Tokyo women also work overtime until 23:00, yet they live as themselves with 1 hour before bed

The Beijing Women's Illustrated Guide has started airing,

have you watched it?

Did you find yourself in her?

Struggling step by step from naive ignorance,

reaching the pinnacle, achieving your ideals?

People striving in the city,

often work overtime late into the night,

and after getting home it's usually 11 or 12 o'clock,

so after getting home they take a shower, play on their phone a bit, and go to sleep.

But the Japanese girl Xiaolu is introducing today,

although she also often works overtime,

can use the hour before bed to do many things,

making life different.

1. Grow easy-care green plants

Having a home full of flowers and plants is many girls' dream,

but many people think you can only do this after retirement.

Her home is full of all kinds of green plants.

After getting home from work,

she uses the 1 hour before bed to care for them,

see how she does it?

The black fiberglass plant stand she placed by the window

makes up for the shortcoming of a windowsill that is too small and no balcony,

allowing the plants to fully enjoy the sunlight without feeling cramped.

Green plants are a cost-saving and effective way to relieve stress,

even watering them becomes a way to relax.

The relatively wide area by the window

is suitable for growing the larger Monstera deliciosa.

Monstera deliciosa likes warmth,

and the temperature by the window can satisfy that,

as long as the potting soil is kept dry but not cracked.

Growing hydroponic pea shoots in the kitchen

can be said to be a fairly popular practice,

because they are easy to grow and need no special care,

have tenacious vitality, and are not fussy,

and can grow in a short time,

to be cut and eaten.

Along the wall of the dining room opposite the kitchen,

on a row of relatively large storage cabinets,

there are green plants everywhere,

but the one limiting condition for growing green plants here is watering,

so you can grow some drought-tolerant plants,

such as cacti, cactus balls, and spider plants.

2. Spend 10 minutes every day preparing breakfast

On busy days,

many people solve breakfast on the street,

or simply don't eat it.

But she eats breakfast at home every day,

her secret to a quick breakfast is

not turning on the stove, not using a pan,

mainly eating bread, donuts, sandwiches, egg tarts, etc. in the morning,

saving the time of scrubbing pots and plates.

If you buy everything ready-made, won't it get repetitive?

Actually it can be changed like this:

pair it with different flavors of jam you like,

and match it with different coffees.

And she chooses and matches the plates according to her mood.

With simple preparation, you can enjoy breakfast time at home.

Simple meal prep is the key to saving time on breakfast.

She will, the night before,

prepare cut kiwi in the fridge,

and the next morning just pour in yogurt.

No matter how busy she is,

she still makes time to take care of herself.

3. Spend 10 minutes tidying the room

After getting home every day she spends 10 minutes

organizing and tidying up her small home.

This is what her living room looks like,

because the overall tone is gray,

the items are all black, white, and gray,

with a single color scheme, it stays fairly tidy without much effort.

On the not-so-large sofa,

there are cushions of all sizes,

and plush seat pads too,

although there are a lot, because the style is uniform,

there is no need to deliberately put them away.

In order to reduce the time spent dealing with dust,

even the storage items at home are gray,

gray felt storage baskets, gray storage boxes...

This can save her a lot of time,

to hide them away,

and placing them outside can also serve a decorative purpose.

Behind the partition cabinet in the living room,

the feather duster, brushes, etc. used for cleaning

are all hung openly on the wall,

because this makes them more convenient to use.

But the reason it doesn't feel like an eyesore is that

these cleaning tools are very consistent in both size and style.

This kind of life that seeks a balance between self and work,

do you find it desirable?

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