I hope this video helps you think of Ikigai simpler than you thought it was :)

*“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending...”* *―C. S. Lewis*

2018 I quitted my job, I packed up and moved to an isolated island. I am happy here, I feel God have chosen me to help the local people to improve their health, and maybe this is my ikigai. Thank you for this beautiful video. Cheers, greeting from Indonesia.

My Ikigai is at least seeing his legs and thighs and biceps at least once a week. I think Sena is really adorable.

My ikigai: 1. My husband who's also my best friend 2. Spending time with people I genuinely connect with. 3. Eating delicious meals made by people who are passionate about food. 4. Martial arts, dance and weight lifting. 5. Learning about my culture before it was colonized. 6. LGBTQ rights and racial equality.

Nicely done, Sena. I just realised that my Ishigai is helping my family. Ageing patents, brother recovering from cancer. This morning I figured out how to make Christmas work. It made me very happy and now I have a name for it. Thank you.

I think the essence of Ikigai is being present at the moment in the whole of life.

*5 things to quit right now:* *1. Overthinking* *2. Trying to make everyone happy* *3. Living in the past* *4. Worrying* *5. Doubting yourself*

One of my ikigai is watching your youtube video at night after finishing chores in a day. Naturally, it makes me calm down. I am getting tired of recent musthave/mustdo principles overflowing in the world. For me, Things that make me calm down are ikigai now, but it may change. Anyway, thank you for the interesting videos, Sena.

Touching peoples lives through your talents character expressions and kindness and also receiving gratitude really makes life meaningful. I call this the Christian life.

It is not what you want to do that will make you happy, but having a purpose in life to appreciate what you do for others.

in my understanding, 生き甲斐 = big happiness i think it's a big happiness because those people have a desired life target to motivate their daily life. and it's happy to do what they want everyday unlike the souless working slave like many japanese people. sometimes, ikigai is little quite hard to achieve. therefore, i prefer shoukakkou （小確幸 = 小さいけれども、確かな幸福 small but certain happiness) for example, having delicious dinner after a busy day, reading a book during a relaxing weekend, having a walk in beautiful garden after meal, can be considered as shoukakkou. agree with Sena, many Japanese dont practice ikigai in their daily life. however, i think japanese are quite good at finding shoukakkou. during childhood, happiness are so simple. when people grown up, being simple is happiness.

Dear Sena, in this chaotic world your message is important. Uncomplicate your life and you find peace and happiness and better health.... its that simple !

Funny how the environment around us nowadays would influence us to search for the answer to life, when in reality, there isn't really such a thing from an objective standpoint. We can only find the true meaning of our own lives from within. It's important to be grateful for the life we have and to treat every day as a gift. "Enjoy the moment with all your might...whether it’s gloomy, whether it’s bright!" - Sanae Hanekoma

At the end, Ikigai is you, just you, the real you. Ikigai is the mirror of yourself, of what you are, of what you think, of what your goals are in your life... Ikigai must be our dream in the drawer to be happy for real! Really, thanks a lot Sena... I follow every video you post , I listen your words so exsplained in a simple way for me and I can understand your speech, I share most of your perspectives in my life too. Can I make some requests?... If it is possible, can you consider a deepening about your relationship with each member of your family?... with your partner (if you have one)?... with your dearest friends?... with your colleagues?... with your loneliness?... with your religion (if you have one)?... How do you manage your lifestyle with them? Thanks again Sena and greetings from the South of Italy.

セナさんの動画にはいつも考えさせられ、多くのことを学んでいます。いつも価値のある動画をありがとうございます。

I really appreciated hearing about the Japanese interpretation of ikigai. The diagram with the strong focus on vocation also never really resonated with me, so this was very interesting to hear 😊 Thanks for the food for thought!

What I like about your videos is that there is a distinct perspective that is different from the other content I watch. Loved this!

Agree life is not complicated!

