How lovely seeing you working with your son. Teaching your boy to be man is your calling. Your son should appreciate having a lovely dad. Unfortunately, my sons lost his dad when they were little and no male figure in the house, although I am trying my best. God bless your family and Happy New Year.

It was upsetting but a good life lesson for sure.

As a dairy farmer and the stresses that go with that deer season is for my mental health. Cows are milked, feed and bedded to heck with the rest I'm headed to the woods in November!!

Foundation or base work isn't my favorite because it's slow but it's the most important. I've never tried the charing method been but I've seen you and several other guys use it so I'd like to give it a try at some point.

I appreciate the image of God talk. I can relate. Looks like I've got some catching up to do on videos. I'm tempted to jump you the most recent one but i won't. It's great to see your journey.

Yes, the charring of wood is called Shou Sugi Ban. Thanks for your insights.

Sorry, I must have missed what you are doing. You are charring the wood to waterproof it? You are putting them on skids to make a foundation for some structure for your property?

Stunning views ! I can't say I love winter but definitely it is peaceful and it helps to reflect about life. Thank you for sharing your thoughts, it made me think. I am nothing without God.

You're certainly not alone in the patience learning dept.

It sure must feel good to have it started.

You’re a good man. Regarding hunting: not my thing, I would if I HAD to. For one thing, I don’t like deer meat or elk meat or for that matter goat meat! However, I do like fish! Just pointing out, it takes patience to fish too. Glad you had a good bonding time with your son. God Bless you too🙏🏻

This is great! Glad you got started.

Done!!! I love the announcer too!! Hahaha

Yeah you've got a bunch of nice logs there. I like the floor plan. You're getting there.

Its been awhile.. shalom from Malaysia

I never get done what I want but I tell myself progress is progress.

The image of a father (or any parent) is refined by truth, consequences, and relational impact. Some day, you may refer back to this experience for him to remind him (or others) of forgiveness, second chances, making things right, etc. The fact that he has a memory of this may actually be good for him (and you) in ways that are yet unknown. If fallible parents (all of us!) were as introspective as you are over missteps, our culture may have a few things preventatively solved. We all fall down. You are commended on getting back up and going back to work. Thanks for sharing this and Keep it rolling bro!

Yes i agree. It's shows the importance of nature. Also in many many important events of the Bible animals were present. Both were and are important to Him.

Well on the bright 🔥 side. He'll remember that birthday. Good to see your doing better. Construction will start soon. Can't wait. Wish I lived closer. I'd love to help on the project, but I'll cheer from the screen.

If I can quit anyone can, try Kava in the evenings it's a great alternative to that fkng poison.

Sounds like that was a LESSON. God wants you to forgive yourself, and love yourself enough to fix it. He will never judge you, so, don't judge yourself... Learn the lesson so you don't keep repeating it! I'm sending you healing love and prayers ❤️‍🩹

You're right, the struggle is real and you know if your were perfect i couldn't watch this channel. I'm self employed and I don't have to leave my property. With the stress and anxiety i found myself drinking anytime of day. I recently turning the big five O. I've limited myself to only having a drink on Friday and Saturday night and I may quit altogether. My stress and anxiety comes out in anger and flat out, all i see is red, rage. I began therapy and never had a secession without a drink in my hand... at 9:30 in the morning, it's 5 o'clock somewhere right? We'll i ended up stopping therapy and because of you i reached back out to a Catholic therapist, thru that website, in my area and I'm starting back up. I probably wouldn't have done that without that previous video and for that i thank you. Furthermore you're not alone with having work to do with your wife and kids. From Matt to Matt yeah the struggle is real and will be until He calls us home. Keep your head up and your knees bent.

Hey Matt, it was great to meet you last week. Thanks for giving us a place to crash. I'm praying for you and your family.

Prayin' for you Matt.

That sounds like a great group of men. I'd like to have something like that for sure.

Great father son time right there. What a great day.

I like you. I like what you're doing here. I try to leave a comment to help you get more exposure, but with this video i don't know what to say. The struggle is real. Never in a hundred years.........

