I don't know what it is about your videos, but they are incredibly soothing and mesmerizing. Thank you!

@iahelcathartesaura3887

5 жыл бұрын

I think they're really ASMR videos... in disguise 😉

@gatorbyte5254

4 жыл бұрын

He tells a story that’s easy to follow with hardly any commentary and some of his videos are completely void of a human voice

@marypapak5759

3 жыл бұрын

I was just thinking the same thing!! My heart rate instantly goes down, and I am CALM!!😊

Shawn is a prime example of the True North, Strong and Free.

Daily I sit on the train to Manhattan watching your videos, I want to cry at the thought of what I do every day. Your truly building a beautiful life.

@iahelcathartesaura3887

5 жыл бұрын

@@Jamal_Tyrone You're a pedant lol.

@danielr5552

5 жыл бұрын

Other side of the world in Australia. Catching a train and thinking the same thing. At least I can enjoy the video.

@spokojnyczowiek8331

5 жыл бұрын

then change it. NOW !

@1959219

5 жыл бұрын

Also on the train in the Netherlands and thinking the same

@kilgoretrout6136

4 жыл бұрын

Are you from L.I. ?

It wasn't until the very end that I realized you literally had not said a single word, and yet you had given us a symphony. And a novel, and all kinds of how-to. Beautiful. Yup, getting ready for winter. :) Thanks.

@sharonprior1587

5 жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly!!!!

@DerykRobosson

5 жыл бұрын

When he says nothing, he reminds me of the bloke in Queensland that does the Primitive Technology channel.

@dalecybulskie7242

5 жыл бұрын

Jean Blythe You might say actions speak louder than words.

@jeanblythe1595

5 жыл бұрын

Dale Cybulskie, you couldn't know this, but I wrote a story by that title. :D I didn't even think of it till your comment!

@jeanblythe1595

5 жыл бұрын

Isobel Mclean, I hope you feel better again very soon. The symphony of the wildnerness is beautiful and healing, isn't it?

The kind of video you can like before watching because this channels content is just that good

@Harley04

5 жыл бұрын

That's what I do just before I go full screen!

@troyboy4345

5 жыл бұрын

Everytime …

@MySelfReliance

5 жыл бұрын

Much appreciated :)

@kittymorse7402

5 жыл бұрын

Me too. me too.

@maxhole2

5 жыл бұрын

glenn goodale , folks, I believe the KZread algorithm boosts/credits thumbs up much higher if the thumbs up is given After it sees that the entire video was viewed first.

This outdoor kitchen is really hitting at the very bulls eye of my constant dreams & plans. Thank you for this video. I can enjoy watching this over & over again. Just watching this is taking all the stress & tension out of me. Showing a tangible picture of what's possible. This should be tagged also as an ASMR video! For real.

ground coffee made on a wood stove and then drinking it whilst watching the trees .. nice.

Good to see I’m not the only one who drinks gallons of strong espresso. The only difference is you drink it in a heavenly setting, I drink it as a momentary escape from my concrete jungle.

Your videos are so relaxing to watch and for some reason I feel like having pancakes with blackberries and a strong cup of coffee at 11 pm.

That rocket stove is about the most versatile thing in the world and I bet that cup of coffee was awesome.

This is the kind of video that relaxes you and humble's you at the same time , Thankyou for that connection

OMG, to be sitting there with a cup of coffee, enjoying the sunrise with my dog. Nothing pressing on me to do except at my pace. I wish I could go back & redo my life to be like yours. I might not have developed my heart condition, high blood pressure, diabetes.......the list is endless. I guess I'll just continue to live it through you. Thank you, Shawn.

Amazing what you can say without saying a single word..... Message received. Something peaceful about the bush come this time of year.... Grest video BTW.

All our accolades pale by comparison to the satisfaction of a job well done. I watch your progress with great anticipation and your view of the outdoors warms my heart. Great going and Thanks.

My self reliance: the best way to relax, learn stuff and re-connect with nature. 👌

That new mantle looks so much better with that wood stove out front and all cleaned up. Great work as always.

Please pass that yummy pancake right through my computer screen . Thank you for the video. and God bless.

It is unbelievable what this one man has achieved literally everything you see he created. Wow so talented.

Best regards for you and your family. Thanks so much for sharing your experiences and knowledge Shawn. It is inspiring so for us.

You have a lot of stuff that you need .good work 👍👍I am from middle east Im Arabic woman I didn't see any Arabic man doing this work 😁 I'm very impressed in your work👍👍

@user-ow5oi8gs4d

5 жыл бұрын

Assalam Aleikom from Algeria Not because you didnt see any arabic men having this kind of lifestyle means that they don't exist 😉

@eaglezest66

4 жыл бұрын

ليش يا زبيدة الزعبي why we not have like this in middile east to do if have like this am the one to make more than this

Shawn, your cabin is going to be so cosy this coming winter, it looks so inviting, thanks for sharing

You are so smart for the way you lay these videos out! I get lost in these videos and really feel like I am at a cabin in the woods in person. Its like therapy man lol. Thanks!