My present Ikigai is: green juice fasting, becoming more of a minimalist, and open water swimming. It’s all good! :)

That Confucius quote at the beginning was a great choice and this video is just what we all need these days more tha nevery with Toxic social media promoting happiness elsewhere constantly. Funny its 4am and im cleaning my apartment deeper than i have since moving in and felt like right timing, very satisfying while watching this eye opening video. Great work

My current Ikigai is watching KZfaq videos including Sena san and being inspired.

I always try to smile, say hello and when done say bye and have a nice day/evening to personnel at stores and restaurants. It is such an easy way of spreading positive energy and it feels good for me as well.

Loosing weight is my ikigai, wish me luck

I have read about this, The Joy of Life where Ikigai is one of the chapters of this book.

Senaさん、たくさん自分と向き合ってきたんですね！いつも考えるきっかけをありがとうございます😊

I agree 👍🏻 with you 😃😃

I am so glad to have found your channel. This is exactly what I need in my life right now.

You, Sena, are passing positivity and happiness to people around you by posting these videos. Thank you.

This video is incredible, thank you. The world needs this

Woah. I am so glad I found this video! Have been studying ikigai for the better part of a decade but no one explained the concept of having multiple ikigai. I love that! Plus, here in the states most everyone considers your financial aspect as part of why you are. So it just seemed logical to have the money part of the diagram there. If you take that out, it is much more spiritual. Thank you for sharing. Always appreciate when something can shift my paradigm. Thank you!

Man, I just love channels that spread positive stuff ! Really wish that you get over 1 million subs soon ! That would mean that human kindness is alive !

Great video! Thank you for creating such meaningful content! ❤ I totally agree that we tend to overcomplicate life when it's much simpler if we look from a different angle. I loved the idea that just being happy and living the life that satisfies you already brings positivity to the community you live in.

Another simple video with a deep message. Thank you for sharing the message and creating a positive ripple effect

Wow, man! Thank you so much! I had a feeling there was something off about that diagram. Now it makes so much more sense. And it is a relief, because that diagram made you assume that you are supposed to find that perfect thing, but in reality you already have those things in your life and you already love them. That's amazing.

Bravo Sena! I love everything about Japan. Thank you for your precious videos

Love your openness and honesty, and the quiet way you are committed to learning about yourself and what matters. It is calming yet inspiring :-)

I always loved the word "Ikigai" but never had a deeper understanding of it's nice to found this that shares what Ikigai means in his perspective. I really appreciate this. Thank you for sharing. 😊

Great video man. I was just thinking about something like Ikigai this morning, but couldn't put a name to it. I've always been happier with the things that I do or love, rather than the things that I have. Cheers and have a nice day!

I am crying. Thank you so much for sharing this. Indeed pursuing less is my goal now.

Live a simple life! There is no need of overcomplicating things in life! Life is too short for that. hahaha :)

This video just came on time i really need this reminder, thanks !

I truly enjoyed this insightful video. Thank you so much Sena, keep going!! :)

Love hearing your perspective on this!

Came across this theory just recently. Thank you for a very thoughtful video, with native Japanese prospective to Ikigai! Enjoyed it very much.

Yes. Thanks for simplifying Ikigai. Good luck on your continuing journey!

Thank you so much for this video, I loved what you had to say. I'm now 60 years old and it's refreshing to learn something new from someone younger than me. 😊👍🇦🇺

Amazing.Thanks 4 sharing your idea,Sena

"To come across" you said twice in this video. I came across your video randomly this evening. I needed to hear what you said; Thank you.

Great video, Sena! Wish I had realized the importance of the simplicity of ikigai earlier in life...better late than never 💕

loved listening to you mate ! thank you for this ! really needed it :)

Another stellar job. Thank you for helping me discover that I have been living Ikigai my whole life. My only disagreement with you, Sena, is that if you find a career that you LOVE (teaching for me), profession, vocation, what you can do for other people actually meld beautifully into one's inner being and promote self-awareness and self-love. Therefore, it is imperative to find your life's work and perform to the best of your ability. Every other thought of yours is right on point. I'm looking forward to your next topic of discussion 🔜 .

