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Purpose · Ikigai 生き甲斐

What Gives Life Meaning Now

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Samantha Rosen, Ph.D
Nov 15, 2026

When You Might Reach for This

Reach for Ikigai when somebody asks what your purpose is and you find you have nothing to say, or when the honest answer is a handful of things that do not add up to one grand purpose.

Ikigai doesn’t require four circles or one big answer grand enough to explain you. It asks something smaller, and the smaller question actuall…

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