Norway's 'Frilustsliv' Made Me Happier And Healthier: 7 Ways To Experience More Nature

First made popular in the 1850s by playwright Henrik Ibsen in his poem On The Heights, the term “frilustsliv” (pronounced free-lufts-liv) roughly translates to “open-air living”. 

The term is necessarily broad. Per the BBC, it can include everything from taking a lunchtime walk to going camping on the weekend – the point is not to stick to a prescriptive number of minutes or steps a day, but to change your entire attitude to nature. 

It is also, the Guardian writes, a “year-long commitment”.