3 things about Hygge/Hyggelig/Hooga: A slow and balanced lifestyle

Try to find, relax and live the moments with Hygge/Hyggelig/Hooga - a balanced lifestyle you will be able to recharge and be mentally ready to face the tough challenges outside.

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1. What really is Hygge/Hyggelig/Hooga? is it a balanced lifestyle?
2. Hygge/Hyggelig/Hooga - Happiness from little things with a balanced lifestyle
3. Stop to think of "chase" Hygge/Hyggelig/Hooga if not DIY (Do it Yourself) for a balanced lifestyle

At first glance from "Hygge", how do you pronounce it? Hy-ge, hy-gi, hig-ge, hig-gi…? Oh, all is not correct! Hygge is pronounced with the "y" sound like "ou" in "you", and the "e" sounds like "irl" in the word "girl". So the word Hygge will read almost like "hiu-gre". Since almost no one was reading right from the start, the funny Danes made quite a few clips instructing their precious Hygge to pronounce correctly, just searching on Youtube for the keyword "Hygge pronunciation" will be right out.

Below is 3 things about Hygge/Hyggelig/Hooga: slow and balanced lifestyle.

1. What really is Hygge/Hyggelig/Hooga? is it a balanced lifestyle?

3 things about Hygge: slow and balanced lifestyle

What really is Hygge/Hyggelig/Hooga? is it a balanced lifestyle? / ph: pexels

Hygge/Hyggelig/Hooga is a typical Danish lifestyle, pride and well-known secret of life. "Hygge/Hyggelig/Hooga" has no synonyms in English or any other language, it can be roughly understood as "happiness from little things".

However, Hygge/Hyggelig/Hooga is much more interesting and broader than that description. Hygge/Hyggelig/Hooga is represented by Danes in their daily communication, in school, at work and in their homes.

2. Hygge/Hyggelig/Hooga - Happiness from little things with a balanced lifestyle

Life in balance and peace
Hygge/Hyggelig/Hooga originates from the cold Nordic weather. In winter, "gray and cloudy" is weather information regularly broadcast every day in Denmark. The sun-free sky makes people want to stay indoors with light from candles, electric lights and fireplaces.

Using the house as the center and loving reunion for balanced lifestyle, Danes begin to think of small, beautiful things that they can make themselves and their loved ones feel comfortable and warm.

Simple pleasures such as lazy curled up, listening to music, drinking hot tea, reading a good book, then falling asleep; invite close friends over for a simple dinner of homemade food and chat late into the night.

3. Stop to think of "chase" Hygge/Hyggelig/Hooga if not DIY (Do it Yourself) for a balanced lifestyle

3 things about Hygge: slow and balanced lifestyle

Home decoration and cooking are the two skills to DIY to Hygge/Hyggelig/Hooga for the balanced lifestyle / ph: pexels

However if you want Hygge/Hyggelig/Hooga to be like a Dane, you have to love DIY. That's how they create the Hygge/Hyggelig/Hooga atmosphere and space. Because there is nothing else that can bring a pleasant feeling by sincerely preparing your own plan, even though it's not perfect.

Home decoration and cooking are the two skills that Danes like best to DIY to Hygge/Hyggelig/Hooga for the balanced lifestyle. In a Danish house, the mark of each family member will easily be found.

They always create their own corners that can bring the most comfortable emotions to themselves, called "Hygge/Hyggelig/Hooga station". It could be the kitchen table, the sofa by the window, or a small tent stretched out from the rug. But "nature" is a must in a balanced lifestyle.

Particularly, cooking is almost a hobby of Danes, because they love food. In every Hygge/Hyggelig/Hooga, foods, especially sweets and alcoholic drinks, are seldom absent.

Hygge/Hyggelig/Hooga is not for Danes only, they just think about it more, have their own words to name it, so it will be easier to find.

Happiness is not too far away, but actually very close to being present from the small things around us. That is the spirit that Hygge/Hyggelig/Hooga wants to aim for.

Try to find, relax and live the moments with Hygge/Hyggelig/Hooga - a balanced lifestyle you will be able to recharge and be mentally ready to face the tough challenges outside.