Jacquie Ellis

If you are following my 30 days of Hygge challenge, welcome back! If this is the first time joining me, welcome! Once I discovered what is Hygge life, I decided I needed to test if my typical routines aligned with a Hygge lifestyle. I’m on Day 15 of the 30 days of Hygge challenge and today’s challenge was to create an evening routine. The evening routine was to center around relaxation. I wasn’t tasked to work on the endless things moms feel they need to do before going to bed. “All the things” needed to wait for another day. The evening routine was to start an hour or two before…

When most people think about Hygge they think about being curled up in the comfy furniture, under a blanket with hot chocolate in front of the fire. They aren’t wrong, this is a small part of living a Hygge lifestyle. However, the Danes balance that comfortable relaxing with being active in their daily lives. Having an active lifestyle is Hygge too. It’s Day 14 of my 30 days of Hygge challenge and I was tasked to be more active. I’ll be honest with you, I wasn’t interested in doing this task after being on my feet for a 10-hour workday. My feet were not thrilled with me at all! I…

Spending time with loved ones is very Hygge. Spending time outdoors is very Hygge. What if you combine them? The result is the ultimate Hygge movie night! I’m on Day 13 of my 30 days of Hygge Challenge and we are tasked tonight to do a movie night outdoors. There are a few ways you can do this yourself and I’ve listed them below. However, you choose to do your ultimate Hygge movie night, spend that time with your spouse, your family, or a friend. Enjoy the movie. Laugh, cry, cuddle, and take in every moment. You deserve this time with them! They deserve this time with you! Make memories.…

It’s Day 11 of my 30 days of Hygge challenge and today’s challenge was to spend time reminiscing over pictures with friends or family. How many of us busy moms have piles of photos on our phones but nowhere else? You fully intended to create photo albums but never make the time to print out the photos. You blink and the years fly by. Then one of the kids enters high school or graduates and you wonder where the years went. Facebook is great about reminding you of the memories that you posted over the years, but what about the days in between? How do you bring little moments of…

I hear a lot of moms complain that they don’t have time to take a break or rest. They have too much to do. I get it. Moms are busy. If we aren’t working on something, our “busy mom brain” is thinking of the long list of tasks that need to get done.  How can we get a break? You can slow life down with Hygge. Impossible! Nope, not impossible. It does, however, take an intentional decision to make yourself a priority for just a day. It doesn’t have to be about you only. The family can join in. In fact, why not make it a pajama day? This post…

Finding hobbies are Hygge. Why is that? Could it really help? Day 8 of my 30 days of Hygge was finding a new hobby or picking up an old one. If you are following my journey, welcome back! I started this journey figuring out what is Hygge life and then committed to 30 days of Hygge. I’m writing about each day and the lessons I’ve discovered working through this challenge. When I read the task for today I thought it was going to be easy. I have hobbies and have had a few favorites over the last few years. It wasn’t though. I struggled with finding the energy to even…