The Ikigai Journey

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Apr 2025

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Discovering Your Ikigai

What aspects of your current work or life align with your passions, mission, vocation, and profession?

How can you identify areas where these overlap to define your ikigai?

Finding Meaning in Routine

How can you bring a sense of purpose to the repetitive or mundane aspects of your job or daily life?

Share an example where you’ve found joy or meaning in small, everyday actions.

Work-Life Alignment

Reflect on your current career path. How well does it align with your values and long-term goals?

What steps can you take to bring it closer to your ikigai?

Building Strong Relationships

The book emphasises the importance of community and relationships in achieving happiness.

How can you foster stronger connections with your colleagues, team, or clients to create a more supportive work environment?

Overcoming Fear of Change

If you feel stuck in a role or routine that doesn’t align with your ikigai, what fears or obstacles are holding you back from pursuing a change?

How can you take the first step towards alignment?

Creating Flow at Work

How can you design your workday to include more activities that put you in a state of flow—those tasks where you lose track of time because you’re fully immersed?

Your Long-Term Vision

Imagine your ideal life or career 10 years from now.

How can the principles of ikigai guide you in setting actionable goals to achieve this vision?

Monthly discussion

Homework (To Be Reported in Two Weeks)

Ikigai Diagram Exercise:

Draw your own ikigai diagram with the four circles: passion, mission, vocation, and profession. Write down at least two things that fit into each category and identify where they overlap. Reflect on what adjustments you can make in your work or life to better align with your ikigai.

Joy in the Small Things:

Choose one repetitive or mundane task in your daily routine and make a conscious effort to approach it with joy and purpose. Reflect on how this changes your perspective and share your experience with the group.

"Ikigai is not a destination but a path you follow each day, guided by what gives your life meaning. It’s about balancing passion, mission, vocation, and profession to live with purpose and joy."