{"id":2026,"date":"2024-05-24T20:18:53","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T20:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/5point-something.com\/?p=2026"},"modified":"2024-05-24T20:19:13","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T20:19:13","slug":"japanese-philosophies-to-excel-in-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/5point-something.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/24\/japanese-philosophies-to-excel-in-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Philosophies to excel in life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We all have heard about the famous Japanese philosophy &#8220;IKIGAI&#8221; which means &#8221; to have a purpose in life&#8221;. Today I will talk about a few other Japanese philosophies that have intrigued me and wish to imbibe in my life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">1. <strong>KAIZEN<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It means focusing on small improvements every day and not waiting for big improvements but trying to 1% better every day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>2. Hara Hachi Bu<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This means to stop eating after you are 80% full. It got popular from Okinawa Diet wherein Okinawa island has one of the highest number of population over 100+. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>3. Wabi-sabi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This means that instead of perfection, one should find beauty in imperfection. Love the things they way they are. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>4.Shinrin-yoku<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shinin in Japanese means &#8220;Forest&#8221; and yoku means &#8221; Bath&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It means that one should spend more time with nature. Whenever you&#8217;re feeling stressed or overwhelmed, go for a walk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>5. Gaman<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Gaman in Japanese philosophy that complements ganbaru. It involves the idea of enduring difficult situations with patience and dignity. Translated as &#8220;endurance&#8221; or &#8220;perseverance,&#8221; gaman encourages individuals to bear hardships without complaint, maintaining self-control and emotional strength.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all have heard about the famous Japanese philosophy &#8220;IKIGAI&#8221; which means &#8221; to have a purpose in life&#8221;. Today I will talk about a few other Japanese philosophies that have intrigued&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[45,99],"tags":[140,141,136,137,139,138],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/5point-something.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2026"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/5point-something.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/5point-something.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5point-something.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5point-something.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2026"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/5point-something.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2029,"href":"https:\/\/5point-something.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2026\/revisions\/2029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/5point-something.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5point-something.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5point-something.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}