Great video, Sena. I know lots of people (much older than you) who have no idea of who they are, working night and day for things they don't actually matter. 'Know yourself', as the classic said. Simplicity will help you (us) a lot. Go for the things and the people that you really love. Good luck on your way to a happy and meaningful life.

Stay true to ourselves Spread kindness and happiness to those around us Stay healthy and stay calm 💙❤️

This video was extremely insightful ! Thanks for sharing

Very interesting video. Thank you for sharing :) I hope to meet you in Japan when I visit next year!

I've read the book a while ago, from a "European Perspective", and while I was wondering if it really captures the concept from a Japanese perspective, I actually thought it's probably pretty much what you are saying here. Also, honestly, I think a big part of Western books about ikigai, wabi - sabi, and whatnot, is commerce, in part exist and are successful, because they pick something that you can slap a nice exotic label on and sell something as new to people elsewhere, which actually does exist, and often pretty much always existed, where they are just the same. Taking "ikigai" as the example, I can't really see a big difference to "raison d'être" in French, "purpose in life" in English, or let's take "Lebenssinn", or "Lebensinhalt" in German, as it's just 1 word too, and we even have 2 of them, which both can mean exactly what ikigai, as you describe it, does. That doesn't mean it's *just* commerce, don't get me wrong, I'm sure there still are authors who don't just study Amazon bestseller lists and suggestions for what kind of book might do well (which, however, is done quite a lot nowadays) but write for the sake of writing, to share with others, to spread ideas, to follow their own ikigai. ... ;) and often, it is and has to be (even authors need to eat) a mix of it all, of course. And it's always interesting, and often educational to read or listen to something from the point of view of someone who grew up in a different culture, country, upbringing, ... There are differences, big or subtle, and different angles that people see or mention, which is why I was hesitant to read that book, after noticing that the authors' names weren't as Japanese as the title. But it can be also interesting to read a book on ikigai from a Western perspective, a book on Western history from an Asian perspective, etc. While we are all human beings and somewhat similar in many regards, there are differences. Although ... often, I think, those differences aren't necessarily linked as much to which country we live or grew up in, as we often tend to think. Minimalists exist inside and outside of Japan, as well as people with ikigai, however they may call it. For a person who is a minimalist and aware of, and has, ikigai, it might be much easier to communicate and get along with someone like that from a different culture than with someone who grew up in the same neighbourhood and under very similar circumstances. But I didn't actually want to write a book here 笑 just wanted to say thanks for sharing your perspective on ikigai, sorry, that's a hellishly long YT comment. I hope you have, or will soon have, at least one ikigai, you, whoever read this far :)

Thank you for making this video, I enjoyed it and found it interesting.

I really enjoyed the content. Ikigai indeed is life!

Hi Sena ! I think this is the first comment I sincerely ever left on KZfaq. I recently discovered your videos by KZfaq suggestions. At first, I was more like "interesting, but it is merely one youtuber among others talking about life". But I saw another video, then another, and then saw all the videos from your start to now, and I relate so very much on your point on view about simple life, the existencial crisis you had, the pursuit of something better and most importantly personal, the change from your early years to who you become now....so interesting ! I am quite older than you I think (35) but although I sometimes still have no idea of how I'll manage my life and my place within society, I also am happy and grateful, and feel strong about having my own beliefs I can work for and pursue. And your recent videos share many thoughts about this that calm my mind whenever doubts come in. All the best to you, and can't wait for the next videos :)

Thanks for posting this video Sena and I like the analogy of paying it forward. I feel the same as you in that I always felt like an outsider even within my family and was more ambitious than all my friends, in retrospect I was just trying to find a society and values which fit my outlook on life better. Despite having a useful degree in a capitalist societyg gaining meaning from work is getting harder to come by, therefore you must have other hobbies to concentrate on. I cannot imagine adjusting from Japanese culture to that of NZ or west, it is totally different. I look at life like a battery if you take risks, travel and broden your horizons you charge that battery so that when shit happens you have already experience something worse so it doesn't seem as bad. On the other hand if you don't travel and lead a local life the battery is not as charged and when change occurs (which it will) you are less able to handle it. This is an argument for both life purpose (ikigai?) and minimalism, since if you travel it's hard to take lots of material items. Also I studied my ancestors the ones that moved abroad and were more successful lived much longer lives so perhaps its more healthy also.

