Now in the Oxford English Dictionary, “Ikigai” is defined as “a motivating force; something or someone that gives a person a sense of purpose or a reason for living”
Whilst this concept has existed in Japanese culture for a long time, it was popularised by a Japanese psychiatrist Mieko Kamiya in the 1960s.
More recently it has been introduced to the West by various popular psychology books.
What’s your Ikigai? 😉
Calligraphy by Vicky 