Year of Living DanishlyHelen Russell
Year of Living Danishly
by Helen Russell · first published 2015
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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 childcare, education, food, and interior design to SAD, taxe
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> Automation isn't the problem, living is a culture incapable of valuing leisure time is what needs to change Leave North America, it's a whole new world(TM) I recently read "A Year of Living Danishly"[1] - an amazing account of two early-30s brits who move to Denmark and learn how life works there. After an adjustment period, they are floored, and I mean absolutely floored how good the work/life balance…
on “More Robots, Fewer Jobs: capital vs. labor in production” ↗Although written from a us mother's experience I suspect there are echoes for many cultures. "My year of living Danishly" by Helen Russell (sans Child) covers much the same experiential situation for a British couple in Denmark for instance.
on “Achtung Baby by Sara Zaske, Reviewed” ↗"Year of living Danishly" [0] is this but for English -> Denmark. Neighbours who knock on your door to explain you are putting the rubbish bin out wrongly in the street and it concerns them. My sense of Denmark changed after…
on “The English Paradox: Four decades of life and language in Japan” ↗