Sorry for the poor sound quality guys! I'll try to get it figured out by the next video.

Hey, I’m your mother’s age, I’m Catholic. Your video popped up in my feed. You are doing a good thing. I hope you can help some good men silently struggling. Women have these problems too, but are generally able to talk about them more than men. I have 2 wonderful sons that struggle just with life’s problems, very Catholic. I’m always there to listen. I respect their opinions, always have. Their Dad, not so much. However, there have been good men in their lives. They make the difference. Doesn’t have to be a relative. I support my friends and they support me. At my age I have decided not to continue friendships with people who are negative. There are those people in our lives who stress us; there is no need for it. Mostly narcissists😳 Some we can just not return calls, but relatives have to be dealt with differently. Most people have insecurities. I am so glad you are reaching out. Best wishes to you all. You deserve to feel good about yourself and your life. Forgive yourself, if that’s what it is. If you’ve had trauma and it’s now affecting your life, I know it’s hard to admit, but for everyone who loves you, see a professional, even a G.P. could subscribe something temporarily until you see a counselor. 👍🏻

Looked like a good time on the water plus your getting a nice supply of building materials there.

I bought a sawmill years before I bought the dairy farm. I had it set up at my parents place. I was having a particularly​ bad day and my dad came up to see me. At 30 something I started to cry and I said, "Dad, I'd gladly go thru the hell you went thru in Vietnam to be the man you are today." "Oh stop that. I'm nothing special.", he replied. I said, "Dad, nothing bothers you." I'll never forget his response. "I've seen bad and son, you've got it made." I'm so thankful for my dad and the example he was/is for me. Another time i was struggling with the thought of being forgiven and a dear pastor from away was visiting me at the mill and he said speaking of God, "You mean to tell me my Son dying for your sin isn't good enough for you?!" I'm so thankful for my earthly father, my spiritual father and my heavenly father. I love seeing the progress. Keep it up.

I'm a 49 yr old Christian husband, father, brand new grandfather, dairy farmer & perfectionist. I deal with animals, markets, machinery, the weather and family. My stress comes out in anger. I, like you, white knuckle it until that one event and I blow up and may God help the people near by. My wife helped me realized I was ruining the most important thing in my life, next to my salvation, my family. It took everything in me to make that call but I've been in anger management therapy for almost 2 months now. I need to realize nothing in this world will be perfect, work on rebuilding family ties and make "self-care" a priority like you. I can relate to everything your saying. You're not alone in this and hearing your story helps me to know I'm not alone either. Thanks for posting your story.

Great job. God bless.

Your coming along. How far is the cabin site from where the shed is now?

Yeah the rat race and slowing down are hard to do. Although my situation is completely different then yours i still long for the slow down. I don't have time for breaks but my wife and a "paid friend" say do it anyways. Glad to see the progress. Can you show your other building that you can have?

Good father son time right there. I'm a touch older then you. My only son, my oldest of 4, is 23 and married. I'd give alot to have a project with him. Time goes by so fast. Your coming along with the project.

Man, I wish we were closer. I'd like to sit around a campfire with a beer and chat it up for awhile. I think we'd both get something out of it.

Where there's a will there a way. Nice to see the progress and good alone time to think, ponder and reflect. Keep at it.

Life for sure is a struggle. I think you and I are in the same battle and sometimes if just feels like we're losing. I'm glad you have that cabin to retreat to.

21:49 I answered in my head "me" before you even said it.

You're son will always remember that stump battle. Great memories made right there.

Where there a will there a way.

I can relate so much with you and your journey. I was going into detail but couldn't find how to privately chat with you. No biggy. Good for you on this journey.

Its been awhile since i last watch your vids.

can't wait to see you go through the process of the cabin build

The final moment of the stump battle 😂😂😂

Just watched after 8hours time difference from Malaysia. Good Morning!!

hope you keep making film of your cabin build....I'm looking forward to seeing it come together!

“You like those ninja moves?” 😂

Good for you. Talking your thoughts and feeling out into a camera is really good therapy. which is why I started my own channels. I have two, one for just fun everyday stuff and the other focused on God and spirituality.