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Ikigai : What is your reason for being?

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"Our ikigai is hidden deep inside each of us and finding it requires a patient search"  Have you ever felt that crippling fear that you are not doing anything significant in life? seeing people your age achieve much greater things in life that you could probably not even dream of? Well, I certainly have, and you know what that feeling is eating me alive. it makes me anxious during the night which makes me incapable of falling asleep. It makes me want to question the purpose of my life. What am I really doing? What am I living for? What are we all grinding for? study hard, earn money, marry a stranger who your parents think will be a perfect match for you, be disappointed and unsatisfied, and live the same life all over again but now you are the parent. is this all life is about?  And, after a lot of deep thinking, I can confidently say, Yes, and no. This doesn't necessarily have to be your life and even if it is so what? I think the hustle culture and the constant grindin