Make January work for you – 4 ways

​When examining the 2023 year ahead, are you looking for positive trends and opportunities to get yourself started on the right track? Do you look at things like hygge, hibernation, Lagom, and self-care?

This week’s tip comes from Sairah Ashman Global CEO of brand consultancy Wolff Olin. In her article 4 Ways To Make January Work For You she presents a way to begin the new year without making promises that might not be kept. She also lays out a plan to incorporate hygge and Lagom into your life.

You might be thinking “what is hygge”?

Lagom?

I was intrigued – I knew I needed to look both words up, as a refresher. According to big brother Google: Hygge is about creating a cozy and comfortable environment in which one feels content, Lagom is about finding a more manageable, comfortable, and balanced way of doing things.

Ashman provides some excellent discussion on the four following topics. Topics that help you get started with decluttering your life while adding a little Lagom, and a lot more Hygge into those once cluttered places.

1. It’s a good time to embrace ‘essentialism’ and say no more often
2. If you find it difficult to set boundaries, get things done and focus on what’s meaningful
3. It’s the ideal moment to embrace connection over goals
4. It’s the right time to focus on the every day over the epic

She brings to light the purpose of embracing connection over goals; enriching and enlarging those connections. “Taking now rather than finding ourselves regretful later”.  

Take now rather than find ourselves regretful later.

A fun read, with an outward mindset, and its timely. 4 Ways To Make January Work For You