"Lagom"- ... not too much, not too little. Just Enough.

Life is about retaining the balance. That balance will stretch and alter throughout your life as you navigate different speeds, responsibilities, seasons and motivations.

The Swedes have a word for living a life of 'just enough'... 'not too much, not too little'. Moderation in work, diet, adventure and relationships, creates a pendulum that feels light and manageable.

This gives you space to play, to explore and to meet demands productively within measured and manageable time frames. Your balance will look different to others. It's important to remember that one person's 'just enough' or 'just right' will look different to another's.

So get to know your limits and understand what feels like a comfortable, positive and flowing lifestyle. Your balance will shift over time - day by day, year by year, moment to moment. So be in tune with the natural transitions and changes for what works for you.

Part of creating a life of 'just enough' is about listening to and honouring your changing needs. If we are not continually creative, receptive and responsive to our own change and that of our eco-systems, we may remain stagnant, on pause, or uninspired by our day-to-day lives.

A life of balance accepts the good and bad, and actively chooses to work, love and live in harmony with our values, our ambitions and our joys. To achieve this may require us to reduce our work hours, to commit to sports groups, to volunteer our time to a greater cause, to plan weekend adventures or regular dinners with friends and loved ones.

Balance is always within our reach. It's up to us to understand what feels 'just right' in all our endeavours. By prioritising those friendships that truly nourish us, going after those projects that we believe in or giving time to developing a new skill, we learn to create and feed the balance.

We only have so much time in a day. It is important to find out how we can best spend those hours to create a healthy life filled with variety, routine, adventure and fulfilment. At times that may require a total break or restructuring, at others, simply a gentle adding or reducing of activities and commitments.

Learn to divide and compartmentalise your days and time. 'Lagom' is an entirely attainable life of 'just enough'. When we aim daily for moderation rather than excess, we create something sustainable, something light and rich all at the same time.

Instead of feeling drained, we feel energised simply because we are not underestimating or straining our physiological limits and capabilities. Instead we are nourishing our needs, moment to moment. Freely and fairly, with variation, regularity, alteration and constant dialogue with what inspires us most.