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Today, from the East Side, this is Christine Price. My LifeKit is a little tool for hex keys.

They're the cheap branches that come with flat-fac furniture and such.

When you're done assembling your furniture, tape them either underneath or behind or somewhere on the object

so that we need to be tightened or store this assemble to move the tools are right there.

That's it.

I'm Andrew Limbong and this is npr's LifeKit.

There's no getting around the fact that the world is crazy right now.

There's obviously this pandemic and all the news associated with it.

You're stuck at home every bit of content is telling you how to eat right and exercise better

and be more productive while let's be real. All you really want to do is go outside, hug your family,

share a meal with some friends, maybe actually touch and try out something you've been meaning to buy.

Well, we can't help you with those things, but have you tried making some art?

Okay, obviously it's not a great substitute for those things, but art can help you filter

through the noise and find out what's really important to you.

For me, making art with my kids on my own has been a little something I can do that just sort of

gets myself out of my own head a little bit, but it's also a way to like use your hands.

It's a way of just sort of doing something a little bit meditative.

It's like a puzzle, but plus with some thought behind it.

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