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Hey, hope you guys are doing well. This is Larry Sanchez on Phoenix, Arizona, and one of my life hacks that I've been doing during this whole pandemic is trying to take some time in between work

and maybe do some box breathing. It is going to be a five second deep breath in.'re going to hold that for five seconds and then

you're going to release all your air for that five seconds and then you're

taking another five seconds to refrain and then do it over again.

You just get that mental clarity, just help me refocus work, and just get back into what I gotta do.

Have fun with it and enjoy the rest of your day.

That's the sound of my nephew and roommate Uchhe with a shovel.

I'm in my backyard and I'm taking holes to plant trees.

I'm taking 5 gallon holes each 6 feet apart.

And why are you doing this? Because my auntie told me to.

I'm Arthy Auntie, also known as Arthy Shahani,

NPR Contributor. My nephew is technically correct, though the other reason he's digging, we are testing

drainage. If water drains from the ground too quickly, like it does at a sandy beach,

anything we plant could die from dehydration.

And if water takes too long, plants drown.

Do you want to whido?

Yeah, I think if you go a little wider. My yard used to be a junk yard, a tragic mix of rubble, tires, pipes,

chew toys, glass shards.

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