Metadata
- Author: Digital Minimalism
- Full Title: 4 Focus Areas for a Purposeful Life – Curtis McHale
- URL: https://curtismchale.ca/2022/03/02/4-focus-areas-for-a-purposeful-life/?cmdid=EA9OH43BK7X3XG
Highlights
The purpose of Ikigai by Hector Garcia and Francesc Miralles is to help you find the reason you get up in the morning so you can live a long and fulfilled life3review
They found that the happiest people are not the ones that achieve the most money or power, but those that spend more of their time in a state of flow5. Focused on doing that thing that brings purpose to their livesreview
The second area of difference is in the connections that are made in the community. The residents spend much of their lives interacting with their community and helping out those around them 6. They do stuff in sync with the community around them which has been shown to improve your happiness 7review
We also can’t make community connections in our cars, but when you walk down the street neighbours just interact and you build community connectionreview
Keeping our brain challenged means we need to pursue high-quality leisure as defined by Cal Newport in Digital Minimalism. High-quality leisure has three main components. First, it involves demanding activity instead of passive consumption. It means not sitting in front of the TV, but doing something that requires effort from you. Second, high-quality leisure is often working that produces something in the physical world. It’s painting, planting a garden, or fixing bikes. It’s activity away from the digital world. Third, high-quality leisure regularly includes interactions with others. This is board game night or a group run.review