History

The seeds for Simple Families were planted not long before our third child was born. As we planned for his arrival, it quickly became clear that life would soon get busy beyond our ability to keep up and would also become stressful to the point of breaking! The only thing that we could think of doing was to apply business process focused thinking to our household in order to simplify our family life. Life would never be the same!

It was absolutely amazing to discover that, just as a business is made up of processes that need to be defined and then continuously improved, every household is also made up processes that need to be defined and continuously improved. A few examples of household processes include doing the dishes, shoes and coats, getting ready for work and school, the mail and washing the clothes.

Over the past few years, we have proceeded to continuously improve our household processes. We would never go back to the old way of doing life (not enough time and too much stress)! It was truly eye-opening to discover how much time is wasted and how much stress can be attributed to inefficient household processes! It makes all the difference in the world when a family sits down and decides how best to get life done and the role each member plays.

Since our family process journey has had such a positive effect on us, we were compelled to start Simple Families. Our hope is that we can increase the time families have for the important things in life, while at the same time, greatly reducing the stress often associated with getting life done. It can be different. We are living proof!