TheLittleBookofHygge_DanishSecretstoHapp.epub

CONTENTS INTRODUCTION THE KEY TO HAPPINESS? LIGHT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT HYGGE TOGETHERNESS FOOD AND DRINK CLOTHING HOME HYGGE OUTSIDE THE HOME HYGGE ALL YEAR ROUND HYGGE ON THE CHEAP HYGGE TOUR OF COPENHAGEN CHRISTMAS SUMMER HYGGE FIVE DIMENSIONS OF HYGGE HYGGE AND HAPPINESS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AN EXCERPT FROM THE LITTLE BOOK OF LYKKE CHAPTER ONE CHAPTER TWO ABOUT THE AUTHOR COPYRIGHT ABOUT THE PUBLISHER INTRODUCTION Hooga? Hhyooguh? Heurgh? It is not important how you choose to pronounce or even spell hygge. To paraphrase one of the greatest philosophers of our time—Winnie-the-Pooh—when asked how to spell a certain emotion, “You don’t spell it, you feel it.” However, spelling and pronouncing hygge is the easy part. Explaining exactly what it is, that’s the tricky part. Hygge has been called everything from “the art of creating intimacy,” “coziness of the soul,” and “the absence of annoyance,” to “taking pleasure from the presence of soothing things,” “cozy togetherness,” and my personal favorite, “cocoa by candlelight”. Hygge is about an atmosphere and an experience, rather than about things. It is about being with the people we love. A ......