Why am I doing this...? AM I CRAZY?!?!
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So many people have been asking me why Jesse? Why? Why do you want to put yourself through this much work and headaches to build and develop a property off-grid? Well, in this interview style video, I share exactly why I am doing what I am doing. Thanks for following the journey!
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"I'm not afraid of hard." The most compelling, visceral, appropriate commentary I've heard in years. Thank you for sharing these thoughts with us.
You’re not crazy. You’re a good man trying to do the best that he can for his family. Modern society has nothing to offer your boys. You have an opportunity to give them so much more. I wish you all the very best of luck.
I don't think anyone could have said it better than this!!!
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Enough of the no pain no gain sanctimony. Modern society and its advances offered his son the option to lead a full life despite having a disability.
Absolutely spot on and well said.
I worry about this for my son. I luckily grew up in a military family so had a bit of a sheltered community wherever we lived. We had free range to run around woodland, airfield, assault courses etc
I had little interest in playing video games or watching TV. My parents had to force us back into the house must days especially during the warmer months of the year.
I now live in a suburban area in a pretty nice city in the UK. I know the childhood my son will have is going to be different from what I had which sucks.
“I’m not afraid of hard…I’m actually looking for that”.
-Legend
Well spoken, Jessie. You may not realize it, but you have inspired many by sharing your journey, experiences, and honesty . Thank you, Brother.
Jesse, I have been following you for years and you keep surprising me, especially with this video. You tend to kinda clown along but this was so different and very touching. I hope it all works out for you and I will gladly follow you on your journey. Thanks for sharing this with us. And love and best wishes to your family.
My oldest son will be 7 in a couple weeks. He has microcephaly along with some other things. It humbles me to see everything you have done on your channel, because for the last few years I have been letting myself believe my situation makes it too hard to get to the projects that need to be done. I appreciate you telling your story, because it shows me that it can be done. Thank you.
You have come such a long way, I remember you introducing yourself and admitting your addictions.
You are opting for a clean wholesome life that isn’t an easy option but it’s so worthwhile.
You are building a little universe for you and your family and I couldn’t think of a better one.
Hats off to you, you are a very brave man who is taking the chance to provide what’s truly important in life.
So easy for children to get lost in technology, at least now they will live in the moment and pay attention to their surroundings.
You have made the right choice absolutely no doubt.
Great introspect. Thank you for sharing it with us. Congratulations and your elder boy will have a blast in the island.
Wise move... God bless your whole family.
I’ve been watching your videos for years…. No doubt this is my favorite. Thank you for sharing.
I’ve followed you since you made your first video Jesse. I’ve been very inspired by you. You are not loco mi amigo! Love long and prosper!!
You ain’t crazy for wanting more “life” in your life. Many of us are feeling the same way. God Bless!
Just thank you Jesse for sharing this video. 🤝
Very inspirational video. I admire your discipline and dedication to your family.
God Bless you and your family! For a few months I would skip over your channel but since you started this project I have come back to the point I look for your video's every time I log on to TH-cam. Thank You for sharing not only what you do but how you do it and still take care of your family.
Makes me so happy to see you and your family enjoying yourself the way you do. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and feelings. You are such a source of inspiration!
Thank-you Samurai Carpenter. I like your thought process and aditude I hope it continues and you preserve through the challenges in your path. But these three remain; faith, hope, and love. May you lead your family in the good positive direction, leading your family to honour and respect what we were made to do. I pray that you are blessed and achieve this goal.
You are doing the best thing you can for your family. Your kids don't build lasting memories sitting in front of a screen. I look back on my life and the memories that stand out are the ones made way from home. My family almost moved to Salt spring Island when I was 8. I wish we could have as I know it would have been an awesome life. Keep on and don't look back.
You are doing what i dream about doing. Keep up. The good work
Well said Sir. we have a special needs grand daughter and we love her all the same. she is 20 now and seems to mellow out to a degree. My son loves her as strong as the day she was born
You are 100% correct...keep on this track and you will live a great life...
