A few weeks ago, I took a trip to Lowes after having a bad day. I was expecting to purchase a pot for a plant that needed to be repotted. The roots were in a tight little ball and I had to fix the issue before the plant died. I walked out with two plants and spent a whole afternoon repotting almost all of the plants I had. I moved them around so some were in bigger pots, and repotted 7 plants, 4 of which were new, of my 11 plants total.Â
It was almost therapeutic to remove these plants from old and potentially gross or dirty pots and put them into new homes that I had curated. I was bringing these little plants a new face, and allowing them to live a slightly different life, even if they couldn’t tell.Â
Earlier this week, as I was watering my plants, I noticed one of them had a new sprout I hadn’t seen before. Although I had thought this plant was dying, it was just using all of its energy to grow something new. My monstera plant also had two new leaves that had just begun to unravel. I bought my first cactus as a freshman in high school, and it endured for six years, until finally it gave up. At that point, I had 4 succulents, and although I was upset that I had lost the plant I had for the longest, it was a natural progression in its life, as it is in all of ours.Â
These plants, in a weird roundabout way, have begun to give me some kind of purpose and direction. I have always struggled with my mental health, and couldn’t really find a good way to cope. Watering these plants regularly and watching them grow new leaves or sprouts or just grow taller has helped me in more ways than I could even write down. Easy plants are a great way for me to keep myself on track and to inspire me to get out of bed every day.Â