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The Little Book of Lykke: The Danish Search for the World's Happiest People | Meik Wiking

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This was a real joy to read. He even managed to find a good story about cake! Even though this is nonfiction, it explains the desperate need for fiction, especially literary fiction, to the wellbeing of humanity. Definitely worth reading in 2025 America. Seriously, this is a cheery, encouraging, and engaging explanation of everything we‘re getting wrong and how to fix it.
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GingerAntics It even includes the morning he woke up expecting to read about America‘s first female president and woke up feeling horrible for America. It‘s so fitting. 16h

GingerAntics #MeikWiking #TheLittleBookOfLykke #audiobook #happiness #wonderful #cake 16h

kspenmoll Great review! 14h

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The Little Book of Lykke: The Danish Search for the World's Happiest People | Meik Wiking

Absolutely ADORED this description of musical chairs! 🤣😂🤣 I also thought the revised version he suggested would be more fun, and be a great critical thinking and creative problem solving exercise.
#MeikWiking #TheLittleBookOfLykke #MusicalChairs

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The Little Book of Lykke: The Danish Search for the World's Happiest People | Meik Wiking

I haven‘t had a car since 2016. It has severely limited opportunities in all kinds of areas (including renewing my driver‘s license - which apparently now I need to be able to get a new job, even if driving is not required). Taking public transport is a struggle when it‘s seen as less than or lower class. It has plus sides though, and I feel like truly developed countries should be moving in this direction and away from all these bleeding cars.

GingerAntics #MeikWiking #TheLittleBookOfLykke #PublicTransportation #PublicTransport #DevelopedCountry #equity 16h

Bookwomble I recommend the tagged book if you can get a copy 🙂

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Ruthiella I loved living in a city with good public transport. That was a few decades ago, alas. 10h

GingerAntics @Ruthiella I live in a relatively small city, but we do actually have pretty good public transport. The buses are even hybrids. Its great. If only it wasn‘t seen as for poor people and the elderly. 10h

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The Little Book of Lykke: The Danish Search for the World's Happiest People | Meik Wiking

From personal experience, I can absolutely attest to this.
If you want to screw up your kids forever, give them an inferiority complex coupled with isolating them as much as possible.
#MeikWiking #TheLittleBookOfLykke #inferior #excluded #happiness

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The Little Book of Lykke: The Danish Search for the World's Happiest People | Meik Wiking

This is 3 April and I‘m starting my third book. The first two have been horrible (one pan and one DNF), so here‘s hoping this one is way better… yeah, I picked what is probably a walk off home run in good books, but after the last two books, let‘s make this happen.
#MeikWiking #TheLittleBookOfLykke #audiobook

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The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live Well | Meik Wiking

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A minor ode to cake. For a book about happiness, it makes you happy to just sit and read (or even better, listen to). The author is a delight to listen to as he reads his own words, especially when he talks about cake. My only complaint is that it ended too soon. 🎂🍰🧁🥮🧡🧡
#MeikWiking #TheLittleBookOfHygge #danish #denmark #cake #candles #peace #relaxation #happiness #rest #books #hygge

5feet.of.fury Wait it‘s pronounced Hoo-Ga?! 1w

GingerAntics @5feet.of.fury pretty much… of course it sounds different when a native English speaker says those sounds together and when a Danish or Norwegian native speaker says them. The emphasis is on the OO and the a is almost a ghost of a sound, but yeah. 1w

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The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live Well | Meik Wiking

The section about lighting is the literary version of my current search for a new bedside lamp. (How dare my old one die!)
#MeikWiking #TheLittleBookOfHygge #lighting #atmosphere

TheBookHippie In the same boat… 1w

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie I thought I found a solution… then my mother wanted one, and no to turn on one is to turn on the other and she wants it off when I need it on. 🤦🏼‍♀️ 1w

TheBookHippie @GingerAntics I had an old tiny lamp I used since the 80s it died Sunday 😝 1w

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GingerAntics @TheBookHippie oh, now that is heartbreaking! Thank you for your long and storied service, lamp. 1w

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie mine still technically works… I think. The light bulb went out, so I replaced it and it still didn‘t work. So I got all new bulbs. None of them worked. 🤷🏼‍♀️ Mine is only 4 years old I think, but man I used that thing every day and how am I supposed to sleep now?! It was the light I put on before I went to bed. 1w

TheBookHippie Right?!?! Mr BookHippie is like just leave the big light on 🤣😝 he travels most weeks … 1w

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie no, if it‘s too bright I‘ll never actually go to sleep. 1w

TheBookHippie @GingerAntics my exact words 🤣 1w

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie it‘s a very delicate balancing act of light enough to see, but not light enough to keep you awake. 1w

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie I would just like to update. The lamp I got (pictured) is adorable and perfect. The lightbulbs (also pictured) are not amber until you turn them on, and they are so bright they are not hyggely at all. 3d

TheBookHippie @GingerAntics ooooo !!! 3d

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