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Publisher
Running Press, an imprint of Perseus Books, LLC
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Explains how to live "lagom," or a balanced life, by cherishing relationships, improving work-life balance, freeing the home from clutter, and savoring good food
Lagom (pronounced 'lah-GOM') has no equivalent in the English language but is loosely translated as 'not too little, not too much, just right'. It is widely believed that the word comes from the Viking term 'laget om', for when a mug of mead was passed around a circle and there was just...
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Language
English
Description
Hygge and Lagom, your personal prescription for happiness and balance in an unhappy and out of control world!
If you are feeling as though you've lost your way recently, you're not alone. Many of us feel disconnected from the world we live in.
It's no wonder, given just how fast the world moves these days. Technology brings so many benefits, but it comes at a steep cost. Our happiness.
Many of us are left feeling alone, disillusioned, and unhappy....
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Language
English
Description
If you've always wanted a balanced lifestyle but have no idea how to get started, then keep reading...
Are you irritated by a world where the only options are "more please," or "too much?"
Have you tried limiting this, adding that, and trying to find a balance point, but that perfect place seems out of reach? Do you finally want to say goodbye to excessiveness and discover that Goldilocks sensation of "just right?"
If so, then you've come to the...
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English
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"By using the Swedish lifestyle as an example, Niki Brantmark offers insightful suggestions and bite-sized actions to help you make subtle changes to your life, so you too can make time for the things that matter most and find greater happiness."--Back cover
Wouldn't it be wonderful if you could slow down and enjoy a life with more time for the things you love? Lagom means "not too much and not too little" and is the Swedish philosophy for enjoying...
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Language
Español
Description
¿Está cansado de trabajar todo el tiempo y sentir que no tiene un equilibrio entre el trabajo y su vida; simplemente porque tiene que pagar por todas esas cosas que compró en el pasado, y que ahora no significan nada para usted? ¿Se siente vacío y como si las cosas no le hicieran feliz, como deberían hacerlo?¿Parece el minimalismo una buena manera de hacerle sentir bien, y de hacer la vida más fácil, pero no está listo para tirar todas sus...
Author
Publisher
Ten Speed Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"From home design and work-life balance, to personal well-being and environmental sustainability, author Anna Brones presents valuable Swedish-inspired tips and actionable ways to create a more intentional, healthy lifestyle. Instead of thinking about how we can work less, lagom teaches us to think about how we can work better."--
Author
Publisher
Quadrille, an imprint of Hardie Grant
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Lagom: n. just the right amount, balanced, harmonious. This beautiful, fresh cookbook offers genuine insight into how Swedes eat and cook with recipes that fit around the seasons, occasions, times of day, and appetite. Eating and cooking in tune with 'lagom' means embracing food that is good for body and soul, unfussy, delicious and sustaining, and all in harmony. The Swedes understand that balance is everything that you crave comforting food when...
Author
Publisher
Ulysses Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Throwing away all your stuff isn't going to make you happy. Conspicuous consumption isn't going to work either. But somewhere in the middle is lagom--the Swedish way to happiness based on the idea of not too much, nor too little. Lagom is not just a word but the very essence of what it means to be a Swede. As you'll discover in this book, lagom is the secret to the enviable Swedish lifestyle of social consciousness, moderation and sustainability....
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