recent realisations about Ikigai is that the 4 aspects do NOT have to come from the same source

eg. you love your job, you are good at your job, you are getting paid at your job, the world needs what you're doing

i believe the goal is just to achieve the 4 (through whatever means), and you will find happiness

you can be good at a job, get paid for it, and not love it. you can still find/practice your passion on the side (maybe cooking, knitting, pottery, etc.), while volunteering to feel a sense of gratitude to the world

the permutations and combinations are endless in achieving the 4

i'm glossing over a lot of the smaller details and possible factors that might prove this wrong, but i'm just trying to speak broadly to say that it IS possible for those that might be going through something rn

remember what they say about being delusionally optimistic about life!

"whether you think you can or can't either way you're right", said Henry Ford