Beijing woman works overtime until 23:00, Tokyo woman lives for herself in the hour before bed

The Beijing Women's Illustrated has started airing,

have you watched it?

Did you find yourself in her?

Struggling step by step from ignorance,

reaching the pinnacle, achieving your ideals?

People striving in the city,

often work overtime late into the night,

and after getting home it is often 11 or 12 o'clock,

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

But the Japanese woman Xiaolu is introducing today,

although she also often works overtime,

can still 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 the dream of many girls,

but many people think this can only be done after retirement.

Her home is full of all kinds of green plants.

After getting home from work,

she uses the 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 shortcomings of a windowsill that is too small and having no balcony,

letting the plants 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 wider area by the window

is suitable for growing the larger Monstera deliciosa.

Monstera deliciosa likes warmth,

and the temperature by the window can meet that,

you just need to keep the potting soil 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,

they have tenacious vitality and are not fussy,

and they can grow in a short time,

then be cut and eaten.

By the wall of the dining room opposite the kitchen,

on a row of relatively large storage cabinets,

are all green plants,

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

so you can grow some drought-tolerant plants,

such as cactus, 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 skip it.

But she eats breakfast at home every day,

Her secret to a quick breakfast is

not turning on the stove and not using pots,

in the morning she mainly eats bread, donuts, sandwiches, egg tarts and so on,

saving the time spent scrubbing pots and plates.

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

Actually it can be changed like this:

pair it with different flavors of jam that you like,

and match it with different coffees.

And she chooses and matches 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.

The night before,

she prepares cut kiwi in the refrigerator,

and the next morning she just pours 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 her small home.

This is what her living room looks like,

because the overall tone is gray,

and the items are all black, white and gray,

the colors are simple, so it looks neat without much effort.

On the not-so-large sofa,

are all sizes of throw pillows,

and plush cushions too,

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

there is no need to deliberately put them away.

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 leaving them out can also serve a decorative purpose.

Behind the partition cabinet in the living room,

the feather duster, brushes and so on used for cleaning,

are all hung openly on the wall,

because this makes them more convenient to use.

But the reason they do not look unsightly is that

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

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

do you find it desirable?

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