Good for you and your family. I think doing this will make you all stronger in all aspects of family life. The look on ALL your boys faces says it all.
35 seconds in and I agree. I promised to take the kids camping this weekend. Weather has been awesome the past few weeks. This weekend will not be great in those terms. But we are going anyway. It’s gonna be fine and probably great for us.
Thanks for continuing to talk sense.
… and you are dang right I will buy a shirt! I have learned so much from you already. Would love to send you pics of the bed frame I built for my son using the lap joints you used on your deck :)
As a woodworker I thought the urn video would always be my favorite and it prob will always be.....but as a dad this one was really motivating for me. Thanks for always being awesome, Jesse!
Your new independent life style and strong attitude make me envious. You realized how the modern tech world was adversely affecting you and your family and you did something about it. Courageous. I commend you.
I love this message man. I wish I had the funds to do something similar. Never inherited a dime, work hard for every dollar I make. Gonna try my best to live a similar lifestyle.
Thanks for sharing, couldn’t agree more with your chosen path. Keep up the good work and stay healthy.
I believe this is the best video you've ever done. God Bless your family.
What a beautiful message. Thanks for showing how human you are. 🙏🏼
This is definitely in your top 10 best videos!
Really happy for your new life/family chapter. And for sharing it here.
My family and I started our new chapter 4 years ago after leaving the mainland and setting in the Comox valley. Best life decision ever. Lots of back and forth the first couple of years to BC children’s for my son treatments but doing lots better now.
Wishing you all the best…
Looking forward to see your dream/vision coming to fruition in the next few years.
Found you when searching for building guidance...but this video, was a door opening into an unexpected beautiful view.
Kudos, to you & your family. Well done by taking steps to not only acknowledge things not working but find a better way of life. Thank you for sharing & Im excited to learn more.
You and your family are inspirational. I can't imagine a better thing to do for them than what you're doing out there. Thanks for sharing it with us.
I'm really happy for all of you man - there's been a huge smile on my face the whole way through, I loved every minute it.
Some of us _know_ and seeing others finding that same life is a real joy. I want this for everyone in the world but it's a sad fact that only _some_ will ever go and take it. Yeah it takes a lot but what it gives in return is priceless. Good for you Jesse, good for you all :)
Been following your channel for some time and this proves that you were gifted your ability with building and vision for a reason. You are one of the few real men we still have in this society of ours. Stay strong to that family you have and enjoy all that god has given us!!! Stay blessed
You're not crazy dude.
You're making a sterling effort for good honest and frankly logical reasons.
Good luck to you all with it.
God bless your family.
To see the smiles on your family's face is all you need know you made the right decision . Love your videos ......God bless you and your family
Good for you, enjoying life as it fits for your family is the best direction you can take. Be very proud of yourself it takes guts to step away from suburbia.
You hit the nail on the head, figuratively and literally. To grow in all ways. Physically, mentally, and spiritually! You are living life in the most ingaging way. Its great you have this philosophy. Live, laugh, love.
Dude, you should be so proud of the path you and your wife are choosing. This video and the timing of it was so needed for me. Thank you for always sharing and being authentic. Praying for you and your family as your journey through this life.
The voice inside of you - that you just can't escape without loosing self respect. You're doing the right thing, and I believe there are thousands, if not millions, that sense the same thing as you. I'm heading full steam in the same direction, much thanks to yours and other great creators videos. Truly grateful for all you do. Chris, Oslo, Norway
Your vulnerability from this video really helped me open my eyes to my life. God bless you man!
Not even a minute in and I feel like I understand you completely. Love what you're doing and where your mind is at. Keep it up brother
“Your dreams should have to adapt, they should not be sacrificed.” That was awesome thanks for that Samurai!
This is the video !Samurai will live on for many many years! Good one ☝️ thanks from Ladysmith bc
Thanks for sharing. Keep up the good work getting the kids outside!
