Title: The Year of Living Danishly Pdf Uncovering the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country
When she was suddenly given the opportunity of a new life in rural Jutland, journalist and archetypal Londoner Helen Russell discovered a startling statistic: the happiest place on earth isn't Disneyland but Denmark, a land often thought of by foreigners as consisting entirely of long, dark winters, cured herring, Lego and pastries. What is the secret to their success? Are happy Danes born or made?
Helen decides there is only one way to find out: she will give herself a year, trying to uncover the formula for Danish happiness. From child care, education, food and interior design to SAD, taxes, sexism and an unfortunate predilection for burning witches, The Year of Living Danishly is a funny, poignant record of a journey that shows us where the Danes get it right, where they get it wrong, and how we might just benefit from living a little more Danishly ourselves.
Helen Russell is a journalist and former editor of MarieClaire.co.uk. She now lives in rural Jutland and works as a Scandinavia correspondent for the Guardian as well as writing a column on Denmark for the Telegraph.
And this is A Good Thing. ” I wanted a light and fun “I am not important. If I take a break, no one dies. And this is A Good Thing.”I wanted a light and fun, but deeply interesting read to bring on a summer trip, and this book turned out to be the perfect choice. It offered a pretty entertaining look at Danish culture and society, all through the lens of why they continually rank among the highest countries in terms of happiness.I’m not too hard to please with a good book that takes on the premise of “I’ll try this out for a year and then write about it,” and this book fits that description to a tee. The writing is light and engaging enough to make it easy to fly right through its pages, yet contains enough statistics and odd facts to keep you intrigued. Did you know that Danish women can get an ovulation discount for booking their travel around a ripe time for them to procreate? I do now.After a while you get the formula of each chapter: an anecdote, a few statistics, an interview with a randomly found “expert,” and the constant questioning of various Danes about how happy they are on a scale of 1 to 10. That said, the book manages to be pretty interesting in spite of its persistence upon this formula, so I suppose that’s a big win.As far as Denmark goes? I could probably do without the tax rate (although, that comes with some major benefits), cultural homogeny, and the never-ending darkness come November, but there’s a lot about the Danish Way that I do appreciate. The lack of self-importance reflected in that earlier quote… I think that’s refreshing. And I love the way they’re able to enjoy their work. Not to mention the practice of hygge and getting all cozy as a sport.Laugh Out Loud I went to Copenhagen this fall and really enjoyed it. So when I saw this I got as a gift for my traveling companion. Just thought I’d glance through it before wrapping. Lost the rest of the evening and some of this afternoon.1. Helen (short first name) captured the expat experience very well. I’ve been there and to think of her so isolated is overwhelming.2. The writing is very good. Some repetition by October-November was getting tedious. Better editing would have helped.3. The outsiders perspective of local customs can be so tricky. The locals don’t understand what you don’t understand or find humorous or puzzling. You can only discuss with someone who has not gotten onboard, it appeared LEGO Man was well acculturated. I’d say he could have more sympathetic to the situation.NOTE: I started in the middle and wondered if he were Danish going home. When I began at the beginning after finishing it last night more things became clear.4. Helen has a wicked sense of humor and a lovely turn of phrase. I had been commenting recently that I don’t feel I laugh as often as I used to. My husband came out to the living room to see if I was ok. My laughter and gasping for breath pierced the length of our American-size, carpeted Home and his earbuds. No small feat.5. I enjoyed the format of the book and the theme of trust and happiness. I just read in the news about the Danish woman arrested years ago for endangering her baby. I’ve seen it done in the early 1980s in the north end of Boston too.If you’ve lived abroad, read it.If you’re contemplating living abroad, read it.If you are interested in Scandinavia, Denmark in particular, read it.If you are in need of several good belly laughs, read it.I recommend this book. Will there be Year 2 coming?
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