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IKIGAI - Japanese secrete to a long and happy life

There is a Japanese proverb, "Only staying active will want make you want to live a hundred years."

There is an island in Japan called Okinawa where there are 24.55 people over the age of 100 years in every 100,000 people which is far more than the global average.

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The reason is balanced diet, a simple life, consumption of green tea and the climate.

Okinawans live by the principle of ichariba chode, means treat everyone like a brother even if you have never met them before.

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According to Japanese, everyone has ikigai and this ikigai is the reason we get up in the morning.

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Don't retire

Japanese culture considers having a purpose in life so important that there is no such thing such as retirement. 

Infact there is no such word in Japanese that means retire.

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80 percent secret

Okinawans stop eating when they feel their stomach is 80 percent full. 

This way they stop overeating and there is no excessive pressure on our digestive system

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He, who has a why to live for can bear with almost any how

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IDEAS CURATED BY

rajdha

A Frontend developer, tech enthusiast and a bibliophile.

CURATOR'S NOTE

It inspired me to rethink about my life and goals along with my health

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