They can depend on their state and fellow citizens in times of need. The Danes are happy perhaps because they feel less stress and uncertainty about their financial security. Wiking puts this down to attitude: we are not paying taxes, we are investing in our society. “Equality is an important element in hygge”.ĭenmark has one of the lowest unemployment rates pre–COVID-19, one of the highest tax rates, and one of the most secure welfare models in the developed world which helps reduce stigma around unemployment and financial assistance.
…Where the social fabric is not strong enough to support co-operative action, then fear, disappointment and anger can add to the costs of a disaster.” “People in high trust communities are much more resilient in the face of hard times … Being able to count on those around us and on our institutions seems to make hardships easier to bear. In March, The Happiness Research Institute released their 2020 report: Hygge can’t rejuvenate Australia’s economy or bring back jobs. I feel helpless as I sit at home reading about the ten things that will make your home more hyggelig and the importance of candles. We are just being asked to stay home while our leaders play blame games as families plan funerals they can’t attend. We are not being shipped off in itchy camouflage to wade through unfamiliar trenches with guns. For once we are fighting together in what is possibly the most millennial of all methods: staying at home. This is one of the few times in human history when the world has had to deal with a crisis that doesn’t revolve around conflict between people, religions or political beliefs.
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“The best predictor of whether we are happy or not is our social relationships … The question is then how to shape our societies and our lives to allow our social relationships to flourish”. Following our black summer and years of drought, Australians need comfort now more than ever. Australia’s focus on the economy has come at a human cost. With hundreds of thousands of Australians suddenly unemployed and confined to their homes, there have been spikes in depression, anxiety, suicide, homelessness, and drug and alcohol abuse. We are being kept indoors while the sun is shining, and the beaches are calling. Our jobs are disappearing along with our social lives. Around the world, COVID-19 has consumed our media, taken over our social media feeds and our living room broadcasts. I read Wiking’s book earlier this year in a state of unease. “In many ways is like a good hug - but without the physical contact”, he says. When you get that warm, fuzzy feeling of contentment, then you know you’re in the presence of hygge, and it is this feeling which Wiking describes as essential to Danish life. In his 2016 book, The Little Book of Hygge, Meik Wiking attributes this ranking to hygge. Hygge is all about being protected from the elements outside and fostering togetherness.ĭenmark is consistently ranked as one of the happiest countries in the world by the Copenhagen Institute of Happiness. In a region where the winters are long and bleak, people tend to spend their lives indoors. The term derives from the Norwegian word hugge, which means ‘to embrace’ or ‘to hug’. Pronounced ‘hoo-gah’, this Danish concept dates back to the sixteenth century when Denmark and Norway were united. These are things which provide comfort, warmth and security. What makes you happy? Falling asleep with rain falling softly on the roof? Having a joyful dog race towards you, treating you like their best friend? Baking cookies, just to eat the dough? Curling up with a book and a homemade blanket? Candles? Tea? For me, it’s all these things.
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