The Day My Thumb Turned Green(ish)
Let’s be honest, my history with houseplants was less than stellar. It usually went something like this: bring home beautiful fern, fern flourishes for approximately 48 hours, fern dramatically wilts like a Shakespearean actor playing dead. Repeat. You could practically hear a tiny plant ambulance siren every time I walked into a garden center.
Then came the fateful day my well-meaning friend gifted me a succulent for my birthday. “It’s impossible to kill!” she assured me. Challenge accepted, universe. Determined to break the curse, I decided to try something radical: talking to it.
Look, before you write me off as completely plant-crazy, hear me out. It started small. Just a casual “Good morning, sunshine!” while watering. But then it escalated. I found myself confiding in the succulent about my day, my work woes, even my questionable dating app choices.
Surprisingly, it was…therapeutic? This little green dude didn’t judge, interrupt with unsolicited advice, or roll its nonexistent eyes at my terrible jokes. Plus, my apartment finally had someone else to listen to my rendition of “Bohemian Rhapsody” in the shower (the neighbors disagree, but that’s their problem).
Benefits of Talking to Plants: Thriving Greenery and Mindfulness
Now, I’m not saying talking to my plants gave them magical growth powers (though my succulent IS looking particularly plump these days…). But something shifted. I started paying closer attention. I noticed when the soil was dry, when a leaf looked droopy, when it was time to rotate the pot for optimal sunbathing.
And you know what? My plants started thriving. My once-barren apartment transformed into a mini jungle, filled with happy, leafy friends. Turns out, all they needed was a little TLC and a listening ear (or, well, stem?).
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