About this site

Why We Built This

This blog was born out of a simple idea:

What if family life and smart business weren’t separate?
What if raising kids, building wealth, and protecting your time could all be part of one intentional system?

We’re a family of two working professionals — both in medicine — raising four children, running a household, and managing creative and financial ventures together. Like many families, we were looking for more time, more clarity, and less financial waste.

But we didn’t just want a side hustle.
We wanted a structure — something compliant, flexible, scalable, and real.
So we built it.

And then we started writing it down.

What You'll Find Here

This blog is a living notebook — documenting how we use:

• IRS-compliant family payroll to pay our kids legally
• AI and digital tools to create media content
• LLCs and operating systems to structure our household like a business
• And simple, scalable systems to reclaim time and teach long-term thinking
  You won’t find hype or hustle culture here.
  Just thoughtful, tested workflows that turn everyday family chaos into something more aligned — and more intentional.

Who This Is For

• High-income families looking to lower their tax burden
• Parents who want their kids to participate (not just watch)
• Professionals exploring family businesses, media, or consulting
• Anyone tired of separating life from work from wealth
  We don’t pretend to have all the answers. But we document everything we try — what worked, what didn’t, and what we’d do again.

Who Writes This?

Most posts are authored by us — a married couple working full-time while raising four young children. We write anonymously to keep the focus on the systems, not our bios.
Some posts are published under Tax Smart Family, our brand voice for education and strategy.
Some content also draws on insights from our creative brand, Aesop Story House, where we produce illustrated children’s content using AI and automation.
We use the same structure to run both.

This blog is the backend story.

Want to Follow Along?

We post in-depth essays about once a week.
They’re practical, detailed, and based entirely on lived experience.
To get updates (and maybe a template or toolkit now and then), join the early list here.