I started reading Ikigai again after promoting it to my kid. The strategy, if you don’t know it, is the Japanese secret to a long and happy life. I am hoping to obtain both. Happiness is a thing I am struggling with from time to time. I am happy in my life yet struggling at times with my professional nature. I am not getting the work done I need to in the time frame I need to. Work is going really slow, as though the brain engine is in low gear and unable to churn out the good stuff. I get stuck on small word problems in my writing. I don’t have a real sense of how to do that properly. I don’t know how to ramp up. I never used to have to do it–being young meant the gears were in automatic, but not any longer. I am struggling with understanding how I work and what it means to be productive on a daily basis.
The principles of Ikigai can help me–can train me to begin to be that person to have that life I want to have. So, I will begin this stage of my path.
Some Thoughts:
- My Son’s Tukee Tropics took the field and took quite a few beatings. Personally, he had a couple of interceptions, which is the best he could ask for while going 1-3.
- Listening to Mr. Ballen as I put in these 10. I am working on training myself to do two things at once again. I don’t entirely need to do this, but this ability is really useful–especially in classroom situations where I need to be ‘on’ and ‘aware’ at the same time.
- Iowa State Basketball rolled into town and beat up on ASU. That isn’t really what was interesting. What I did find interesting was the high number of ISU fans wandering around campus. A lot of Cyclones out here.