IKIGAI - A Solution to Modern Day Stress

Abstract

In today’s world every one seems to be unhappy for some reason or the other. In a country like India with 110 crores of population most of them are unhappy for number of reasons. Especially the urban population is the most stressed out. People who are not happy with their lives will affect others associated with them. The happiness quotient of the people has gone down in the last fifty years and more rapidly in the recent past. It is a grave problem and if not solved will ruin the country. This is result of ignorance of our existence. Ikigai which is a Japanese philosophy of life offers a simple solution to this problem. Ikigai helps us to become happy by knowing the purpose of our life by identifying our passion, vocation, profession and mission of our life. IKIGAI is not an instantaneous process. The aim is to identify what you can best contribute to the world, what you are good at and what you enjoying doing the most and what you will be paid for. By practicing IKIGAI people develop a high self esteem and also realise the worth of their existence in the world.  Such individuals can create harmonious work environment. The number of people suffering from anxiety and depression will decrease if we adopt this practice of IKIGAI.