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The 10 Rules of Ikigai
The Lifestyle Habits of the Ogimi Centenarians
Ogimi
The book IKIGAI: The Japanese Secret To a Long and Happy Life by Héctor García and Francesc Miralles, is more of a case study on the lives of the long-living residents from Ogimi, a small village in Okinawa, than an explanation or guide to understanding Ikigai.
The book concludes with 10 ten rules of ikigai that the author’s distilled from the wisdom of these long-living residents. You could interpret the rules as the lifestyle habits that enable the senior residents of Ogami to live long and enjoy their ikigai
Your lifestyle will be very different to the centenarians of Ogami. You probably work, live in a city, have many responsibilities, financial stress, relationship problems and many things on your mind and so on. It may be hard for you to adopt all 10 rules, but some are very easy to implement.
Keep in mind these aren’t rules that you must follow in order to achieve ikigai, but suggestions or habits you could adopt to improve your health and wellbeing so you can live with a stronger sense of ikigai- ikigai-kan.
A question you can ask yourself is,” What rules can I easily implement that will help me with my day to day life?”
