Hygge (hew-gah) is a popular topic these days, despite having an unattractive name- just do a search on Amazon, and there are at least 10 new books on the topic! The idea is simple cozy living at home for life satisfaction- similar to mindfulness, I guess. I first read about this concept in the book “The Year of Living Danishly” by Helen Russell. She moved to Denmark with her significant other to learn why Denmark is consistently rated as the world’s happiest country. I thought that book was quite informative, and I was intrigued by the concept of Hygge, so I picked up “The Cozy Life” by Pia Edberg to learn more. Though I finished the book, I can’t say that I learned anymore from this book about Hygge than I did from Helen Russell’s book, a recent New Yorker article that you can find for free here and a recent New York Times article that you can find here. If you have NEVER read anything about Hygge, the graphic above essentially gives you an idea of what it is. I guess the book would be essentially best for someone who wants a light introduction to the subject, and some inspiration to the topic. I didn’t think the advice such as to light spice or vanilla scented candles for a cozy atmosphere was worth the price of the book.
Thank you so much for introducing me to this term. It was wonderful to read about and the concept is really intriguing to me!
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Thanks for visiting! I’m glad I could give you an introduction. I’m planning to read another book on the topic, but there will be a book review on mindfulness first- a related topic, I think.
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I find mindfulness to be an incredibly hard subject and one that I daily struggle with so you will have at least one eager reader for the post!
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That’s great! I’ll get working on the post. 🙂
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