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Good morning. This is Laura.

Welcome to the new Corner Office, the podcast where we share strategies for thriving in the new world of work,

where location and hours are more flexible than in the past.

Today's tip is to get a plant for your home office.

Plants add color and beauty, they make us more relaxed, and if you believe the research, they can do some pretty remarkable things for our mental and physical health.

I probably don't have to point out that plants make any space look better.

Also, in general, people enjoy connecting with nature.

If a long walk in the forest is out, or you're living somewhere where parks are closed right now,

feasting your eyes on a nice plant can be something of a substitute.

To be sure, caring for a plant is work, and if life is busy, this might not seem appealing.

But stay with me here, because the caretaking requirement is actually a big part of the magic.

Because you don't have to keep a plant in your office, choosing to have a plant creates a feeling of abundance.

You've got your nose to the grindstone with work and family responsibilities, but you've also got space for something else.

Sometimes, little inefficiencies are the time equivalent of saying, keep the change.

And if you don't have many responsibilities right now, because your hours have been cut, or you're living alone,

well taking care of a plant can help there too.

One of the most famous studies in social science, elderly residents of a nursing home given plants to care for,

lived longer, and in better health than those without plants.

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