Live lagom and prosper
What is Lagom I hear you ask? That was exactly my reaction when my husband told me he had entered us into the project. Lagom is a simple swedish philosphy which means "just the right amount of everything". The idea is that you adapt your home and lifestyle in order to live a more sustainable, healthy and cost concious life style without making any drastic changes to your lifestyle habits.
"Hallelujah" I exclaimed! Now my husband loves to be cost effective however he seriously lacks on the sustainability and healthy lifestyle front. I have been trying to change his ways for our entire relationship and he may fall into line for a few days but then rebels and reverts back to his natural ways!
So a bit about our household...Peter 36, moi 32, Sid 3, Ralph 1 and Dot 4 weeks. We love to be out and about with the kids in all weathers mainly due to the fact my two boys are like dogs and need to exert their high energy levels at least twice a day outside. Peter is a graphic designer and loves art and design. I have recently taken a career break to care for my 3 small humans and love cooking.
We already excel with food waste and it seems half my life is spent bulk cooking, freezing meals, recycling left overs and making packed lunches for our adventures.
Our main New Year resolution is to become better recyclers of our household waste. We have one final renovation to do to our small victorian terrace which is the kitchen extension so we are pretty strapped for space in this area and recycling has always felt like a bit of an uphill battle. This is what our shopping list mainly focused around, we purchased lots of items to help us on this front because as we were learnt in our first lagom workshop size doesnt matter and ikea have recycling solutions to fit all homes. Other items include a vegetable and herb growing equipment to help us grow items indoors all year round that I can incorporate into my cooking. Peter's individual resolution is to become healthier after spending a ridiculous amount on a bike two years ago that has been cycled once (on the way back from the cycle shop) he has decided to begin to cycle to work to get his dad bod in check and instead of his lunchtime binges on junk food he is going to start taking a pack lunch in with him and utilising all the healthy meals I stock up the freezer with.
We hope that by the end of the project we would have made slight changes which will have big effects on our lifestyle. We also want to educate the children so they grow up with this sustainable out look on life and help do their bit to improve the environment. In the same week that us London residents were hit with the severe pollution warning and advised to keep little ones indoors I want to do everything possible to help slow down the damage we have done to the our beautiful world.
