hi, i'm ayce

I'm a working parent to young kids. Somewhere after they arrived, I lost a bit of who I was. This is me reclaiming me.

I'm learning out loud: trying things, failing at some, doing well at others, and learning from all of it. Learning doesn't stop when you grow up. Every try, good or bad, makes us a little better, and hopefully a little better as people too.

Ask Ayce is the beauty of boring: the plain tasks that fill most of a day, the hobby that has my whole brain this month, the side hustle math, and the things I try along the way. The kids are in the frame because that is real life, never the topic. It is me finding myself again in the ordinary, one try at a time.

This is also where I ask myself the hard questions out loud. Was it worth it? Did I learn something? What beauty can I find in today? And the big one, what am I doing here? I want the answer to be because I felt called to be, and I wanted to answer that call. I want to do because I want to do, not because it's what I've seen others do. If you want to ask yourself the same questions, come learn alongside me.

What are you doing here? (1 Kings 19:9)

what you'll find here

• the beauty of boring The ordinary tasks that fill most of the day: dishes, laundry, lunches, the desk. Said out loud while my hands do the work, and calm on purpose.
• hobby hyperfixation Curiosity on purpose. Whatever has my whole brain right now: why it grabbed me, the rabbit holes, the gear and the progress.
• hobby to side hustle Taking a hobby and seeing it through: can it pay for itself? Honest numbers either way.
• tried it Something I actually tried in a plain week or a hobby, and the questions I ask myself after. Did I learn something? Did I see it through? Then a real yes or no.