Been watching some youtubes(Martin Dodge - an old happy coot) on a fellow who builds very well with a chainsaw. Do you use them much? I use for firewood myself. I'd rather use the quieter tools, but with the speed of chainsaw production it is hard to say no. There is another guy who uses the name - Wranglerstar - and has good homesteading videos on youtube.
I have some goat milking platforms I'm going to build soon. I have the small trees cut and drying right now. As long as we keep moving toward our goals - overcoming - we'll get snippets of happiness here and there.