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10. Book - The Little Book Of Hygge : Danish Secrets To Happy Living
Author - Meik Wiking
Year - 2016
Rating - 6/10
What it is.
A study on the Danish concept of ‘hygge’; why it makes Danish people happy and how to achieve it yourself.
What rates it.
It’s interesting that the idea of cosiness is what drives happiness for Danish people. It is an extra layer of security that sits at the top of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, but only exists because of the social welfare that the country prides itself on.
This book shows that hygge is easy to achieve, if you have your basic needs met. If anything, I found this book to be proof of why we need social welfare states because if people’s basic needs are met by the state, then they will reciprocate with something as wholesome as hygge.
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New-to-Me Authors I Discovered in 2023
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“Benjamin Franklin said it best: “Happiness consists more in small conveniences or pleasures that occur every day, than in great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom.”
- Meik Wiking, The Little Book of Hygge
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Book Review: The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live Well by: Meik Wiking
We are social creatures, and the importance of this is clearly seen when one compares the satisfaction people feel in relationships with their overall satisfaction with life. The most important social relationships are close relationships in which you experience things together with others, and experience being understood; where you share thoughts and feelings, and both give and receive support.…
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June 2023 wrapup
I was incredibly busy this month and felt like I didn't get a lot of reading in. Turns out I read more than I thought! Unfortunately, most books were not quite as good as I was hoping for them to be.
favorites of the month: Legendborn and Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn
nonfiction of the month (3): Night Falls Fast by Kay Redfiled Jamison, Your Brain on Art by Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross, My Hygge Home by Meik Wiking
classics (1): A Laodicean by Thomas Hardy
poetry (1): A Thousand Mornings by Mary Oliver
graphic novel (1): How Mirka Got Her Sword (Hereville #1) by Barry Deutsch
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Books Read in 2023:
Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman (2019)
Luck in the Shadows by Lynn Flewelling (1996)
The Last Sun by K.D. Edwards (2018)
The Little Book of Lykke by Meik Wiking (2017)
American Cozy by Stephanie Pederson (2018)
The Queer Principles of Kit Webb by Cat Sebastian (2021)
The Conscious Closet by Elizabeth L. Cline (2019)
My Happy Marriage Vol. 1 by Akumi Agitogi (2019)
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson (1962)
[ID: Covers of the aforementioned books. End ID.]
#2023media#gigi.txt#humankind was a solid book. jsut about like... humanity being good and shit#i def def do not agree with everything that man says politically hes too liberal and if i hear the words homo puppy again i will lose my#GODDAMN mind but overall. solid.#luck in the shadows is a very good start to a gay high fantasy book series from the 90s!!! the writing was rlly good im looking forward#to the rest of the series. gotta get my hands on it wah#the last sun was. so fucking weird. bad weird. i kept sharing screenshots with my discords. do NOT rec#little book of lykke was the shocking info that if u have robust social programs and good transit and etc u will b. happier. SHOCK.#american cozy was a worse version of that just like uwu lets suck denmark's dick for a whole goddamn book#queer principles of kit webb was boring. gonna be real. it was fine it was just fucking boring.#the conscious closet was good in terms of info abt clothes and problems and shit BUT in terms of politics was so fucking capitalistic hell#i might purchase it just to reference like it was quite solid in terms of that#super loving my happy marriage. reading the manga too. mwah.#SILENT SPRING WOULD'VE CHANGED MY WHOLE FUCKING LIFE IF I READ IT IN HIGH SCHOOL GO READ IT GO READ IT#MY TOP BOOK OF THIS YEAR NO QUESTION!!!!
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2024 Reading Goals
Hello hello! Happy New Year to all!
Fun fact, by posting this at 11:00am GMT, 2023 has officially ended in all inhabited countries as UTC -11 is the last inhabited timezone.
I haven't been a resolutions person for a couple of years now but I admit I do love a challenge and goal setting. I also love reading. I'm sure you don't need the title to tell you where this is going. I've had goodreads since Sept, 2016 and have been taking part in their reading challenge since 2020. I've met my goal evey year except 2021 and I hope to make three years in a row this year!
2023's goal was an ambitious 48 books and I somehow managed to read 48 (I attribute a good 1/3 to getting a library card and access to libby). 18 of those books were comics/manga though and while I do believe anything with a ISBN counts, I'd like for comics & manga to only be about 25% of my books instead of the current 38%. I feel like I might be setting myself up a bit but I'm not going to be too upset if at the end of the year, I don't lower the percentage. This is just a bit of fun.
Anyways in no particular order, here's a tentative list of the 48 books I plan to read in 2024. This is subject to change due to availability, gifts, recommendations and new releases.
