My Window Garden

I read an article in the New York Times about being more productive by doing less work.
The more stressed we get the more work we do and the more stressed  we get and the sooner we burn-out.That seems to be the gist of the story although in fairness I never finished reading t because I was too guilty it was taking time away from stuff I had to get finished. The picture above is an orchid that I have in the office I occupy in the ad agency I'm working at. It's flourishing -the orchid that is-don't know about the agency.I got the orchid from an art buyer who had a number of the plants for a print shoot.It had one flower.And within days that fell off leaving me a stick with some leaves at the bottom.Then,with a little love not to mention water and an office that reaches equatorial temperatures by noon in January,suddenly buds appeared and one by one new blooms came forth. The lesson I take from this is that the plant wasn't stressing.It was just doing what came naturally and in a nurturing environment it was no effort to thrive. I find the same with work.If the atmosphere is supportive and you're just doing something you love to do and that comes naturally to you then doing it is no sweat.
Many people hate what they do.Its just a money earner. I love what I do pretty much a lot of the time.
There are moments when it 's a chore, a drag, a drudge and mindless.In those moments I look out the window and know there are people who don't get the high that I do when my job is great.They also don't get the depression I get when it sucks. But that's what makes me do better next time.I would go nuts doing less work.The more I do the more i want to do.And that's because I don't see it as work.
I see it as producing flowers.