The jolly jingle of Santa’s sleigh has only just diminished, yet the bitterly cold moans of the winter months are already upon us.  Supermarkets across the country are sold out of spinach and almonds as people frenziedly start their January detox.  Dry Januarys are depressingly started and people begin to count down the days to February first.  Travel agents are packed with people already thinking about where they will spend next Christmas. Yet no one is happy. Everybody is complaining about the cold, how much weight they’ve put on and how busy they are.  We are stuck in a rut.  A rut of hurrying around and complaining about it.  
This negative and unmotivated start to the year can be disastrous, especially for school children. Year elven student Sia said, “I feel like New Year resolutions are pointless, I don’t have time for them,” summing up the issue.  We all believe that we don’t have time.  Hoping to rectify this and make us live each day to the full, is Hygge. Hygge is the act of nothing, and it’s the newest Danish import.  Essentially, Hygge states that you should practice being mindful and at one with your surroundings.  You must block out distractions and unnecessary materialistic items and focus on what you really want.  For a GCSE student, embracing Hygge might make studying sessions more effective, leaving them with more time to do what they really want.  Sia agreed and said, “I become bored when studying because it takes so long and I have a lot of other time commitments that I would rather be doing.  If Hygge would allow me to revise more effectively, for less time, then I’d do it every day!”
So forget about New Year New Me, and embrace Hygge this year.  Maybe you might finally stick to your New Year resolution.