I bought some houseplants today. It's the first time in my life (since I was 7 years old), where I'll be taking care of a living thing. I'm been meaning to do this for a while, but it's only recently with the wildfires (I've been coughing my lungs out) that I decided to finally do something about the air quality of my loft by buying some houseplants. Today, I cut off the dead leaves, watered the plants for the first time ever, and gave all the leaves a nice cleaning.

If they look healthier after next week, I'm going to go down to the nursery (I bought these at Lowes) to pick up a few more houseplants.

If all my plants are still in good shape by December, I'm going to buy an aquarium and some fish.

Unfortunately, my longing for dogs probably won't happen until I move out of the city - the poor things would probably be miserable cooped up all day.

This is all part of my plan to stop being so selfish (in so many different aspects of my life). I've got to learn to take care of other people; I'm hoping my houseplants will at least break me out of the me-first mentality that consumes my schedule.