Two days of getting every mortise wrong

I set out to build a bedside table, thinking it would be a straight forward woodworking project, but I ended up spending two days fighting the same mistake, cutting mortises wrong, over and over.

Some of it was me, some of it was the tool. Working on too little sleep and rushing because time is always too short. This isn't a "here's the perfect fix for every problem" video. I don't have all the answers.

This is a story about what happens when you're tired, you're rushed, and the tool you're relying on lets you down. If you've ever ruined a piece of wood at 11pm and stared at it in disbelief, you know what I'm talking about.