Subject: Week #2 Jan Hygge Challenge

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It's

Hygge

Time!

Your Week #2 Challenge Awaits...

This month's challenge has an "intentions" theme. Let's explore what that could mean for you...

The Hygge Lifestyle is very aligned with an intentional lifestyle. It takes you intentionally choosing to use your Hyggekrog for comfort in trying times. It is intentionally choosing to be more present within your relationships, and intentionally choosing to change things up when you find yourself bored in some way.


Last week's challenge was to explore some of the Hygge Lifestyle principles and try to set some short term goals on:

  1. how you'd like your life to feel like,

  2. what you can do to bring more Hygge in your life, and

  3. paint the picture of what matters to you this year.

This week's challenge is going to intentionally look at boundaries and limits because we are in the waxing quarter moon (our lower chakras). The goals you set last week were done because you intentionally want to include more Hygge into your current lifestyle.


Often we look at limits or boundaries as barriers holding us back or protective devices that keep us small. Just like anything in life, boundaries and limits can be harmful or healthy depending upon the energy behind them.


Boundaries aren't walls but they are super-charged love bubbles of protection that we all have. Limits are lines that we draw based upon what we are willing to withstand or do towards our goals. Oftentimes these boundaries and limits are subconsciously set by our trauma brain without us realizing it.


This week, I'd like you to find your hyggekrog and get comfortable. Then look over those goals you set last week and see which ones intentionally stretch your current boundaries or limits; see which ones intentionally place a healthier boundary or limit that wasn't there before. By acknowledging this you will be giving your trauma brain a "heads up" that things are intentionally going in a new way and the reason for it.


If you find yourself getting uncomfortable it is because your trauma brain is scared of the new pathway. It only knows what you have always done, and even if you are choosing a new healthier way of living it doesn't know what to expect. Start moving forward in steps that move you forward.


Notes: If you have entered into an anxiety attack you've possibly taken too big of a step outside the comfort zone. Use your hyggekrog to comfort yourself again, then ask yourself if you can make a smaller change than originally planned.


It is often the expectation that we need to change everything at once that sends the brain into a tailspin. What if we intentionally picked one thing and made it achievable AND growth?


Until next time, see you in the Simply Hygge Facebook group!


Loads of Love,

On the blog, there are a number of unique ideas for how to add some fun to your Hygge lifestyle - yes, even creating a pillow fort or an outdoor movie night...


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