In our weekly interview about objects, the new addition to Triple J Breakfast shares her journey as a plant mother, and the ‘traumatic’ loss of a Walkman
f you tuned into Triple J’s Breakfast show this week, you would have heard Concetta Caristo on the airwaves. Caristo is a new addition to the youth radio station’s primetime team for 2023, joining co-host Bryce Mills on the mic.
Before she started waking up with the ABC, the Sydneysider cut her teeth as a standup comedian who delivered very funny sets about life as “the most Italian woman in the world” – who has never been to Italy. While she’s been on the comedy circuit since 2019, her standup career was put on hold during Covid lockdowns. That enforced time off gave Caristo a chance to throw herself into an important new passion: making her apartment look as nice as possible.
I had never lived out of home before, so I fell in love with nesting in our new apartment. From that grew my little green thumb. Tending to my plants and watching them grow was a rewarding and transformative experience. I became a mother. I realised I couldn’t leave my apartment for more than a couple of days without arranging for someone to water them, or they could die. I had responsibilities. I now constantly tell parents I can relate to having kids, which annoys no one.
I know I couldn’t take them all in a fire, so if I had to pick one, it would be a stunning miniature fiddle-leaf fig I just bought off a gorgeous girlie from Facebook Marketplace. As I held it in my arms and walked to my car, I was overwhelmed with love and awe. Is this parenthood?I wish I could say something practical like a Swiss army knife but, in reality, it’s the boring, simple and humble journal.
It was a thoughtful gift from my long-suffering boyfriend, who has been witness to my breakdowns over to-do lists and attempts to start six new habits all in one go. I love the one-sentence-a-day section, where you can write what you did that day, and the habit tracker, where you can mark off your habits a day at a time. It is my longest-running partnership with a single organisational tool to date.
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