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I Nearly Died, Now to Live
Waking to the sound of a hospital monitor changed the question. It was no longer about meetings, deadlines, or achievement. It became simpler and harder: how much time do I have, and am I spending it well?
Beep. Beep. Beep.
That's what woke me up. Not my alarm. It was the beeping of a hospital monitor, then the sharp sting of disinfectant, and beneath it, the faint, unmistakable smell of sickness and something I'd rather not say.
I was fully awake now, trying to understand what happened and recovering from the surgery. And for the first time in longer than I could remember, I had nowhere to be, no meetings to attend, or decisions to make.
My mind kept racing, and a couple of questions kept surfacing. I couldn't ignore it:
How much time do I have? And am I spending it the right way?
That's when I remembered Ikigai, the Japanese concept behind why people in Okinawa routinely live past 100, purposeful and energised to the end. This is largely because they've found the place where what they love, what they're great at, what the world needs, and what sustains them all overlap.
I realised I'd been living in fragments. Successful on paper but genuinely unaligned!
So I built something when I got home, a free 3-minute assessment that maps your personal Ikigai score and gives you one concrete step toward that alignment.
If your life looks right from the outside but feels slightly off from the inside, take three minutes. Then hit reply and tell me what it surfaces, I read every response.
To time well spent,
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