Overcoming Obstacles

Many of you probably can relate to overcoming obstacles. But what do you do when the obstacles do not go away for years? Do you change the direction you're going or do you keep trying to overcome them? And how long do you wait before changing directions? That's where we're stuck. Brass Hammer Designs basically derived because of an obstacle of Josh finding a job after finishing his Bachelor's Degree in Behavioral Sciences in 2010. This economy has stuck us with several obstacles including the constant job search of a 34/35/36 year old Caucasian man, owning  a house that didn't sell 7 years ago, owning cars that have 200,000 miles on them, and not being able to pay down debts that we need to pay down. We're fortunate enough that we have renters in that house paying 3/4 of the mortgage for us, but that still means we have quite a bit of excess expenses during the month. And that is what we're faced with again. Brass Hammer Designs just isn't cutting it for paying all of those extra bills. We can't afford another debt, so we're self-funded entirely right now. We had some start-up money to buy a few things, but that has been gone for several months. Josh is working at Home Depot and trying to make ends meet with that income, but it is no where near fulfilling like what he wants.

So how do we overcome the next set of obstacles? Well, since BHD isn't paying bills, we're faced with having to overcome the same obstacle we're always faced with - needing money. I know that this is the case for many of us, so I don't want to pretend that it isn't. It is what it is, right? So, Josh continues to look for a full-time job that is a career, so that BHD can be his hobby on the side. But the aspirations of BHD keep changing. First it's a full-time gig, then it's a full-time gig along with a side job and now it's turning into a side job instead of a full-time gig. Don't worry, we don't intend on letting it go away - it is a plan for our retirement to our island one day. But, I'm sure you all know that nothing comes easy. I can name off all of the cliches that we can think of at the moment and it doesn't fix what it is. We're struggling daily to keep our heads up and we want to do the right things and stay positive. It's hard to do.

Just like I told our Score Counselor a few weeks ago, we're basically waiting on more money to come in so that we can do more with BHD and with our lives. Until then, we're patiently waiting on someone to give us a million dollars. :)

Until Next Time,

Jen Crandall, Wife/Manager
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