IKIGAI (ee-key-guy) is a Japanese concept that means "a reason for being". If you are facing
retirement (like, maybe, MILLION of baby boomers are,as we "speak".) It is a deep and sometimes
daunting life decision.
As we wind down this 12 months and approach the NEXT 12 months, I pose this question to any
who would care to post.......what is your "Ikigai"?
From my perspective, living in the mountains,ALLOWS "self" to reflect on this and because of that
we are privileged.....
I feel as if my IKIGAI is to use the power of words to convince people to stop using force to get their way and to rather use the power of their words - actually be convincing.
People that don't get what they want should not resort to hurting people, threatening them or even worse hiring someone else to or even way worse, setting up an established system to do so. My IKIGAI is to stop this. Unfortunately because this is my IKIGAI, I cannot force anyone to stop using force on their neighbors, but I will still try to convince them.
People with this IKIGAI often seem relentless, but this relentlessness is them not resorting to force or violence or just giving up like many others do.
Nobody that matters wrote: To make it through another 12 months or die trying.
Nobody that Matters......in your endeavor to "make it thru".....what would "joy" look like to you?
(unless your comment was sarcastic,I ask this question in earnest)
Mine is, and has always been, to be a lifetime learner, Retirement has not changed that, every year I try to increase my knowledge, try new things, research ideas that I encounter along the way, and set new goals to provide some kind of tangible evidence of what I have learned. Life has been an educational adventure for me, not just "book learning" but skills and talents. The possibilities are endless.
"Bringing Back My Real Self With Hormones
By MARY LOU JEPSEN
Published: November 23, 2013
"IN my early 30s, for a few months, I altered my body chemistry and hormones so that I was closer to a man in his early 20s. I was blown away by how dramatically my thoughts changed. I was angry almost all the time, thought about sex constantly, and assumed I was the smartest person in the entire world. Over the years I had met guys rather like this.
I was not experimenting with hormone levels out of idle curiosity or in some kind of quirky science experiment. I was on hormone treatments because I’d had a tumor removed along with part of my pituitary gland, which makes key hormones the body needs to function."...
Nobody that matters wrote: To make it through another 12 months or die trying.
Nobody that Matters......in your endeavor to "make it thru".....what would "joy" look like to you?
(unless your comment was sarcastic,I ask this question in earnest)
At this point in my life, joy involves a little free time to relax and enjoy my family without having home repairs, work, car repairs, or other chores hanging over me.
Time to go shooting, play games, watch a movie...
Now I gotta get back to the snowblower repair in progress in the garage.
"Whatever you are, be a good one." ~ Abraham Lincoln
"Bringing Back My Real Self With Hormones
By MARY LOU JEPSEN
Published: November 23, 2013
"IN my early 30s, for a few months, I altered my body chemistry and hormones so that I was closer to a man in his early 20s. I was blown away by how dramatically my thoughts changed. I was angry almost all the time, thought about sex constantly, and assumed I was the smartest person in the entire world. Over the years I had met guys rather like this.
I was not experimenting with hormone levels out of idle curiosity or in some kind of quirky science experiment. I was on hormone treatments because I’d had a tumor removed along with part of my pituitary gland, which makes key hormones the body needs to function."...
EXTREMELY enlightening article.......The bolded above is a sentiment that a transgendered
person made when they elected to become male,rather than female. The way "she" walked
thru the world was drastically transformed and "she" was granted more respect just because
"she" was a male,it was a dramatic display of the preferential treatment afforded males (from
"her" perspective)
The other portion of the article is a SAD commentary on our healthcare delivery system and
the idea that an individual SHOULD be afforded dignity,respect AND BE ALLOWED to participate
in the decision making process when THEIR body is failing.
The take-away from the article (for me) would be the SIMPLEST joy is being TRULY listened to
and respected.
Nobody that matters wrote: To make it through another 12 months or die trying.
Nobody that Matters......in your endeavor to "make it thru".....what would "joy" look like to you?
(unless your comment was sarcastic,I ask this question in earnest)
At this point in my life, joy involves a little free time to relax and enjoy my family without having home repairs, work, car repairs, or other chores hanging over me.
Time to go shooting, play games, watch a movie...
Now I gotta get back to the snowblower repair in progress in the garage.
Sometimes you just have to "shelf" the ongoing stuff and SEIZE the time for your self.....
MEANINGFUL QUALITY time is so-o-o vital to your life.
