Staying Alive

HOW CONSISTENCY, LOVE, AND A LITTLE TECHNOLOGY IS HELPING MY PASSION GROW

Written By: AUDREY DUBIE Business Analyst, Bottle Rocket

The pandemic brought a whole new slew of complications, debates, requirements, and challenges. The silver lining that I hung most of my positive thoughts on, was the focused hikes with my small family. Finding trails, bike paths, and small mountains to climb with my two young boys, husband, and dog kept us all sane while trying to socially distance ourselves. The Saturday morning explorations helped us reconnect with each other and the nature around us.

As a Green Mountain born Vermonter, I can fully appreciate nature’s beauty and wonder. I can’t seem to translate that same beauty indoors. I always love and name my plants, shoutout to my massive new trees that I planted outside (specifically Teddy and LaVerne) but have not succeeded with keeping any plants alive within my house. It could be the constant responsibilities of a mom of two boys or the constraints of my previous hectic life of getting to an office every day of the week that deterred me from noticing a dead leaf on a plant.

Whatever the case, moving to a fully remote position and hiking on the weekends, I heard the small voice telling me to adopt the next indoor plant. I couldn’t resist and knew that I would need the help of reminders to keep the plant alive. His name is Charlie, by the way.

There are a multitude of plant help applications, and I chose Planta. Planta tracks my plants, allows me to create virtual rooms for where the plants are located within my house, add pictures of my plants to see the growth, and most importantly, sends me reminders for watering and nutrition. Let me tell you. The algorithm is spot on!

I’ve learned how to check to see if it the plant truly needs water, and either delay the watering, or following the instructions for the individual plant.

The ease of keeping Charlie alive catapulted me to becoming a green thumb enthusiast, and I purchased 3 more plants. After a year with Charlie, I’ve learned quite a bit about indoor plants. There are easier plants and more fussy ones. There are methods to watering, and you can try different options for each plant. Having an app at my side to help me identify watering consistency and other issues is key. I’ve started to hone my instincts on when a plant needs to be watered, and isn’t that what every true green thumb can do?

This impactful digital experience helped me to bring small pieces of nature into my comfy home and keep them alive. I’m further encouraged to see how consistency, attention, water, and love can help ground me and inspire a passion. This is what should drive us within the digital experience industry. Consistency, love, passion, and maybe a little bit of water for growth!