connected to what’s important
We explore death - how our fear of death changes as we get older and how to look forward to death
We recognise that we all have ikigai – we just need to look into ourselves to find it.
1. The one question we discuss is “How do I know my Ikigai?
2. The two references we look at are
(i) Matthews., G. What makes life worth living? 1996. University of California Press.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/What-Makes-Life-Worth-Living/dp/0520201337
(ii) Solomon, S., Greenberg, J., Pyszczynski, T. The Worm At The Core. 2015. Allen Lane
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Worm-Core-Role-Death-Life/dp/0241217253
3. The three actions to take are
· Laugh at yourself – most of your struggles are not very important in the end
· Remember what’s important
· Enjoy the gift of life – live so that when you die you say thank you
Which of these 3 actionable tips will you implement?
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