Without further ado, here is my ever growing list of Home Front inspired solutions that I want to try and slip in to my every day and see if living a little more 1940’s can make me healthier, happier and greener 🙂

Each one is a clickable link to any blog posts that fall under its category so you can see how I’m getting on. Also I have had a few people ask if it is okay to make their own list of solutions and I always wholeheartedly say yes, I love hearing when this list inspires, just makes share them with me below in the comments or on my socials so I can see how you are getting on.

1. Choose bike over car
2. Holiday at home
3. Use Trains (especially steam)
4. Get more fresh air
5. No single use plastics
6. Stop wasting energy
7. No food waste
8. Make mindful purchases
9. Eat inseason and local
10. Grow as much as possible
11. Have a capsule wardrobe
12. Make do and mend
13. Bring your own cup
14. Buy secondhand
15. Read as much as you can
16. Less processed diet
17. Make more homemade meals
18. Choose radio over TV
19. Look after yourself
20. Careless talk costs lives
21. Have a sense of purpose
22. Learn first aid
23. Keep chickens
24. Channel the Mass Observation diaries and journals
25. Appreciate the small things
26. Go to the cinema
27. Embrace ingenuity
28. Go dancing
29. Be part of clubs and communities
30. Have a milkman
31. Use loose tea and tea pots
32. Have no credit/debts
33. Use pencils over pens
34. Use toothpaste in a box
35. Listen to Brass bands
36. Use a shopping baskets
37. Knit and Crochet
38. Reuse as much as possible
39. Live in season
40. Make chutneys and Jams
41. Forage and feed
42. Make picnics
43. Get involved in the Bigger Picture
44. Wear more headscarves
45. Dress up for going out
46. Drink more water
47. Give blood
48. Eat less meat and more pulses
49. Get to know your neighbours
50. Play boardgames and puzzles
51. Use the library
52. Visit museums and galleries
53. Make your own clothes
54. Shop local
55. Spend time offline
56. Be organised
57. Recycle everything you can
58. Upcycle your rubbish
59. Eat more potatoes
60. Barter instead of buy
61. Make your own decorations
62. Make handmade gifts
63. Drink less
64. Make your own cleaning supplies

I will add more as I think of them so expect this list to grow as I go along and possibly tweaked a little as I start to try them out. I’ve numbered the list so I can easily cross reference back to them on my instagram and each one is a link that will take you to any blogs that are under that title.

My plan now is to try and bring at least one of this list into my life every day documenting it on my insta, and then each month I’ll document how I’m getting on and whether this little challenge is making my life a little happier, healthier and greener.

Please check out #homefrontsolutions on insta to keep up to date with how I’m getting along and I’d love to hear any more ideas you’ve got or your own

Side note, I just want to add in case anyone gets the wrong idea, although I love the 1940’s and some of its values, there are many, many parts of the war and the wider society from that I don’t like and won’t be championing to bring back. That crap can stay very much in the past and won’t have any place in this blog or on my socials.