Ideas
Looking at our situation through this project has really helped to make some things happen. Now we are both focusing on Organic Playgrounds as a way to sustain us, we are beginning to feel a financial income that we haven't had for the whole time we have been together. A lot of the stress and pressure that we have been under has been very connected to feeling very unstable with finances, and not being able to make many plans due to this.
Because the business seems to be going very well we think we are going to stay in the UK for at least another year, to build the business and develop our ideas and skills. Ohli will need to go to a local school here, but during the summer holidays we will be free to go back to Spain, as we won't have any work whilst the schools are closed. This means that during the summers we can stay connected to our land in Spain, and also visit other projects to keep our inspiration and knowledge of new permaculture related ideas.
Because the business seems to be going very well we think we are going to stay in the UK for at least another year, to build the business and develop our ideas and skills. Ohli will need to go to a local school here, but during the summer holidays we will be free to go back to Spain, as we won't have any work whilst the schools are closed. This means that during the summers we can stay connected to our land in Spain, and also visit other projects to keep our inspiration and knowledge of new permaculture related ideas.
Action
We are now moving from our temporary terraced house in Sheffield to a new house with a workshop, so that we have more space to develop our ideas and designs. We're also moving much closer to Ohli's school to cut down travel time, to give us longer to visit schools and work during the day.
Momentum
To show how we are going to keep the momentum going and keep our relationship from falling back into old patterns, I created this prezi to cover the points we talked about.
The design web
Below you can see the order of the steps that I took to go through this project in the design web.