~Eli
Ace of All Trades, Pro at None😆
Atomic Habits by James Clear
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth
The Lost Adventures and Team Avatar Tales by Gene Luen Yang & Faith Erin Hicks
Girls and Autism by Barry Cerpenter, Francesca Happé & Jo Egerton
Sense & Sensibility by Jane Austen
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
ATLA: The Promise by Gene Luen Yang, Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko
Windrush by Mike Phillips & Trevor Phillips
In the Castle of My Skin by George Lamming
The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan
The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan
The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan
The House of Hades by Rick Riordan
The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan
ATLA: The Search Omnibus by Gene Luen Yang
Queer by Frank Wynne
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain
ATLA: The Rift Omnibus by Gene Luen Yang
This Book is Gay by Juno Dawson
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
ATLA: Smoke & Shadow Omnibus by Gene Luen Yang, Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko
The Little Book of Hygge by Meik Wiking
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
ATLA: North & South Omnibus by Gene Luen Yang, Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko
I Will Not Be Erased by Gal-dem
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Katara & The Pirate's Silver by Faith Erin Hicks
They/Them/Their by Eris Young
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
Suki, Alone by Faith Erin Hicks
Let Me Tell You What I Mean by Joan Didion
The Turn of the Shrew by Henry James
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Abertalli
Toph Beifong's Metalbending Academy by Faith Erin Hicks
How We Fight For Our Lives by Saeed Jones
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
V for Vendetta by Alan Moore
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Middlemarch by George Elliot
This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron
The Movement Vol. 1: Class Warfare by Gail Simone
I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Hold Tight, Don't Let Go by Laura Rose Wagner
Saga Vol. 1 by Brian K. Vaughn
#ace of all trades#hobby blog#hobbies#books#bookworm#book#booklr#books & libraries#bookblr#reading#books and reading#goodreads#book challenge#reading challenge#reading goals#2024 reading goals#tbr pile#tbr list#tbr#book tbr#to be read#to read
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Astrology Book Recs
♓️ Pisces the Fish: February 20-March 20
“As the last sign in the zodiac, Pisces embodies the highest ideals of mankind- spirituality, sensitivity, self-sacrifice. Those born under the sign of the fish are unworldly, caring, and giving, especially of their hearts.
They can also be demanding emotionally. Pisceans are driven by the emotional chaos of their element of water. Their sudden mood changes can seem bewildering. But still there is always something very compelling about the fish, particularly in the eyes. One look from a Pisces can melt even the stoniest of hearts.”
♓️ The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh
♓️ The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
♓️ The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World by Patrik Svensson
♓️ The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Secrets to Happy Living by Meik Wiking
♓️ The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
#godzilla reads#astrology book recs#astrology#pisces#zodiac signs#book recs#booklr#bookworm#book blog#booklover#bibliophile#bookblogger#books
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- The Little Book of Hygge: Danish Secrets to Happy Living by Meik Wiking.
#hygge#this is what I keep talking about#life doesn’t have to be so goal directed#modern books about finding happiness or whatever love to focus on goal setting#you’ll be happy if and when you finally accomplish x#but the joy can come instead by the experience itself not the potential result#if you do more things you genuinely enjoy just to enjoy them you will likely feel happier
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“Live life today like there is no coffee tomorrow.”
-Meik Wiking
Coffee is always a good idea.💕
-@blossombutterflyandpixiedust
#quoteoftheday#good morning#have a wonderful day#have a blessed day#be happy#coffee talk#coffetime#coffee lover#coffee is my love language#coffeeislife#love live#live laugh love#good morning sunshine#roses#four roses#red roses#cup of coffee#best idea ever#true words#thoughts#inspirational words#spilled words#positive words
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Favourite Books of 2023
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Title: The Little Book of Hygge
Author: Meik Wiking
Genre: Nonfiction, Self Help
Published: September 1, 2016
My Thoughts: Is it too long and repetitive? Yes. Is it still a cozy and hygge time? Absolutely.
Denmark's happiness is attributed to the concept of hygge, which involves creating intimacy, coziness, and soothing experiences. Meik Wiking, CEO of the Happiness Research Institute in Copenhagen, offers a guide to achieving hygge, covering topics such as lighting, dinner planning, emergency hygge kits, and dressing. Wiking believes hygge is the key to happiness and believes it is the key to making Denmark the happiest nation globally.
While this book could have been far smaller, I still think it did a great job of being what it needed to be. Hygge in a book. I read this by the candlelight while desperately waiting for the cool weather to appear. What can I say? I loved every minute of it.
Wiking does a great job of putting cozy in a book with interesting statistics and a lackadaisical humor.
I would recommend this to anyone needing a dose of coziness. It won’t be groundbreaking, but I don’t think it was ever meant to be.
#the little book of hygge#hygge#meik wiking#cozy feelings#nonfiction#self help#book review#cozy book review#kindle unlimited
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