Genre: Non-Fiction
Publisher: Penguin Random House UK
Pages: 185
Rating: 4.5/5
IKIGAI is a Japanese word that has several meanings, but I like the one which is “Your Inner Inspiration.” Hector Garcia and Francesc Miralles wrote this book. First of all, according to the Japanese, everyone has an Ikigai – few are successful in finding it, or rest are still struggling to understand it. For instance, the best line which I liked a lot in this book is “our Ikigai is the reason we get up in the morning.”
Certainly, this book was successful in touching the various aspect of the Japanese concept of longevity and happiness, and aptly explained the term – IKIGAI. The book revolves around the lifestyle of the older adults and similarly shows examples from Okinawa – a beautiful island with the most centenarians in the world. It is an island of almost eternal youth. In ancient times there was saying a healthy mind recites in a healthy body. The same saying supported in this book but a more detailed and explained manner. The book says always tries to keep yourself busy and feed healthy stuff to your body. In addition, engage your mind with new things and new learning like games, puzzles and try to keep a bay from the stress are critical as anti-aging.
However, modern human beings are more prone to take stress in various forms. We should be more mindful of using our screen time as it leads to stress, and stress weakens the cells and promote aging.
Few Golden Rules to learn from the Book:
- Be more physical active
- Take sound sleep daily
- Participate in social and leisure activities
- Replace junk food with more vegetables, fruits, and healthy food
- Play with children or pets
- Be mindful about your daily routine
- Avoid taking stress
- Eat only 80% of your hunger or dont do over eating
- Stay positive and healthy
- Stop sitting for the long hours
- Find your Ikigai
