How You Can Live a Hygge Lifestyle

The online world is filled with content on minimalism and productivity. Guides upon guides of tips, tricks, tools, and lists. It’s almost as if being still wasn’t mainstream anymore. We should hustle and work hard 24/7 — Or at least that’s the mindset you get from these videos, pins, and blog posts.

Hygge is about solving this issue. You feel overwhelmed because you’re not made for all of this. You’re made to enjoy the little joys of your life, at least once in a while.

But first, what is hygge?

Hygge is a Danish term that is particularly hard to translate, almost like wanderlust or je ne sais quoi. What we know for sure is that it’s a lifestyle where you are supposed to make your life cozier, more natural, and more in line with your true self.

Close your eyes and describe the first image that comes to your mind when you think of the fall season. It’s probably something closer to a book, a blanket, and a hot cup of tea or coffee. That’s hygge.

But hygge is also when you come back from work, dim down the lights, turn on some scented candles, and put on rhythmic tunes. Hygge is when you spend a cozy night with friends, surrounded by comfort food and belly laughs.

Why should you live a hygge lifestyle?

Hygge is the cheapest and fastest way to get a serotonin boost. That’s the simplest way to put it. With everything that’s happening around the world now — from a deadly virus to crippling recession spacing to fake news on social media — our brains can get easily saturated with anxiety, depression, and other not-so-pleasant feelings.

What do you need to implement a hygge lifestyle?

We’re not here to sell you dreams. There’s not a single scented candle on this planet that can make up for the worst karmic day. Despite the fairy rainbow vibes that you might have got from the examples we just shared, hygge is a true thing and it can be applied for real in your daily life. Here’s how:

Now, let’s move back to the core of this topic: how to hygge your life.

10 Ways To Implement Hygge in Your Routine

2020 has for sure transformed your routines just as much as it did for us. Days spent working from home, blocked at home, studying from home. Your home is indeed the best place to implement a hygge lifestyle. You can actually apply it to every environment you find yourself in, be it your office or while traveling.

Here are some general tips on how to hygge yourself:

What else?

As you might have guessed from this post, hygge is probably something that you’ve experienced without even knowing it. It’s all about feeling present and spending quality time with yourself or your loved ones.

These feelings of coziness and contentment are some of the ingredients to a happy life; at least that’s what we can learn from Danes. No wonder that according to the 2020 World Happiness Report, Denmark ranks high as one of the happiest countries around the world, second only to Finland.

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