We’ve not blogged for a few weeks – this lock down has been hard going and the last few weeks have seemed the hardest – we’ve needed to give our bodies and minds time to rest. But this week feels different – the sun has been shining, the temperature is slowly rising, and Spring isRead more ⟶
Author: lavidalagom
Top 5 tips to reduce food waste
Did you know that UK households create 7.2 million tonnes of food waste each year (that is £7.5 billion worth of wasted food) – 4.4 tonnes of that could have been eaten if stored and portioned correctly and 50% of food sent to landfill could be composted? Food waste dumped on landfill sites produces methaneRead more ⟶
Top 5 items to de-clutter
In the UK we are back in a national lock down. It is January, cold, grey, and often wet which makes it harder to get outside. If you have extra time on your hands and what to do something productive, why not use this time to have a go at de-cluttering? Taking the action toRead more ⟶
Gratitude and goals – life appraisal
The ending of one year and the start of another is a great opportunity to reflect on the past 12 months and think about what we want to achieve next year. For those of you who work in a corporate environment you will be used to participating in an annual appraisal; looking back at whatRead more ⟶
What to give a minimalist
When you think of people living a minimalist lifestyle you may think they live in houses with no furniture, bare walls and only 30 items in their wardrobe – and some might – but not us. Living a minimalist life doesn’t have to mean we go without – through applying the principles of lagom weRead more ⟶
Our top 10 sustainable swaps for the bathroom
Since we have been living lagom we have made several changes to live more sustainably and support our environmental wellbeing. The bathroom was the first room in our house that we de-cluttered and also the first place we started making sustainable swaps. There are still some products that one or both of us hasn’t foundRead more ⟶
Top 5 tips for starting to live La Vida Lagom
Tip 1: Identify the dimension(s) of your wellbeing that feel most unbalanced Take a look at our 8 dimensions of wellbeing page. Are there any areas where you are not feeling balanced? Are there any areas that are skewing the time available for the other dimensions? Are there any dimensions currently missing from your life?Read more ⟶
Why we started living Lagom
So this is our first blog! I (Amy) am excited and petrified in equal amounts to be writing (but mainly publishing) this. We’ve had the idea to start a blog for over a year now. We bought the domain names, we registered La Vida Lagom as a limited company (the idea is to build aRead more ⟶
Markup: HTML Tags and Formatting
Headings Header one Header two Header three Header four Header five Header six Blockquotes Single line blockquote: Stay hungry. Stay foolish. Multi line blockquote with a cite reference: The HTML <blockquote> Element (or HTML Block Quotation Element) indicates that the enclosed text is an extended quotation. Usually, this is rendered visually by indentation (see NotesRead more ⟶
Markup: Image Alignment
Welcome to image alignment! The best way to demonstrate the ebb and flow of the various image positioning options is to nestle them snuggly among an ocean of words. Grab a paddle and let’s get started. On the topic of alignment, it should be noted that users can choose from the options of None, Left,Read more ⟶