Haha oh man, this almost could have been written by me! I had a very similar upbringing. My father is a Marine and always stressed personal responsibility and independence for my sibling and I. We had a house up in northern Michigan which is pretty isolated from the rest of society, and we were very self-sufficient. Our mother grew our produce in her garden, my father hunted, and my sibling and I helped with other chores such as chopping and moving firewood and caring for the property. If we wanted something, such as a new game (my sibling is very into xbox and everything), it meant doing chores to get it. It was a lot of work but the trade off was that we had a lot of freedoms because we EARNED them. Now the two of us are demonstrably successful adults. My sibling is a research zoologist and I'm an artist (yes, that profession that everyone thinks you can't survive on). The point is that we learned that life is a HUSTLE, if you want something you have to GO OUT AND GET IT. No one can get it for you. You are in control of your destiny. There will be monumental challenges thrown at you but you and only you can overcome them. Very good life lessons!