Saturday Word: Lagom

[med_cat]

If you’re the planning type, your vacations may begin to feel so structured that you need a do-nothing holiday by the time you return. Sound familiar? It may be time to consider the Swedish practice of “lagom.”

 

The word, pronounced lah-gom, means “not too much, not too little.” When applied to a trip, it means striking the ideal balance of exercise, adventure, food and relaxation.

Source: The Swedish secret to the perfectly balanced vacation, from The Washington Post

Comments

[full_metal_ox]

And now just watch the U.S. relentlessly monetize this foreign concept of balanced happy living: there’ll be lagom clothing and lagom foods and lagom tour packages.

(A suspicion based on this account of the Danish concept of hygge and all its cultural context:

https://archive.is/PCesw)

[med_cat]

'Tis possible

[zenigotchas]

Thank you Euros for this idea

[med_cat]

:)