Hi Jessie, one word for you.. Respect! Awesome decision and attitude. I wish you and your family blessings and love as you undergo this wonderful journey. Regards, Mark (South Africa)
From the content I have watched for the past few months, you are a good person, wanting to get more out of life for those you love and care for. Keep it up. Thanks for sharing this content - you are an inspiration and I'm grateful to share the journey.
This world needs more people like you and your family. I hope you live your dreams...and your kids also.
Thanks for posting Samurai! Love and Respect to you and your family from Bunbury West Oz.
Glad to see you doing so well. Hope the best for you!
I love it brother! That's what we're working toward as well.
I live in mountains in France, rural area, I am just happy every days to see the summits around
Man you and your wife are awesome parents. By deciding to take the (calculated) risk of going off grid for the benefit of family and kids shows you both care for your kids. Well done Samurai, a real man.
You’re an awesome dude Samurai, my 3 brothers and I all follow your videos, sometimes we watch new ones on the building sites we work at and it draws a lot of attention. I love this new series and am working towards the same end myself. You did it a good time for the kids too, if they got much older you’d have a battle on your handsi
Beautiful video, bro. Really happy for you! We’re building a skoolie to get away from the typical modern life. Keep pressing on man. God speed!
My friend…. I’m a finishing carpenter \ general contractor and I can totally understand where you are coming from.
I thought I was the only one that felt this way. You just solidified my feelings.
Thanks for sharing and enjoy your real life experience without all the garbage.
Cheers !
You have made the right move, just like i did one year ago , with my wife and four kids . well done ....
You are a determined, brave parent warrior. I think we all struggle with the same things but you are taking action which is super inspiring. Love the woodworking aspect of what you do but this is next level. Keep it up.
As always, you are real, encouraging and an example to all. Thanks Samurai for sharing with me
What a lovely man! All credit to you, you. Sitting there, breathing in that fresh air, looking out over that lake, what could possibly be better! You have a lovely family and I wish you all the best mate on your life’s journey
What an awesome video. You and your wife are awesome people. I appreciate you sharing your story. Can't wait to see what happens next.
Wishing you and your family all the very best, thanks for sharing the adventure with us. Peace Samurai.
I really appreciate you speaking from the heart and your experience. All the will.
My daughter was born with a gastroschisis. You are doing so great Jesse
Good on ya brother! Your intentionality for life and your family are both humbling and inspiring. Blessings
You're very brave for putting yourself and your family out there. This is very inspiring and making me think over life.
Man, YOU’RE not crazy!
You’ve made the right choice(s). And are able to reason them out as well!
Keep up the good work! Stick together, talk it through. Stay strong.
Your bond will only grow stronger.
Thank you again for sharing this portion of your life with us.
I really appreciate it!
Thank you. You are the most adequate and brave man I've seen so far. The man of steel. All the best to your family.
Wow. I didn't expect to tear up this morning. I only have one son (he is more than enough of a handful) huge respect to you and your family for making positive changes. Sometimes the hard choices are the right choices.
good for you, you and your family will only get closer and stronger.
Beautiful, Jesse. Thank you for bring us all along!
Great video with an awesome message. I've watched your channel for years and continue to be inspired. "If your dreams don't scare you, they are not big enough" -Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
'The greatest affliction in the universe, is to never be afflicted.' So glad you are trying to live your dreams, and embracing the 'hard.' Inspiring stuff man. Thanks for sharing Jessie!
I wish you an the family all the best in the world samurai.... you deserve everything that comes your way god bless man..
What an inspiration! You are living a true Heroes journey and are an incredible source of inspiration to those of us who follow your saga! Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius are smiling down on you and your tribe of little heroes(& Heroine)!
Your words makes me crying of Joy, I love u all Forever!! Big hug from Italy
I have watched so many of your videos and been incredibly impressed with your woodworking skill, but watching this i am even more impressed with the person that you are, samurai out never, always in my friend
Aah man, I enjoy watching you and the family enjoying life. If that is crazy then I want to be crazy too. Good job and go well.
