生き甲斐 · a reason for being
Find the work that feels like you.
Ikigai is the Japanese idea that purpose lives where what you love, what you're good at, what the world needs, and what you can be paid for overlap. We'll help you put yours into words.
Free · first ideas in about 2 minutes · no sign-up to start
The four circles
Four honest questions, asked one at a time
What you love
“What activities make you feel most alive?”
What you're good at
“What do people often compliment you on?”
What the world needs
“Which problems in the world do you care most about solving?”
What you can be paid for
“Which of your skills or knowledge do people pay for?”
- Passion
- Where what you love meets what you're good at.
- Mission
- Where what you love meets what the world needs.
- Vocation
- Where what the world needs meets what you can be paid for.
- Profession
- Where what you're good at meets what you can be paid for.
How it works
From a blank page to a sentence you believe
- 1
Reflect
Start with four quick questions, one per circle, and see ideas in about two minutes. Go deeper with all sixteen whenever you want sharper results.
- 2
Choose
AI drafts ikigai statements from your own words and shows how strongly each one draws on every overlap. Steer it, edit it, pick one.
- 3
Keep it close
Turn your statement into a card with a background painted for it. Download it, or share a link when you're ready.
What a finished statement sounds like
My ikigai is to help small manufacturers cut their energy waste.
My ikigai is to coach new nurses through their first hard year.
My ikigai is to run weekend retreats where burned-out founders learn to rest.
Illustrative examples. Yours is written from your own answers.