That’s not to say Viridi doesn’t have any flaws. There’s joy in returning to your pot and finding a flower growing from one of the succulents that you have so lovingly cared for. There’s comfort in spraying thirsty plants with water and watching them subtly brighten and perk up as they feel sated. There is something incredibly calming about watching a snail-who I named ‘Little One’-slowly gliding around the edge of a decorative pot. Viridi is the most recent addition to my anxiety-fighting toolbox.

I love the new colouring-in trend, and sometimes I use puzzles to remind myself to be mindful. Watching them swim around their fish tanks was relaxing, and I returned to them after school every afternoon for a number of months.Īs somebody with anxiety, I am always looking for ways to quieten my thoughts. I was given an aquarium and had to collect coloured fish by buying and breeding different varieties. My little pot of plants reminds me of a flash game I used to play. The game is designed to give you a time out from your work when you need five minutes to pause and relax.

It allows you to care for a pot of succulents (or more than one pot, for a price) as delicate instrumental music plays in the background. Viridi is a free-to-play simulation game by Ice Water Games. Every week I am given a new seedling and I plant it, spray it with water occasionally, pull weeds from the surrounding dirt, and help it grow by singing it soothing melodies. I have a beautiful clay pot filled with thirteen succulents.

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