Ha, at least Florida's got a nice shape, mine just looked like a sad potato.

Marco's out here saving folks from their own dirt, sounds like he's seen one too many sprinkler lines snapped by a thirsty elm. I figure root barriers are like sunblock for your pipes, might not be magic but beats explaining to your wallet why the yard looks like a mini Grand Canyon. Honestly, checking the pressure gauge monthly is probably the real MVP here, that little $15 tool has saved me more than any fancy drip line ever did.

My friend Jake went through something similar in Lisbon. He was bragging about his 40 hour work week from a hostel rooftop, and this old Portuguese lady watering her plants next door just laughed at him. She asked if he knew the name of the tree he was sitting under, and he didn't. Then she told him about how she'd worked in the same bakery for 45 years, and her one big trip was to see her sister in Brazil. He said it was the first time he realized he couldn't remember a single meal he'd eaten in the last month, but she could describe her grandmother's bread recipe in perfect detail. He still does the digital nomad thing, but now he takes one day a week to actually explore wherever he is. That conversation messed with him way more than any YouTube productivity guru ever did.