Your story and mine share some similarities. I moved away from home at 14 to work on my Career. I am nearing retirement soon; and I have become sort of a Loner. I am quite happy, but I have felt a little guilty because I am not working at it, and I feel like I should have ambition. I have worried that when I retire, I will feel even more guilty. Your talk made me think that maybe doing simple things I like is a perfectly acceptable goal, and I don't necessarily need a to find a new "job", new people, more stuff, publicly-lauded goals. If I'm happy, probably I'm lucky and it is "enough".

Thank you for sharing. I always learn something from your videos. Cheers from the USA. Do what you do best. Know how to say No. Take care of your energy. Practice continuous personal development. Stop and decide to do something fulfilling. Align your personal values with those of your company. Simplify, don't make things difficult.

All the topics are good, insteresting and even challenging. It will help to set up my own Ikigai. Thanks...

Thank you so much for making this video. really changed a few of my perspective on ikigai and life itself. and i agree with you on people make their life too complicated... me included ahahhaha. really enjoy your narative too through out the video.. really relaxing

Thanks for this meaningful video! keep sharing

I didn't realize that Ikigai was simpler than I thought before watching your video. Thank you so much! Hope to see your next videos. btw: I subscribed your channel :D

Thank you very much for this wonderful video! Just subscribed!

この話しに出会えてよかったです、ありがとうございます！

Love this video 🤩

Excellent episode. Thanks

A very inspiring view on life! Thanks for sharing! You just received another subscriber!

*"The past always looks better than it was. It's only pleasant because it isn't here." - Finley Peter Dunne*

thank you so much for this video.

Thank for the video! I read about Ikigai before, but I prefer your take on it. I like the idea that happiness is inside you 😊

The Late King of Thailand Rama lX spoke highly of the philosophy of Sufficiency. Of course he was worth 70 billion dollars.

Thank you for this nice video of self-awareness!

I loved this video. Thank you.

that Pat Kay's vibe is strong on this channel. :) keep up the good work!

very interesting view! great video, thank you 🙏🏼

I love hearing your perspective versus the interpretation of the West

I came across your video while I am searching the value of life. I have been working crazy hours for past two years and started doubting why. Thanks for your sharing. Maybe it is time for me to revalue what is important to me.

Thanks for this beautiful reminder, bro! Warm regards from the Philippines! Cheers!

smile... it's magic... i like this one... nice

Three minutes into your video I got up and my home changed in sixty minutes. Books, kitchen knives, furniture, fans, lamps, and more were moved into a storage cell I have at my home and I will sell or give away the chosen items. Thanks for this whirlwind inspiration

Kia ora. Nice and simple bro. Good vid.

Ikegi... all along i taught it was some plant arrangement. Toinx Thankyou for straightening that for me. Great learning. Tc

Mine would be not about materialistic thingy but to be able feeling content and enough for whatever I am trying to get in life. if you have partner or lover that would be a bonus. Having family that accepts you whoever you are is the best.

it's crazy I suddenly notice some of the footages was in Hisaya Odori close to my house haha. Anw, nice video man!

So incredibly bright . Thank you for your amazing honesty. David Chicago

Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I also did not really connect with the Ikigai diagram for same reasons. I think it is easy to fall into the trap that you are cannot be satisfied unless you have a job that you are super passionate about, for example. Minimalism has taught me that it is sometimes better to have just enough. A job can be just a job that is there to support your basic needs and give you the freedom to do other things in life that you love.

thank you for this

Thank you brother be blessed

So interesting ! thanks for your video and greeting from Spain ;D

🙏🙏🤲🤲🤲 I’m from Nepal 🇳🇵 I watching every day your video 🙏🙏🤲🤲

Thank you!!!

Really good vidéo. I ve learn something

Thank you

Hi Sena, great video. Awesome haircut btw. 👍

Wow!