a tree; just add nature elements like vines and a grass area to create as much green as possible. In a smaller home or apartment, it’s feasible to create a green space indoors. You can start with getting a few indoor house plants. Areca palm, aloe vera, and spider plants are all low-main- tenance beginner plants with excellent air fil - tration properties. You can also erect a plant wall, a great way to have plants with little space available. You can DIY your own with shelves or pallets or buy a pre-built one and then put in plants of your choosing. Philodendron and anthurium plants do well here, but herbs and lettuce will also grow in this structure. ACHIEVING HARMONY WITH NATURE It’s also important to coexist with the world around you year-round and understand how to honor and respect elements of nature while pri- oritizing your health and well-being. EMBRACING EACH SEASON The seasons are the tide on which nature flows that all living creatures are in tune. Plants bloom in the spring and fall dormant each winter. Animals travel miles when the weather tells them to find the area with the resources they need to thrive. Humans used the season in years past to plan their lives, grow crops, hunt, and work on their trade. While this is no longer the way of life in a world of grocery stores and non-seasonal work, listening to the seasons and harmonizing with the cycle of change is still beneficial. Spring is a joyful time of year. It makes perfect sense that animals bear their young and flowers bloom in a time that symbolizes rebirth and growth. Staying indoors for most of the winter can create a literal and metaphorical stagnan- cy. An excellent way to begin the spring season is with the tradition of Spring Cleaning. Longer days and warmer weather can energize you for this activity and influence a positive mindset. Having your doors and windows open as much as possible to air out your home before it gets too hot, or the summer bugs descend is ideal. If you’re starting a garden, now is the time to
prep the soil to plant sweet peas, cosmos, and Shirley poppies since they won’t thrive in the intense summer heat. For vegetables, you can grow spinach, broccoli, radish, and kale in the spring when temperatures might still drop in the evenings. Where spring is the start of a new beginning, summer boasts fun, optimism, positivity, and life itself. Even if you work year-round, there are still several hours of daytime available after the time most people are off. With very little planning and extra cost, you can take advantage of the summer season by taking up a leisure sport with friends and family at a local park or in your backyard. Eat your meals outdoors, go hiking, add outdoor walks to your daily routine, and even go camping on a whim once you have the essential supplies. For your garden, now is the time to plant cucum- bers, tomatoes, peppers, and summer squash, which all need long and warm growth time. Mari- golds, caladium, and begonia flowers do well in the heat and add color to your yard. After a long hot summer, cooler weather, and beautiful leaf changes, the beginning of the holidays make the fall season a welcome relief. Fall symbolizes harvest and abundance, where farmers reap the benefits of their hard work all summer. In modern days, fall guides people back home and their families after a summer of living a social lifestyle and probably spending a bit of money. Now is the time to prepare for winter by switching out summer clothes and items, repair-
109 MAY/JUNE 2022 • SPOTLIGHT ON BUSINESS MAGAZINE
108 SPOTLIGHT ON BUSINESS MAGAZINE • MAY/JUNE 2022
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