This series explores the three dimensions of a fulfilling life inspired by Shigehiro Oishi’s book Life in 3 Dimensions and my own experiences living in Japan, moving to the United States, and working between both cultures.

By the time I reached the final chapters during another morning walk, I felt as if Oishi had handed me a lens that clarified the shape of my life. The three dimensions he describes were already present in my experiences, but I had never considered how intentionally they could work together and how I can use this knowledge to help others.

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This series explores the three dimensions of a fulfilling life inspired by Shigehiro Oishi’s book Life in 3 Dimensions and my own experiences living in Japan, moving to the United States, and working between both cultures.

I listened to the middle section of the book during another early walk through Lafayette. The streets were still quiet, and the narrator’s voice carried Oishi’s ideas in a way that invited me to reflect more deeply. In this chapter, he describes psychological richness as a life marked by varied experiences, complexity, and shifts in perspective. It is not built on predictability or comfort. It grows through engagement with difference.

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This series explores the three dimensions of a fulfilling life inspired by Shigehiro Oishi’s book Life in 3 Dimensions and my own experiences living in Japan, moving to the United States, and working between both cultures.

I listened to Life in 3 Dimensions for the first time during a morning walk in my Lafayette neighborhood. It was cool and quiet, the kind of morning where eucalyptus leaves crackle under your shoes and the hills look soft in the hazy light. I had expected a book about happiness, maybe something gentle and encouraging. Instead, I found myself listening to ideas that cut right to the center of something I have been thinking about for most of my life: the search for meaning.

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