Find your ikigai
Ikigai (生き甲斐) is a Japanese word for "a reason to get up in the morning". Fill in the four circles below. Anything you add to more than one circle lands in an overlap, and the centre is where all four meet.
1. What you love
What do you lose track of time doing? What would you do for free?
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2. What you're good at
What do people ask you for help with? What came easily to you?
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3. What the world needs
Which problems make you angry or sad? Who would you love to help?
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4. What you can be paid for
What have you been paid for before? What do job ads in your field ask for?
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Fine-tune the overlaps
Tap a letter to put an item in another circle: Love, Good at, Needed, Paid.
Tap a region to see what's in it.