Free Ikigai Test
Pay attention to the ordinary, follow what draws your attention, and build a daily practice that deepens how you relate to yourself and the world around you.
A gentle, three step process
Sit with the questions
Forty questions across the four dimensions of Ikigai. There is no rush. Take your time with each one.
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Your Ikigai archetype shows where your energy naturally goes and how the four dimensions balance in your life.
Weave it into daily life
Your personal space translates your archetype into daily intentions and weekly rhythms. Gentle practice, not productivity.
Four shifts you begin to notice over time
Clarity
See yourself with new precision. Understand where your energy naturally flows and why certain paths have always called to you.
Consistency
Move from intention to rhythm. Small daily practices that compound into a life that actually fits you.
Self compassion
Release the pressure to be everything at once. Your archetype shows you where to invest your energy and where to let go.
Alignment
As your daily life aligns with what feels important, the distance between intention and action gets smaller.
A glimpse of your Ikigai report
Every report is unique, built from your answers, mapped to your archetype, and designed around your daily life.
You were made to make things, and to make them with people
Where your energy is most alive
Morning
Begin with twenty minutes of solo creative practice before checking messages or engaging with others.
Work
Structure your day to include at least one truly collaborative creative session where you're making something together.
Relationships
Invest in your creative community as deliberately as you invest in your work. The people you make with are co creators.
Rest
Your rest needs to include both solitude and social warmth. Alternate between these because one without the other will leave you drained.
What your values say. What your hours show.
The Rhythm Builder asks seven questions about how you actually spent your recent days, then compares your pattern to the daily rhythms of 14 historical figures. You see where your values and your hours line up, and where they don't, so you can start adjusting the parts that feel off.
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Twelve archetypes
Each archetype reflects a unique balance of what you love, what you are gifted at, what the world needs from you, and what sustains you. Discover which one resonates.
Selected works
Ikigai ni Tsuite
Mieko Kamiya, 1966The foundational Japanese scholarly text on Ikigai as a source of meaning and psychological vitality. Kamiya explored the concept through careful clinical observation and philosophical inquiry.
Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life
Hector Garcia and Francesc Miralles, 2017A widely read introduction drawing on fieldwork with long lived communities in Okinawa, bringing the concept of Ikigai to a global audience through stories and practical wisdom.
The Blue Zones
Dan Buettner, 2008Longevity research across five world regions where Ikigai emerged as a shared trait among those who lived the longest and most fulfilled lives.
Further reading
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Stories, reflections and practices on living with intention. Visit our blog for more on Ikigai philosophy, archetypes, and daily wisdom.
Visit the BlogWhat is Ikigai
Start from your everyday experience. Ikigai is a Japanese concept meaning "a reason for being." It lives at the intersection of what you love, what you are good at, what the world needs, and what sustains you. It is not a destination so much as a daily practice of noticing and returning to what already matters.
What you love doing, the activities and experiences that light you up from within.
What you are naturally good at, the skills and talents that feel almost effortless.
What the world needs from you, the contribution that gives your life its deeper meaning.
What sustains you, the structures and rhythms that keep your life in balance.
The framework draws on decades of Japanese scholarship, beginning with Mieko Kamiya's foundational work in 1966, and has been validated by longitudinal studies linking a strong sense of Ikigai to greater longevity, resilience, and life satisfaction.
Start from your everyday experience
The practice is small and ordinary. It starts here.
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