Ikigai: The Japanese Secret Philosophy for a Happy Healthy Long Life With Joy and Purpose Every Day

Fake reviews. This really isn't close to 5 stars in reality. The reading is quite rushed which makes it hard to keep paying attention. It seems to be a lot more subjective than the original book. It assumes you live in the city, have a balcony and suggests plants in your house are a good alternative to a walk in the forest. Finally, this book actually doesn't tell you about what ikigai really is, but mostly tells you what to do from 1 persons perspective.

This book is like the dystopian Lord of the Rings, with its richly developed culture and economics, not to mention a fully developed language called Newspeak, or rather more of the anti-language, whose purpose is to limit speech and understanding instead of to enhance and expand it. The world-building is so fully fleshed out and spine-tinglingly terrifying that it's almost as if George travelled to such a place, escaped from it, and then just wrote it all down.

Most people will spend their entire lifetimes trying to figure it out, but only a few will have the privilege of really understanding and experiencing themselves what it means to live a fulfilled life. Over the past years, we’ve seen many life philosophies take center stage, all claiming to hold to secret to happiness and fulfillment. While all of them may have very convincing premises, only one truly stands out.