Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life

by Héctor García

We want to see challenges through to the end because we enjoy the feeling of pushing ourselves.

Artists know how important it is to protect their space, control their environment, and be free of distractions if they want to flow with their ikigai.

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.

when you have a clear purpose, no one can stop you.

The 5:2 (or fasting) diet recommends two days of fasting (consuming fewer than five hundred calories) every week and eating normally on the other five days.

Among its many benefits, fasting helps cleanse the digestive system and allows it to rest.

Only things that are imperfect, incomplete, and ephemeral can truly be beautiful, because only those things resemble the natural world.