You’re such an inspiration. Thank you for taking us on this journey with you. ♥️
A very sensible & talented man with a great family ethic... Good luck to you all 👍🇬🇧
Thank you for sharing, you have always given me inspiration and joy in the things you have been able to do. I look forward to seeing your progress on the property.
Amen!!! COuldnt have said it any better! Im envious of you! God luck and looking forward to seeing your progress.
You did and still do the best for your family and yourself!
Keep on the great work, I wish you guys all the best!
Nice way of explaining why people should strive for their own excellence,
In a world that had started to look down on people that are labourers, what you said about the body and mind needing hard, needing a challenge and the way you look at doing a hard days work with your hands, people like you and Jimmy and thankfully more and more others here are showing that doing what you do is essential and absolutely nothing to look down upon and can lead to as much of, if not a more fulfilled life as to someone that works a 9-5 at a desk, it can be a stretch on your mental abilities and faculties which helps keep us improving and moving forward. I'm thankful there are people like you guys putting this out there and showing example to another generation not just for posterity, but teaching, all round teaching, skills and life lessons, God Bless you and your family Jesse and thanks for taking us all on your journey over the years, we are looking forward to see more and more to come.
I really enjoyed this video and your openness . I solute you and your wife. At 64 I still would like to try this. Keep it going . After a year you will have a place to go that will be there for you kids to enjoy. They grow up so fast. Thanks for sharing . I was a carpenter for 40 years and no turned to furniture mainly Hal Taylor rockers. But still love timber framing .
Dude you are speaking the truth!
Getting wise at your early age. Congratulations!
Much respect to you. Thanks for setting a good example & being an inspiration to millions all over the world.
Dude, you and your family are amazing! I hope you keep making videos for a long time, and I hope you find all the peace and joy you seek! God bless!
Right on, special needs kiddo dad here. Appreciate you opening up brah. Thanks for inspiring me to be more open to the challenges ahead. Currently live in SE Asia, I’ve heard an expression here that considers Nature as the third parent.
My autistic son definitely responds well to nature, and like your sons, his typically developing brother is growing up much more compassionate and accepting than many kids his age.
Dude is a total Samurai! Always been inspired by your channel and the glimpse into your hard work, determination, creativity & awesome ingenuity… and now more then ever since you took on this beast of an awesome & rewarding challenge, especially during a time that seems to be encouraging complacency. “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
My eldest is autistic, too, SC. God Bless you and your beautiful family, man.
Y’all deserve nothing but the AB-SO-LUTE best!
I did this in the 90's- and while things never go the way we imagine them, theres not a moment I regret... and I'm sure you will find the same. Not knowing what will happen next or how they will turn out is the is the start of somthing unimaginable. Best of luck!
I found comfort in your comment...I am about to enter the unknown in about a month. Your words brought reassurance.
You are making life changing decisions. For the betterment of your family. Keep it up! Blessings from New Zealand
One if the coolest videos I've seen in a long time. You are truly living the dream. I wish I could do the same. Your Sons will cherish this time for the rest of their lives and see their Dad as the Carpentry God!
Good quote, "I'm not afraid of hard, I'm actually looking for that."
This is what keeps us strong. God bless you brother.
Definitely not crazy, inspirational, thoughtful, talented, real and definitely family driven. I started watching your channel based on your carpentry skills but some of your best and thought provoking videos are those where you share your life journey, your definitely someone people should consider as a great human being, keep getting stronger all the luck for your future endeavours.
Brother, massive respect!! All the best to you and your family and enjoy your amazing place!!!
Your children will be better people and the bonus is that they will NEVER forget these days and times that you made time for them and spent it with them. You're including them in all of it. Even the work. They'll feel a personal worth that no amount of screen time can touch. God bless
100% mate! We are most alive when we're being challenged and most satisfied when we're meeting those challenges head on. And when it comes time to smell the roses you can feel good about it, you can truly relax, because YOU know you've earned it. Good luck to you.