Ikigai 生き甲斐
What am I actually doing with my life?
Sep 10, 2025
Inspired by Ikigai by Héctor García & Francesc Miralles.
What I love
- Cinema
- Stories
- Music
- Riding
- Building things
- Learning weird things
- Technology
What I'm good at
- Building software
- Figuring out messy problems
- Learning tools quickly
- Turning vague requirements into something usable
What the world needs
- Useful software
- Automation
- Better tools
- People who can bridge technical and non-technical worlds
What I can get paid for
- Software development
- AI/automation
- Web applications
- Freelance/contract work
Favourite quotes from the book
Only staying active will make you want to live a hundred years.
Our ikigai is different for all of us, but one thing we have in common is that we are all searching for meaning.
Our ikigai is hidden deep inside each of us, and finding it requires a patient search.
The happiest people are not the ones who achieve the most. They are the ones who spend more time than others in a state of flow.
Life is not a problem to be solved. Just remember to have something that keeps you busy doing what you love while being surrounded by the people who love you.
What I'm still figuring out
I don't think I've found my Ikigai.
I think I'm somewhere between building things, understanding people, making enough money to be independent, and figuring out what actually makes me happy.
Maybe that's the point.
Maybe Ikigai isn't something you find. Maybe it's something you keep adjusting.