Leaving My Indoor Plants In The Office

 

Now, we are just counting the days for my expected date of delivery on my our second child. My Ob-Gyne advised that I should take my maternity leave and stay at home so that I could prepare for the big day. Mixed emotions are what I'm felling right now, I know that I have gone through this once with our first child, but I just can't help it. I'm still getting a bit nervous yet super excited to see our daughter. It has been 9 months that I have been carrying and caring for her in my womb. I actually have so many things to take care of before I leave the office. Making sure that my office desk are clean and all my work should be finish on time. Since, I have few office plants on my desk I decided to leave them to my co-workers welfare for the meantime. Having plants in the office has its benefits not only physically but psychologically as well.

Plants in the office offer more than aesthetic value. In fact, studies have shown that they help reduce stress, enhance employee attitudes, increase productivity and improve air quality. These interior plants offer business a simultaneously natural and beautiful addition to the interior while benefiting the overall well-being of their employees. Those are actually the reasons, why I love bringing these indoor plants at the office. They actually help me think and breathe better especially when I have a lot of things in mind. Little did we know, that plants offer visually-meditative experience, which ultimately leads to a happier and healthier employees. One of my low maintenance office plant, is the mixed succulents in textured aspen container, I decided to leave it to my closest friend. I know that the plant will definitely suit her personality.

I left her some maintenance instructions for the plant not to wither and die easily. Succulent plants are actually easy to take care of, since they are considered to be desert survivalist of the plant kingdom, plus they have these strong stems, roots and leaves which stores moisture and can withstand prolonged drought. Now, everything is already set in the office. I can have a peace of mind while I'm at home for my maternity leave.

General Cleaning At Home

Cleaning at home is such a weekly task for me and for my family. My husband and son are both helping me to tidy things up at home, especially our room because it is the most messy place, due to the fact that it is also the playroom of our son. Although we bought a box where he could place all of his toys, he always forgets to put back all of those toys to the box. But we are training him to be responsible enough for his toys so that in the future, he could do things on his own, without us telling him or dictating to him what he needs to do. Every Saturday is the general cleaning day, and usually Sunday is the family day, because it is the time where we visit the church and hear the mass, afterwards go to the mall for pleasure and entertainment.

I would assign a task for them so that things would be easy for us. It would usually take us the whole day in cleaning the whole house, but it also depends on how dusty our home is. Especially after holidays, we have to remove the decorations that we put last Christmas and New Year. Making sure that all of those decorations that we could still use are in a container, so that we could just put them in one place where we could find them easily for the next holidays. Some of the home decorations that we added last holidays and decided to leave it as it is, is the mixed succulents in textured aspen container. I bought it for sale at a flower shop last holidays, I was planning to give it to a friend who loves plants but later decided to keep it for myself because it is a low maintenance plant and it fits perfectly on our tabletop. 

Every task becomes easier when there are helping hands that is readily available even if you do not need it. Always remember that cleaning at home is not just a task for one person but for the whole family, and it is much happier when doing things with the people you love because it can also turn into a bonding time for everyone.