A piece of wisdom from
January 23, 2024 · Tuesday
The quote
“Pseudo-productivity — measuring effort by visible activity — was a convenient fiction in offices. It became a catastrophe when the office moved into the home.”
— Cal Newport · Burnout
The concept
Hygge
The Danish art of cozy contentment, warmth, presence, and finding enough in small things.
Denmark is consistently among the happiest countries on earth, through long, dark, expensive winters, and Danes credit hygge (pronounced HOO-gah). It is not a thing you buy; it is an atmosphere you create: candlelight instead of glare, a wa…
A practice for today
Before bed tonight, name one thing where the lesson of Hygge. The Danish art of cozy contentment, warmth, presence, and finding enough in small things.
From the Bhagavad Gita
Verse 18.47
श्रेयान्स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात्। स्वभावनियतं कर्म कुर्वन्नाप्नोति किल्बिषम्॥
“Better is one's own duty, though imperfect, than another's duty well performed. Performing the work fitted to one's own nature, one incurs no sin.”
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