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Poronkusema – Talk about very Finnish problems, poronkusema describes the distance a reindeer can comfortably travel before taking a break to urinate. In case you were wondering, it’s around, 4.7miles / 7.5km. Poronkusema was once an official unit of measurement until the metric system was introduced in the late
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Kaamos is more than just Polar Night when there are 24 consecutive hours of darkness, kaamos describes the longing for sunshine, and a feeling of depression and lack of motivation and enthusiasm. It signifies long dark days and bad weather, no social life, and a lack of inspiration. It seems
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Ailyak (ay-lyak) Meaning: This is the Bulgarian version of the African hakuna matata or the Italian dolce far niente. The word is untranslatable and comprises the art of doing everything slowly, with no rush, enjoying the process and life in general. Which is exactly the mindset I need now, starting
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Hyemation: * The passing of winter in a particular place; a wintering * The act of affording shelter in winter Jólakötturinn, a.k.a. The Yule Cat is a huge and vicious cat who is described as lurking in the snowy countryside during Christmas time and eating people who have not received
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Spoondrift: Spray blown from waves during a gale at sea. 💡 This week's wisdom is by Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius on focusing on what you can control: "You have power over your mind — not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength." Let's rub
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Encandilar – The aftermath of seeing a sudden bright flash of light, often associated with seeing spots. Encandilar comes from the Spanish verb encandilarse, meaning ‘to be dazzled/blinded by’. 💡 This week’s advice: When someone tells you something is wrong, they’re usually right. When someone tells you how to
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Gluggaveður – An Icelandic term for when the weather looks pleasant from your window, but is actually really cold that you need a jacket. Gluggaveður literally means “window-weather”. 💡 This week’s advice: The 20-20-20 rule: Every 20 minutes of screenwork, look at a spot 20 feet away for 20 seconds. This
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Eigengrau - When we close our eyes or enter total darkness most people see vague grey field usually composed of changing regions of tiny black and white dots. This dark grey colour is called the Eigengrau, a German word that means intrinsic grey. What we are seeing is visual noise
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Sesuji ga kooru (背筋せすじが凍こおる), is a Japanese term which literally means “spine freezing” and it’s not hard to imagine when you’d want to use this phrase — footsteps that follow you on your way to the server room or the creepy feeling you get when you deploy to production
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“Saudade” is an untranslatable Portuguese term that refers to the melancholic longing or yearning. A recurring theme in Portuguese and Brazilian literature, “saudade” refers to a sense of loneliness and incompleteness. “Saudade” can more casually be used to say that you miss someone or something, even if you’ll see
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Vacilando is a Spanish term for the act of wandering when the experience of travel is more important than reaching a specific destination. John Steinbeck (in Travels With Charley: In Search of America, 1962) wrote: In Spanish there is a word for which I can’t find a counterword in