How many of you let your phone’s battery drain to nothing? If you’re like me, I’ll bet you obsessively make sure that you’ve always got plenty of battery life left. I’ll bet you’ve even drifted into the fog of sleep and realized, “Ugh, I forgot to plug in my phone,” and you drag yourself, half asleep down the hallway to plug in that precious device. Or maybe your phone sleeps next to your bedside, sending you little alerts throughout the night and certainly never dipping below 50% charge. We are attached to our devices. Probably a little too much.

But what about you? Do you recharge your personal batteries as obsessively as you do your phone? Probably not. I know I’m guilty of running on empty. But in a world with the pressures of work, school, family, health and more, it seems like charging our personal batteries should be top priority.

And that’s what I love about a new year. It’s a great time to take stock of where you’ve been, where you want to go, and how you are going to get there. And as you analyze the “how you are going to get there” part of your new year plan, make sure you are saving time for you. Setting aside the time that you need to recharge your batteries and make sure you are ready to take on whatever life throws at you.

And if your batteries do start to dip a little, come see us. The winter weather this week has been delightful, but even in January, the flowers at the nursery are screaming Spring. Gardening is like a rapid-charger, a quick hit of delight and perspective that will have your charge at 100% in no time.