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Why do some ordinary days stay with us forever?
💡 Memories aren't just recorded — they can be deliberately designed, and a rich store of happy ones is a pillar of lasting happiness.
Meik Wiking, CEO of the Happiness Research Institute and author of the bestsellers on hygge and lykke, turns his attention to a deceptively simple question: what makes a memory stick? In The Art of Making Memories, he argues that happiness isn't only about feeling good in the moment — it's also about the bank of good memories we carry with us. Studies of how we recall past holidays and life events show that a rich store of positive memories is a foundation of well-being.
His central insight is that memory is not a passive recording device but something we can actively shape and design. Just as we can arrange our homes for coziness, we can arrange our experiences so they are more likely to be remembered fondly. Wiking gathered a thousand happy-memory accounts from around the world to find the common ingredients.
The book distills these into practical principles — from novelty and the senses to storytelling and emotional peaks — that anyone can use to become a better "maker of memories."
Source: The Art of Making Memories — Meik Wiking