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Personal Sacrifices and Neglect

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Are You a Prisoner to your farm? The Stresses of Rural Life and Building a Farm

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Josh returns to the theme of relationships, articulating how the unrelenting nature of farm work can 'drive us apart from our families' and even negatively impact marriages. He questions whether his dedication to the farm comes at the cost of his social life and his relationships with his wife, and whether he is neglecting his own need for self-care. He highlights the 'stress-eating' and constant exhaustion that can result from this demanding lifestyle, where he shovels 'garbage food' after long days.

Goal: The farmer discusses how the incessant demands of farming can lead to the deterioration of personal relationships and a neglect of self-care, often resulting in stress-related behaviors like overeating.

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of my farm it honestly is the stress of not having a regular 9 to-5 job where you punch a clock you go in you know what you're going to make every day you know what you're going to make every year the stress of having that kind of Lifestyle drove my marriage apart it drives marriages apart every single day I want you guys to post about this I want you to post your comments have you gone through a divorce and are you a rural person do you build fences agricultural fences do you sell tractors do you work at the local grain Co-op tell me tell me where you work tell me what you do and tell me about your friends and family that are having similar troubles so depression is rampid in the agricultural community and we are stubborn people okay we are absolutely stubborn people we don't like to talk about our feelings this is all feel good well my friend Wiggy has started a company a company I say a nonprofit called lean on a gate talk to a mate and again there'll be a link down in the video description down here for you guys and there'll be a link across the screen in case you're watching this on your TV guys I suggest that if you're having trouble and you're and you need someone to talk to you and you need a mate and and the reason it's called a mate is because he's from downunda I believe it's New Zealand or Australia I think it's New Zealand and there's a huge f building community in New Zealand that gets supported by lean on a gate talk to a mate depression anxiety the stresses of the farm life and not being able to leave like I said it's the 4th of July and all of my friends and family are all out at the beach they're all on vacation my mom and dad are up in the mountains they're riding mules I don't have time to go see them my other friends are at the beach on vacation I don't have time to go see them I can't leave this because I'm a prisoner to my farm and often times Farmers feel this way large land owners feel this way people that have animals feel this way whether it's your dog you know how stressful it is if you go on a vacation and you have to find somebody to watch your dog imagine having them watch a 100 chickens and 55 cows it is a chore it is a worry you're always worried is there a tree going to fall on the fence every day we've got to check things we've got to make sure food and water and make sure everything's healthy and we tend to neglect our own personal health and our own mental health how many of you guys have seen farmer types farmer guys…

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