In this video, Nick Kemp discusses how our sources of ikigai can evolve as we age and highlights the significant impact our environment has on shaping these changes.
Our environment can influence our ikigai
Nick: This is interesting, I guess, as we get older, our physical abilities become restricted. Perhaps, because of that, we socialize less, and we spend maybe more time alone; and so then we have more time to reflect on our life, and it impacts our psychological health.
So maybe if we're of good health, we can reminisce and think about good memories, and still have a positive outlook on life. But I imagine loneliness also comes into this, especially in a hilly and mountainous area where it's harder to access and visit friends or family.
So it's interesting how the environment in which we live in as we get older, perhaps restricts us from finding or feeling more ikigai.