lagom: not too much, not too little; a cultural philosophy that seeks balance in all aspects of life, including satisfaction with what we have

A Swedish word that's migrating West, loosely translated in a way we Yanks can understand, lagom = Goldilocks. But in a much more socially responsible, zen kind of way.

It's pronounced something like lah𐫴GOHM in Sweden. But here, where we're determined to make everything sound as backwoods as possible, apparently it's LAG𐫴um.

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