u/Dino-are-cool

Hi! I’ve had this Homalonema Camouflage for a while. It started getting brown leaves, so I thought I overwatered it. Usually, putting my plants in water is the only way I (as a newbie) found to save them when that happens.

I divided it into 3 and put them all in water (2 plants + 1 offspring). I did my best to remove the soil and the soft/brown roots.

Since they weren't happy in water either, I tried putting them back in soil... I used a Hoya mix and a bag to keep the humidity in, but... one died and the two others almost did they became ALL floppy.

So, I put them back in water again, but they are still dying. Brown roots keep appearing... The leaves turn brown and crispy every time the plant pushes a new root out of the leaf base... The roots are brown all the way up to the crown. There is a brown residue that is quite hard to scratch off.

Does the crown look all rotted? It isn't soft but seems yellow or stained.. but no évolution for months..

I was gonna put it in the trash because i gave up a while ago but I feel bad now 🤣

Any way to save it or is it a goner? 🤨

Here's some photos of the 2 remaining plants and one photo of when she was a beauty.

Thank you!

Ps. They are about 2 meters away from a South-East window. Gets a little of morning direct light from an east facing window like 4 meters away.

I’m a Geotechnical Engineer and I’ve reached the conclusion that I absolutely HATE project management.

I hate everything about it. I feel more like a high-end secretary and a babysitter than an engineer. I carry all the responsibilities for the projects with a garbage paycheck. The only things I don’t do are the actual drilling and grain-size analysis—that’s it.

I see so many people with better-paying jobs, less stress, fewer responsibilities, and way less schooling.

The only things I actually enjoy are the calculations and technical redaction (writing reports). However, these are always treated as "urgent" and rushed. I’m tired of managing incompetent people who can’t figure things out and dealing with clients who harass me from 7 AM to 8 PM.

I hate it so much that I’ve just been put on medical leave for burnout.

I snapped at everobody & told a client to fuck off - blocked his number, and told my boss that the next time he sets a ridiculous deadline without a promotion, he can do it ALL by himself. Paycheck is too low for that amount of shit.

All my internships + 2 years were in government research. I LOVED it, but right now there are major budget cuts and no permanent positions available. 3 years only in PM.

I’m seriously considering a complete career change.

My questions for you:

-Have any of you successfully pivoted back to a 100% technical role without being forced back into PM? How?

-Did you do a 180° career change to a different industry that’s higher pay and lower "BS"?

-Is it worth throwing 6 years of university bach + master) through the window? Im kinda sad honestly.

I like deep analysis of natural phenomens a lot. I LOVE landslides, but not PM.

Any advice other than "suck it up" are welcomed.

Help for a zombie homalonema camouflage

I hate Project Management —How do I get back to technical or GTFO?