A built in firebox! How cool is that!!!!

I have the same wood burner it's awesome .and a log cabin not as grand but built myself .

You finished everything in time, now the winter can come :)

@YouBabyGorilla

5 жыл бұрын

I follow you too, Lilly! Love your videos.

@MySelfReliance

5 жыл бұрын

Hopefully not before I get the sauna built :) I'm really looking forward to seeing your Africa footage. My wife loved your homemade leather gaitors

@SurvivalLilly

5 жыл бұрын

holy smokes you are going to build a sauna? soon enough you can open up a retreat center spa. yes I loved those gaitors as well, especially when I was walking through thick brush I was really glad that I had them. but after the trip I heard that the teeth of gabon vipers can be 2 inches long :O

@unsilencedman1070

5 жыл бұрын

Oh Lily is back, going to check your footage too now. Glad to see you back safe and sound.

@bluenose6795

5 жыл бұрын

Yay it's the girl that flies into the Canadian wilderness in a helicopter, takes food with her and camps next to the helicopter before flying back out! So excited to see a real wilderness girl!

Thanks, Shawn, for another wonderful video. I love starting my day in the forest. Your videos never disappoint. All the best to you and yours.

a perfect place .just a time of reflection ... what all of us just dream about ..and you give us that .even tho we can't reach it thx you

you're videos are legit man. Enjoy the slow pace and beautiful colors of nature.

It's cool see the transformation of the lodge since the building ... it is more and more amazing! Great taste and work!

I loved the cabin build and now this outdoor kitchen is even better. Now I am hungry...thanks Shawn! Your video quality is the best of all channels that I follow and your content is spot on. Thank you.

Don't forget guys to eat before his videos..I got my coffee ready....great videos thanks for uploading

I must confess, I found myself on Amazon yesterday looking at percolators. The coffee just looks so good. Drip or Keurig coffee looks almost clear when it's poured. That percolator joe looks dark and rich.

So relaxing to watch. TY for sharing your paradise

I enjoyed watching you refurbish the stove very much. It struck me as a great choice to purchase a decent used stove, it seemed to serve you well over the winter, and now I am glad to see you re-invest in it. Re use is better than recycling. Best wishes from North Carolina.

I hope your wife realizes, and APPRECIATES what a BLESSING YOU ARE!!!!!!!! God bless you and your endeavores!

@MySelfReliance

5 жыл бұрын

We are celebrating our 22nd anniversary this week and we are both fortunate to have found each other

I really like your "King Chair".

Another gorgeous morning & you have a spectacular view of it. Thanks for sharing.

Yay i bet you’re happy to have that over with. Winterized but with a beautiful rock wall and mantle! You got a lot done this year! such a nice home! Any more wildlife footage?❤️❤️❤️

That burlap bag is a nice touch for hiding whatever brand of coffee that was. Plus, it really fits in with the cabin's overall style & feel much better. I also like how you're showing how to maintain and clean the pieces of the stove. It's not just an idealized life; there's a lot of work, a lot of things people don't even think about in our modern, convenience-saturated lives. I like how you willingly (at least on camera, lol) do these things.

What a beautiful calm and windless day. Keep them coming Shawn. Greetings from Slovakia!

With every video of yours I watch I can feel my blood pressure go down. The beauty and solitude of the area. Just what is needed for relaxing.

@michaelhudecek2778

5 жыл бұрын

I think they are relaxing too but I do wish you would speak a maybe here and there!

@MrPatrick1414

5 жыл бұрын

Yes...its funny that the life we are forced to the live in the 'system' causes so much stress and anxiety. Makes you wonder who is controlling your life!!

@debbiehahn5622

5 жыл бұрын

@@MrPatrick1414 amen

@lucianatrambaglio4881

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrPatrick1414 We are all in the "system" You can't escape it, not even when your retired. The "system" wants to control you. At least here in Italy it's like that. Cheers

Admire how your servicing your stove and doing it properly...this will of course enable you to keep your cabin warm ready for winter. Informative video Shawn,always enjoy..from UK.

Working in silence is so powerful. Enjoy watching your videos.

Hello from Australia again, I watch all your videos and then watch them again, yes, I have a lot of time to relax and enjoy them, I cannot get enough, love it all, you Mr James are a very special man, and Cali is a wonderful addition to your life and now since I recently lost my four legged companion, Cali has become an addition where there was a hole that needed filling! Thankyou, again, 😊

Such a great job restoring that stove! Hitting the essentials!

