If you read The Little Book of Hygge, but still want some tips on finding joy in your work, then this is the book for you!

This was an extraordinarily well researched little book about finding joy and purpose in work, and what you can do if you find yourself in a situation where you can’t. There were some personal anecdotes as well, that added to the book, instead of distracting. And the narrator did an amazing job of sounding soothing.

Some of the financial advice skirted a little too close to “silly millennials and their iced coffee and avocado toast” for me, but I appreciated the general advice.

Thanks to NetGalley and Tantor Audio for this audio arc!

hank you, NetGalley and Tantor Audio for this ARC for review. I adore Denmark and have also read this author’s book the Little Book of Hygge so I wanted to read more tips about how the Danish have cornered the market on happiness. Some of these are very easy and very simple to do, we just need to be reminded of them. Others are very NOT American ways of life, but they could be if we wanted to be and tried. I will definitely be reading this again as a reminder to myself and others.

A quick read about how to create your own satisfactory work life, using the data from Danish workplaces and other European countries as examples. While the surveys and data were interesting, I found it didn’t keep my interest as much as I had hoped. I felt it was a lot of data and less of how people can actually go about improving their workplace satisfaction…unless you’re willing and able to quit and find better employment - something not always easily available. I enjoyed the subject Mr. Wiling wrote about, but I think I felt it didn’t translate to a lot of a actionable tools.

This was so interesting! I read Meik Wiking’s The Little Book of Hygge in college for a wellness class and it was such a good read so I knew I had to check this out on when I saw it on NetGalley! Yes, I read this as someone who already really enjoys my job and is happy in my role, but I was still able to find a lot of good nuggets in this and will be recommending this to others!

This was a short listen with a ton of research and anecdotes packed in to explain how you can find joy in your current job and how you can look for joy in a future job! Two ideas that popped out to me were the concept of job crafting and the importance of a work best friend. Job crafting is where you create a role or an entire job that is molded to your ability and needs. I feel like I have a good amount of people in my life who have made careers out of job crafting and it has been a success for them. Also, the idea of a work best friend is always so important!! It makes you look forward to going to work and gives you someone to bounce off of during your best and worst of days!

One thing from this book that I plan to implement is a smile file! I’m going to create a folder in my work email where I can store anything that made me smile - someone complementing my work, a project I’m proud of, or goals I achieved!

Overall, I want to get a physical copy of this book because there were so many quotes and anecdotes that I loved, but I have no way to go back and think more about!

The Danish really do seem to understand more than we Americans about how to be happy. Thanks to NetGalley, I listened to this audiobook, and the narrator did an excellent job staying engaging. There was a lot of information packed into such a short book, and it was fascinating and practical, but the only criticism I have is that it felt like there were too many studies sometimes. Still, this book is very well researched.

The reader was wonderful bring the book alive. The author did an excellent job bringing modern problems to modern day solutions.