Have you ever asked yourself… What is the value of living? What is the meaning of life? Where is our happiness? If still not sure.You should get to know IKIGAI“The meaning of being alive” which comes from discovering the happiness that can be found in simple things around you in Japanese style.The meaning of life means the awareness of the reasons for living oneself. It is something that gives us encouragement and a sense of security when faced with obstacles or crises of life. Meaning in life is what connects us to interact with the environment around us in the nature of our activities with determination and strength in the mind.

Being aware of the meaning of life helps us to be clear and stable towards both short-term and long-term goals. Able to overcome obstacles and hardships in life This will result in our return of self-esteem, happiness and positive emotions. And have appropriate ways to cope with stress. The joys of having a meaningful life Is to live a beneficial life Using talent and aptitude to do greater things than we have ever done.Doing what we do and we feel valued. Develop your skills and use them to give back to the public. Instead of finding the joy of doing fun things alone. We should change the focus on personal development. Contribute to improving the quality of life for others. Then let happiness be a value of appreciation in yourself from the satisfaction of being accomplished. And doing what is meaningful

生き(IKI)+甲斐(GAI)

Ikigai is a Japanese word from iki (to live) and Gai (value or meaning) when combined two words means the meaning of being alive. A person with an Ikigai knows what each morning they wake up for. They will live in a new day with energy, joy, satisfaction, and inner peace. Ikigai has simple principles ,and can be carried out every day to make the day happy and full of meaning

Ikigai starts with feeling the joy of little things According to, in our brains containing dopamine. So,If we get things done, even if they’re small, the brain releases dopamine, which makes us happy. Ikigai starts with enjoying the little things and pay attention to the surroundings more than setting the big goals.

Start with small things: Dreams are not big, but do it with passion.

“Even in my dreams, I still dream of sushi.” Uncle Jiro Ono is one of an example who discovered Ikigai from starting small things. Uncle Ono started his sushi restaurant. Because he want to has an income to support his families and choose to sell sushi because of their low cost. But he took it seriously and devoted himself to his daily work. He had a goal not only to make a sushi for just selling, but he want to do it to make a sushi taste good. By contemplating how to make sushi tastier than ever before. It started with figuring out how to keep salmon eggs to be eaten in all seasons and to taste like a salmon roe in autumn. Or experimenting with burning different types of fish with rice straw to find the type of fish that is compatible with the rice straw smell. It is not an easy task to find a type of fish that is delicious and compatible. But Uncle made it with determination and fun to invent and experiment. Today, Uncle Ono’s Sukiyabashi Jiro sushi restaurant has become a famous shop in Japan that everyone Must go to this restaurant.

Make the morning a good time: Life is rewarding.

Morning is a very important time. Japanese people believe that what life today will be, depending on What kind of mood do we wake up for today. What do we do in the morning, And what kind of people will we meet this morning. Making the morning happy by trying to wake up to greet a family member or someone we know. This helps to regulate the secretion of hormones and the immune system in the body to work better. Or woke up and ate a dessert that you liked. As a reward for living in the morning, listening to good things To know that there are good things around us and we will want to wake up every morning. Because he knows that happiness is waiting for us

Make a promise to yourself: a promise that means life.

The Japanese recommends that we learn to promise ourselves that is to say and do it continuously. And to do it too good is necessary, for example, we promise that every day we will run a distance of 2 kilometers, or within 6 months we will have to run 21 kilometers. This will help bring meaning to life. Knowing what the goal of getting up and running every morning is, for example, one of the famous melon shops. The melons of this shop are very different from the others because the owner will only allow one melon per plant, he has experimented that doing this will bring all the nutrients to that melon. Make it rich and delicious, although the price of melon in this farm is very expensive. But believe that if someone receives it as a gift That person must have the joy of getting the best.

Ichigo Ichie: 1 life 1 time

Ichigo Ichie, What it means is for us to treat the people or things we touch as if we would have come across or touched it for the last time in our life. So when we meet someone and we think it might be the only time or the last time we meet. Of course, we will not be sitting on the mobile phone. We will look at that person inquiring for happiness. When we touch something and feel that we are using or touching it once in our life. We will pay more attention to it. Many things in life are often overlooked. Because we do not pay attention to the sound, smell, taste, touch of various things ,and the eyes of the people with whom we interact. But if we have the opportunity to stay in an atmosphere of care often. We will find that life is wonderful and meaningful.

Focus on what you do: don’t expect admiration.

An example of a brewer Every day, he spends all day seasoning his drink to the tastiest. Regardless of whether there will be media asking for interviews or if someone asks for a photo or not He focused on the flavor of the drink. His happiness comes from taking action without expecting anyone’s admiration. It’s simple happiness. When devoted to what is being done.

Falling in love with a hobby: filling the heart with happiness.

What we do or the work that we do on a regular basis May not always bring a meaningful life Remember, we still have time outside of study or work. At that time, we could use it to pursue our favorite hobbies and enjoy it a lot.For example, some people enjoy going out and taking pictures, drawing, watching birds, making snacks to fill their hearts. Many times the meaning of living is due to pursuing a hobby that we love.

Many people believe that we have to have it. For example, we must be able to do the work that we want to do. We have to marry the person we love the most. We often create conditions like this in our life that it must be this way. Life has to be meaningful or happy, but we can actually enjoy something else. There is no need for us to be like anyone for us to be happy. Everyone is happy in their own way. And we can determine our happiness. For someone to be happy He had to accept himself. Known to release himself out of the condition that “Life has to be like that to be happy.”

Ikigai is in us

We all have our own Ikigai. Each of them is special and unique. And we will find Ikikai by taking a serious self-examination. Ikigai is something that can happen anywhere, anytime, because everything starts and ends with us. People in this age are clearly looking for and wanting “Ikigai”. Because many people are not happy with life. Finding the right balance in life is not bored, discouraged, wakes up meaningless. Look at your face in the mirror and feel that you don’t like yourself. I cannot answer whether this is the life that we want to have or not. Finding Ikikai will make you happy with small things. Fill a feeling of emptiness It also creates balance and value in life.

Ikigai is a life where we pay attention to people, study, work, and our favorite hobbies. When we make time for these things, there is no meaningless thing in life. Because every matter is special when we care about Ikigai or meaningful life is what surrounds us.