Family Beyond the Venn Diagram: A True Ikigai Introduction
Introduction When people outside Japan hear the wordIkigai, most imagine a pretty diagram: four overlapping circles labe...
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Family Family The Real Ikigai: Forget the Buzzword, Discover the True Japanese Way of Living
Prepare to have your understanding of purpose completely transformed. Forget the fluffy self-help interpretations you’ve...
Family Finding Purpose in Everyday Japan: An Honest Look at Ikigai
Introduction Have you ever had those moments where you feel like you’redoing everything right, but still something feels...
Family Crafting Your Authentic Life in Japan:
Breaking Free from the Mold When I first came to Japan as a young wife, I didn’t realize how much of my life would be in...
Family Embracing the Diverse Paths: Rethinking Success in Japan
Introduction When I first moved to Japan, one of the things that struck me was how clearly defined the “life path” seeme...
Family Chasing Ideals in Japan: Why We Feel We’re Never “Doing It Right”
Instruction Tired of feeling like you're constantly chasing an elusive ideal?That nagging feeling that you’re notdoing i...
Family Forget the Script: What Japan Can Teach Us About Living Differently
Introduction Forget everything you’ve been told about how to live your life. Really—just throw it out for a second. For ...
Family Rethinking Life in Japan: Beyond the Invisible Rules
Have you ever felt like you're playing a game with rules you didn't create? Society often whispers a 'right way' to live...
Family “The Art of ‘Kirei’: My Daily Rituals for Mind, Body & Home Harmony in Japan”
Discovering the Meaning of Kirei When I first moved to Japan as a young wife and later became a mother, I thought I alre...
Business “Beyond the Savings Account: Discovering Unexpected Joys in Japan’s Daily Life Amidst Economic Shifts”
When the Numbers Don’t Add Up, but Life Still Does I still remember the first time I sat in front of my online banking a...