{"id":92830,"date":"2023-01-23T21:12:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T01:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/?p=92830"},"modified":"2023-02-05T21:31:24","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T01:31:24","slug":"monday-night-ikigai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2023\/01\/23\/monday-night-ikigai\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday night – Ikigai"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I subscribe to a great ‘word of the day’ list <\/a>from Anu Garg. Everyday she sends a word out with definitions and usage. Sometimes they’re topical,… other times funny. I look forward to it every day.. Todays word was “ikigai”.. a Japanese word that roughly translates “reason for being”. Here’s the entry for the word from the email.<\/p>\n

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ikigai<\/h3>\n
PRONUNCIATION:<\/div>\n
(I-ki-gai)\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n
MEANING:<\/div>\n
noun<\/i>:
1. A sense of purpose or something that gives a sense of purpose; a reason for living.
2. Something that brings fulfillment or enjoyment.<\/div>\n
ETYMOLOGY:<\/div>\n
From Japanese ikigai (a reason for being), from iki (life) + -gai (worth). Earliest documented use: 1972. The French equivalent is raison d\u2019\u00eatre.<\/div>\n
USAGE:<\/div>\n
\u201cHave you found your ikigai? It\u2019s never too late to start on a better path to living.\u201d
Harvey MacKay; Here\u2019s a Design for Living;\u00a0Arizona Republic<\/i>\u00a0(Phoenix); Oct 10, 2022.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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I think it’s a really elegant way to think about your ‘reason for being”.. \u00a0aside from generally trying to be a good guy.. I think of my reason for being is “making science fun and relevant for others”.. When I think through the 4 lobes of the drawing it really fits…<\/p>\n

What’s your ikigai ?\u00a0<\/p>\n

nite all, nite sam<\/p>\n

-me

Ps \u00a0Today is my friend Katie’s birthday.. Happy birthday Katie.. You’re amazing !

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ps.. I found tipper walking through work with this sign.. pretty cute<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I subscribe to a great ‘word of the day’ list from Anu Garg. Everyday she sends a word out with definitions and usage. Sometimes they’re topical,… other times funny. I look forward to it every day.. Todays word was “ikigai”.. a Japanese word that roughly translates “reason for being”. Here’s the entry for the word … Continue reading Monday night – Ikigai<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92830"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92836,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92830\/revisions\/92836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}