We're a couple in our 30s who dreamed of building a tiny home. My parents had concerns, so we made a pitch deck to convince them.

The couple gave Anne Leijdekkers's family a presentation about their tiny-home move. Joshua Nelken-Zitser Anne Leijdekkers and Simone Solazzo wanted to use their savings to build a tiny home. Leijdekkers' parents were sceptical, so the couple created a pitch deck to win them over. In the slides, the couple said financial autonomy was one of the reasons they wanted to go tiny. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Anne Leijdekkers, 32, a Dutch arts entrepreneur, and Simone So...