Ok, so I keep writing about self-care. Must mean I’ve got some work to do there. Big surprise. When you’re growing a business and still working another job and raising a family, self-care kind of slinks to the bottom of the priority list. Even when we know that to do all those other things well, it really needs to remain at the top, much like that pinned post at the top of our social media pages.
Now, how do houseplants figure in? Well, I realized that mine are looking crappy. Not the bamboo one here. Miraculously, that one seems to be thriving. I couldn’t bring myself to photograph the other, sad looking plants I have in my house. They didn’t start out sad looking. They started out vibrant and healthy. Then they came to live with me.
I got thinking that I used to feel I had a green thumb but in recent years I’ve managed to torture through neglect even the plants touting “easy-to-grow” and the kind of plants that “anybody can keep alive.” Well, apparently, I’m not “anybody.”
Who I am is a person who plans to have time, effort and attention for the plants that have fallen under my care. Then life gets in the way. So, good intentions of watering and feeding on a schedule, figuring out the proper sunlight and repotting as needed, all very soon take a back seat. Funny, these same good intentions can apply to us: staying hydrated and eating healthy food, getting outdoors and giving ourselves the room we need to grow. Perhaps when I master or at least become a little more than a novice at these, we’ll see some healthy new shoots in the rest of my plants.
Though my work consists primarily of writing and editing, nurturing and supporting others is something I also feel called to do. As I develop some programs around writing and editing, there will be a component that promotes self-care. I’m planning some writing retreats with introspective work, self-care practices and plenty of room to write and grow. After all, we teach what we need to learn, right?
Tweet: Maybe our self-care is only as healthy as our houseplants.
So, how are your houseplants looking these days?
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