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the beauty of boring

what am i doing here?

working parent to young kids, reclaiming me. learning out loud, one try at a time.

tonight, ask yourself:
what beauty can i find in today?

the questions i ask myself

what you'll find here

Four series. Each one starts with a question I ask myself out loud, and ends by handing it to you. The kids are in the frame because that is real life, never the topic.

fresh from the kitchen table

latest posts

One from each series. Each one ends with a question for you: does it work for you?

tried it

tried it: [the thing]

What I expected, what actually happened and the verdict: kept it, or back in the box.

6 min readOct 7

hobby hyperfixation

new hyperfixation unlocked

[hobby]: why it grabbed me, the first rabbit hole and the gear I bought too fast.

4 min readOct 4

hobby to side hustle

can i sell this?

Step one of turning [hobby] into a side hustle: what it costs me to make one, with the math shown.

7 min readOct 2

Ask Ayce Fridays you asked, so i asked myself:

"is meal prep worth it?"

Does it serve a purpose for our week? For us, mostly yes: one hour on Sunday, three lunches instead of seven, the same containers every time. A parent of young kids sent this one in on Monday. Does it work for yours?

what we did

  1. one hour on sunday

  2. three lunches, not seven

  3. the same containers every time

free, no strings

the sunday reset card

A one-page printable for the hour that makes Monday kinder: three lunches, a cleared desk, one folded load. Five boxes. Two are already checked. It comes with the Friday Answer.

free printable

the sunday reset card

One page, five boxes, one plain hour on Sunday. The first two come pre-checked so it already feels started. Stick it on the fridge, cross things off, and Monday starts already begun.

send it to me
every friday morning

one question a week

You send a question. I try it at home, ask myself whether it was worth it, and send you what I found. Then the question comes back to you.

"the sunday reset is the first house rule that didn't start a fight."

a parent of tweens sample copy, swap in a real reply
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the friday answer

One question, what I found, and one to ask yourself.

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