Tiny living, gardening and flexible fasting: the lifestyles the Sims want to share with the world

Breanne and Sam Sims of Grant have started a series of businesses focused around improving one’s health and quality of life.

One passion grew into another and the Sims have fostered their passions into businesses which they can share with others around the globe.

Breanne and Sam are owners of Tiny4Life, Garden Foodie and Flexible Fasting, as well as Keegan’s Arkade downtown which is run by their two children, Keegan and Emme.

Their businesses all encompass their values in life, and what they’ve done to make improvements in their day-to-day lives.

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The start of all their businesses, and their different way of living.

“We were disillusioned by the whole ‘American dream’ thing,” Breanne said. “We did the big house and big yard and everything, and it was sucking the life out of us.”

“We achieved that and then realized it wasn’t what we wanted,” Sam agreed. “We had stuff, not experiences. There’s a desire when you have a big house to fill it,” Sam said. “All of a sudden our big house became a museum of stuff that we bought to fill the spaces.”

They felt they could never get ahead and never had the money to do what they really wanted to do, which was spend time with their kids and travel without struggling.

The Sims started working on their tiny house over eight years ago after Breanne started doing research into the way of living and decided it would be something to try.

Sam was skeptical at first, but after doing research on his own, he agreed that tiny living is the way for them.

“When Breanne told me about it I thought, ‘there’s no way this is going to work out,’” Sam said. “But one of the things my parents taught me was not to say that, but instead to say ‘how do we make it work?’”

Breanne noted they prayed on it a lot, and “God orchestrated everything perfectly.”

They were able to sell their house at the right time, and had the exact right amount of money from selling their home to buy the trailer needed for their tiny house.

They then found a place to rent where they would start building their tiny house, and it happened to be right across the street from a Home Depot.

The house took three years to finish, and they have been living in their tiny house for over five of the nearly seven years they have lived in the area.

Now, rather than focusing life around belongings, the Sims found they were able to focus more on their relationship with one another, spend more time with their kids, pursue passions, start new businesses and more.

There is “no appeal” to going back to their old way of living, Breanne said.

Four years ago, the Sims started Tiny4Life to share their experiences and any tips and tricks they have for getting started in tiny living.

Their website, tiny4life.com, offers resources for people who want to simplify, consultations with Breanne and Sam, PDFs of floor plans and other resources, a simplicity course and merchandise.

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