Def one of the best channels on the tubes of you

Shawn, it makes me happy seeing a new video this morning. Thank you.

@MySelfReliance

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dawn

And I'm prepping for some relaxing cabin video watching lol , cup of tea in hand ☕

Thanks again for great video content always look forward to them, hope your finger is healing up. Preparing for winter makes long for cozy days with a good book, soup on the stove, the smell of fresh bread. Thanks the day dream.

I hope you're throwing those Coffee Grounds where the Blueberries are growing!!! They are GREAT for Blueberries and other Acid Loving Plants.

@anacletwilliams8315

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, they are.

@ranijhansijhansi4044

5 жыл бұрын

Jimmy Pics yes I do throw them in my mango tree or chick fruit tree as fertiliser

@George50809

5 жыл бұрын

They are?

@anacletwilliams8315

5 жыл бұрын

@@George50809 Yes, they are.

So wise to do a maintenance of the wood stove! Last winter, I was having uncharacteristic, continual, asthma attacks - my DH finally figured out that the glue holding the stove back & sides had completely worn out - not only was it a smoke hazard, but a fire hazard too! Great camera work!

Loving the regular uploads, keep up the good work!!

so pretty and cozy in the cabin!

Your morning routine looks infinitely more enjoyable than mine. Kitchen looks great!

Thank you SO MUCH for sharing your life and experience with your followers ...

The entire time you were building the forest kitchen, that side burner was a mystery. Watching you use it, now it is clear how fast it works, how little fuel it uses. It's brilliant!

I will just say WOW! This is just a wonderful channel to follow, Shawn. Sometimes you talk to us with good info. and sometimes you let the nature speak with ”the sound of silence”. Simply because we are just one part of nature every single sekund. Greetings from Sweden, a country with similar nature as Canada! I now take a swedish ”snus” and just become happy and after this I play my cool jazz even better!! 👍🇸🇪🇨🇦😊Kärlek till alla som älskar att leva enkelt i naturen (love to everyone for the simple life in the nature)

You have really got a great cooking setup there.

I love Cali! So sweet ... just adorable !

Your videos always remind me of my childhood... Sitting outside in the fall, late at night, only the campfire burning... Nobody says anything, just stares into the fire, and listens to the wood cracking and burning....

Glad to see the chip in that window pane didn't extend past the rope seal. Was worried you were gonna have to replace it! Great vid!

Your videos are very relaxing. This is somewhat of a life I would want. Very nice and your dog is so funny and cute.

You Shawn, & Dick Proenneke, must be two of the wisest/most skilled true woodsmen/outdoorsmen ever in North America..Well done sir..

Looking cozy, comfortable, and warm!

The title on its own put a smile on my face :)

That's definitely the poppa bear's chair. Nice and big.

This is so peaceful.

Shawn, you might want to comment about the courage it takes to start projects like what you are doing. A lot of men I know wouldn't start for fear of failure. You have to get past that to try something new to expand your life. You seem to have an amazing amount of self-confidence.

Sir all your videos are real great and they all are very educational and you are very good at showing use your trade skill. I have two woods stoves in my house and I put a lot of rock's and iron steel from various railroads hardware and I notice that in the morning the room's are warmer then when the top of the stove was empty. So I hope with your new beautiful back stone wall and if your were keeping that big stone able to see the difference like I'm seeing here in my house basement. Sir Best regards and keep up the good work and thank you kindly for the great patience toward the making of these greats videos !

Hey Shawn, the filter in the moka coffee machine (we call it moka in Italy, don't know how you refer to it in Canada) must be completely filled up by coffee powder. No half-way possible with such system! The moka only runs with full load, fixed amounts of coffee in the filter and of water in the bottom reservoir (water must reach just under the pressure valve). The reason is that you need the coffee to be compact causing pressure build up when water starts to boil. That pressure is needed in order to extract the flavors from the coffee. Also, make sure to use the right grain size for the grinded coffee. It must be much finer for the moka than for normal gravity-fed american filter coffee!

@lucianatrambaglio4881

3 жыл бұрын

I am Italian and drink only decaffein coffee, just like Shawn makes it. I do not fill up the filter with ground powder coffee and it is as good flavored as ever. Usual Italian coffee it's too strong for my taste and too small the one from the "bar" !

Living in the woods is the dream seeing beautiful animals breathing fresh air growing your own food and not having to worry whats going on in the rest of the world

Yep! Another great one from you Shawn! Thank you!

The absolute best.

I love your posts, only wish I had seen them or others like them years ago. At 59, I will have to be content with my tiny house on wheels that is parked off-grid on my father's 80 acre ranch. Nothing wrong with that. Props to what you do, teaching others to train themselves to be self sufficient.

You won't believe that if their is days that I am stressing all I have to do is watch some of your vlogs and thats what gets me motivated to do stuff around my house. Thank you!

