lagom - enough

The solution to your quest for more: defining and embracing the beauty of your enough.

 Lagom is a Swedish term that translates to “just the right amount.” Lagom is what we are searching for—the knowledge of enough, of balance, of equilibrium. The challenge is that lagom isn’t static; it tends to be an ever-increasing target. As you get closer to achieving it, your confidence swells and resets to a higher level. This subconscious reset—from “I’ll be happy when I have [$X]” to “I’ll be happy when I have triple [$X]”—creates the upward spiral of expectations that you need to avoid. 

You will never have true Financial Wealth if you allow your expectations—your definition of enough—to grow faster than your assets. There is no perfect antidote. Hedonic adaptation means our chase for more is genetically hardwired, but forcing the definition of enough out of the subconscious mind and into the conscious mind is a start.

“Master, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us,” says Philip. Enough is a word that speaks to fulfillment. How do we see the Father and thus attain that which is enough for us? The body of Christ reveals the mystery: “Whoever has seen me has seen the Father.” Christ has gone ahead of us to prepare a place for us.