08/01/2022
BuilderChicks is transitioning.
After prayer, consideration, struggling, and taking a long hard assessment of our situation, we have decided to stop doing BuilderChicks full-time.
How did we get here?
Our business started struggling last Fall… But, in reality, we’ve been struggling since - for always… However, specifically since the pandemic started. For a while we were doing ok and even getting ahead, jobs were coming in, we were finding our stride, getting through it all! And, working so so so hard to figure out how to run our own business and provide for ourselves.
Last Fall things took a turn slowly between material (and life) prices going up and large job requests (that fueled our business) going down. We tried expanding and adding things to get us through, which kinda worked for a while, but wasn’t a long-term solution. Now we are at about 1/4 of the large project requests that sustain our business, and slowly getting more and more behind on business expenses. We looked into investors, grants, and adjusting so we could hire more help to crank out more projects… thus making more money, but we just slowly continued to get behind.
Physically our bodies are tired, emotionally and mentally we’re burnt out, and there’s no end in sight to hold onto and get us to the other side.
What now?
We are finishing out our current obligations, and then we are going to continue to create and make things we enjoy and love, but on our terms and on the side again!
Amy is in negotiations for a job that would be training her for another long-time dream position of hers!!
Krista is still applying, and has learned there are literally thousands of people applying for similar positions as her 😂🤦🏽♀️
We will share more when it’s appropriate!
But, we want you to know, we are grateful.
We love the 3.5years that we have been able to do this full-time together!
We’re still best friends!
We’re still creating.
We love our clients and biggest supporters!
We’re still blessed for how the Lord has provided for us!
Thank you 💕
More to come!
