"Your ikigai is that sense you have when you wake up that this day matters, that there are new experiences to be had, that you have work to do, a contribution to make. Sometimes this is referred to as your calling, other times your vocation, your destiny, your path. Your ikigai is your reason for being."
He has a nice little bit about living your life instead of trying to live your neighbor’s life. We can easily get stuck there. Or we can get caught in a spirit of fearfulness that sort of immobilizes us from a well lived life. He also has a great chapter on craft or success. “Craft is your awareness that all the hours you’re putting in are adding up to something, that they’re producing in you skill and character and substance.” A small book worth the read.