Lagom translates as “just the right amount.” It means knowing when enough is enough, and trying to find balance and moderation rather than constantly grasping for more.

what we do affects other people. In this, we might see lagom more as a kind of “fair use” policy.

a mental shift that finds contentment in satisfaction. Many of us have internalized the ideas that bigger means better, that a bank balance means status, and that excess means happiness. Lagom, though, is to enjoy the “just right.”

It’s very easy to focus on only one part of life — work, love, family, health, play — that we end up ignoring or under-developing another part.