Love every video I have watched so far. I am learning so much and marvel at your knowledge, patience and love for everything yo do especially your wife, family and beautiful Cali. Cali makes me laugh so much! Love her! Keep the videos coming. This almost 80 years young woman needs this kind of entertainment.

Man that coffee looked strong enough to pour itself !

Dayum ! brand new pullover... I can smell that new pullover... LOL

The cabin is really coming together, it's looking more like a comfortable home every time I see you working on it. Keep up the great work!

My grandmother would fry bread dough, we would rip it a part and smear butter on the two half's and sprinkle sugar over the butter. We called them dough gods. Great memories!

I admire your skill and am enjoying all you post.

Bread oven video approaching. I can smell it already. :)

@MySelfReliance

5 жыл бұрын

Lol, either Friday or Monday

You're awesome I love the fact you don't talk you just show I watch the video love it then rewind and listen to all the sounds. Just purely amazing!!!!!! Thank you so much for the great videos!!!!!!

That cabin is so nice looking what a life

HI awesome videios I use a dampened cloth with burtnt ash on my glass once a week and it keeps them clean Good Luck

That caviar on your pancake looked nice.

@MySelfReliance

5 жыл бұрын

Blue caviar

@ranijhansijhansi4044

5 жыл бұрын

Jamal Tyrone I thought it’s blue berries

The stone hearth looks absolutely gorgeous. It's so cozy and it turned out so well.

Your teaching me to Live In the Moment. I'm sitting watching you work, and find it so much more stimulating than watching the television. Haven't hardly watched any since I've been watching you. Just love your silence ...so relaxing. But do of course love to hear your comments & views.

I missed the parts where you cook your meals!! I really like that and it makes me hungry every time you share it. Looking forward to enjoy your content when it finally starts to get cold here in germany. We don't have a wooden stove or any other "trivial" tech in our house to get it comfy. Therefore I'll enjoy the sound of your stove and the calm of your environment. Your lifestyle reminded me to get outside more often and I am glad that my little son (6 yo) enjoys it too when we walk through the woods. He is Iistening anxiously when I tell him what my granddad told me many years ago. I really appreciate it to spend time outside... the smell of the woods is balm for the soul and it is actually changing my mind. I started to live more conscious (if that is the right word), don't eat meat at least one day a week, reduced the amount of alcohol I used to drink, tried to waive sweets and the excessive use of electric (entertainment) devices and so on. I hope you'll read this and realize how valuable (or actually mindchanging!) your videos are for some people. Please continue your great work and live the dream many people are afraid to live! If I ever get the chance to travel to Canada I would "spend a leg" to have a beer and a great conversation with you at the cabin! Expect more of my (horribly written) comments in the next videos

This feels like Asmr for tough and strong men who dont wanna admit Asmr is relaxing.

This is like ASMR for the outdoor enthusiasts.

You inspire me to be a better person just by saying so little but doing so much more than the rest of us. It IS possible to communicate without words. I see you doing it every video. It's positively lovely! Thank you Shawn!

That coffee looks strong. lol Reminds me, have to prepare my stove for winter soon also.

@HaroldReece

5 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of Army coffee.

I love that cabin and your videos! Greetings from finland :)

@christopher6460

5 жыл бұрын

You think that cabin would survive one of your winters? Lol

@juhonieminen4219

5 жыл бұрын

As a wilderness-happy finn I can say that it is getting there. Lots of good laybor in these videos, and good results. If I ever spot any mistakes, mostly I can find the debate about those errors in the comments, and many of them have been answered and cleared out in the later videos. But if you really wan't to live in such a place over the winter, you need a sauna and a better way to heat water to A) bath, and B) to wash clothes. Sauna with a proper old time cauldron will do it. But it will waste firewood, because of the lack of users. It would take a large family or a small willage to make it energy-efficient. I never go to the cabin between december and february, because of that reason. I wan't to save resources.

@christopher6460

5 жыл бұрын

@@juhonieminen4219 you sound like an selfless man...i purposely go ice fishing just so I can sit by the fire haha I guess I'm selfish. Lol I really love your countries scenery by the way, definatly on my travel list.

@juhonieminen4219

5 жыл бұрын

Between december and february there is only january, so it's not that much of a pain. :)

Hello Shaun... we admire your creativity

And thank you for sharing this beautiful view in fact and we were living it Good luck

I've heard of a trick where you mix some ash with water and use it to clean the glasses from inside, this should prevent them turning black so easily.

@kyliejackson2681

5 жыл бұрын

Wet newspaper is good too

awesome video!!! watched twice.

That is one well loved wood stove. I remember our family heated our home with one. We were more than toasty in the winter, as long as we kept it stoked.

My parents had that same wood stove but in red for my entire childhood, good memories!