- Starting the day with my phone in my face
is not my ideal way to kick off a morning.
However, there are some apps that I believe
can add value to start your day
rather than completely waste your time.
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"Good Morning Good Life," welcome back to AmyTV
where we come together to help you
go after the life that you want.
When you wake up in the morning,
it can be pretty difficult not to grab this thing.
I mean, it's so fancy and it does so many things.
Mm, can't live without it, right?
Although I still don't think you need it
for the majority of your morning,
I definitely think if you're going to be on your phone
with all of the wonderful things that it does for you
in the morning to start your day,
you can focus on the things that it does
that uplift you and keep you head right.
So today I'm gonna share some of my favorite apps
that I do look at once I've gone through my morning routine,
but still to help me kick off the day right.
This episode of AmyTV is also in partnership
with our friends at 30 Day Fitness,
because you can't talk about morning routines
without talking about what you're doing
every day to move your butt.
You know exercise gets you a little bit more energy,
and it's definitely great to just get it done
at the beginning of the day,
because you know when you get home from work
and you're totally ready for a glass of wine,
the last thing you wanna hear
is you didn't get your workout in.
Don't wanna hear that.
Stay tuned for more details about 30 Day Fitness
and how it's gonna get you moving toward a better day.
Now here are the best apps for you
to have a healthy morning routine.
First, Five Minute Journal.
If you follow me on Instagram,
you know I talk about Five Minute Journal all the time.
I love this one.
This is my go-to.
I actually do talk about it in the book
because I try to give people options
for trimming up their morning routine
to be short but still thoughtful.
This one is so great because it allows you to get
that gratefulness and that self-awareness
that's gonna be so much harder for you to find
throughout the day when you're frazzled and you're crazy.
It allows you to achieve it, to find it, to feel it
in less than five minutes a day.
Sold.
Some of the things it asks you for in the morning
are those things that you are grateful for.
And just punching in something quick, simple,
the first thing that pops into your mind,
and then really looking at what you wrote
and feeling gratitude for it
is just such a great practice.
It really does help me a lot in the mornings.
I also love that it asks, you know,
setting your intentions for the day.
What are you gonna do to make it great?
And then just a quick line of affirmations.
It's a really strong way to start the morning.
And then of course it's supportive of you
later in the day as well.
So if you wanna fill in an entry for the end of the day,
like uploading a photo that kind of catches
a moment of the day that you don't wanna forget,
or even if it's something totally mundane
and not a big deal, just having a place to put it,
because it's not good enough for the gram or whatever,
it's just for you.
And then saying three things
that were amazing that happened.
And when you think about that,
thinking about something that might just be pretty good
or great or it was supposed to happen,
and then going, no, it was amazing,
being able to say, yeah,
here's an amazing thing that happened today.
It doesn't have to be the most monumental thing.
It can just be something you can be grateful for.
Five Minute Journal is one of my favorites.
It is great when you're on-the-go.
it's great if you want it in your everyday routine,
and it's a great app.
The second app I recommend is Daily Stoic.
If you've been around here for a minute,
you probably know that I'm a big fan
of the work of Ryan Holiday.
He's the best-selling author of "Ego is the Enemy"
and "The Obstacle is the Way,"
and my all-time favorite, "The Daily Stoic,"
which you may know is a book that I read every morning.
It's a page-a-day book, and it talks about
what some of the stoics have said
about some of the biggest issues in our lives,
like impatience and gratitude and respect of others,
and just keeping our mind right, and what they said.
And then Ryan does a really good job
of sort of breaking it down for those of us
who need it in layman's terms.
It's just such a great reflection,
and he has it in an app as well,
where you can just read a really quick quote
and maybe share it with your community
or just sit in it, take it in,
and think what does this mean to me
and how can I better reflect this in my life.
But he also has it in a podcast.
So whether you wanna just open this app
and read something quickly and just reflect on it.
Or if you find yourself listening to podcasts often
or you just need one that's quick,
he does like a three to five-minute podcast every day
on the Daily Stoic and it's so great
because you can have it read to you
and also have it broken down to you by Ryan on the podcast.
So whether you wanna share some wisdom with your community,
sit and reflect on it yourself,
or just get more motivation more quickly,
Ryan's offering this in so many different ways
in his Daily Stoic products.
I was very excited to see that there was an app,
because sometimes we aren't in a place to listen
and we don't have time to even read
a full page of something.
You just open that app,
especially at a moment of frustration,
kind of flip through the quotes to find the one
that really needs to set in with you at that moment,
and then you can take your cue from it.
On that note, another app that I obviously love
is the Podcast App.
We are in a situation where we can hear
from the people we need the most in our lives,
and there is somebody for everybody.
If you need a thought leader,
if you need a more positive influence,
if you need somebody that sounds like you,
that's going through what you're going through
and can teach you something,
the Podcast App is where you need to be.
I mean, YouTube also, but Podcast App is pretty dope.
Passive and motivational,
and you can keep doing what you're doing,
but still have the right mindset
filled into your brain as you go.
So I just wanted to share a couple of my favorite podcasts
that I listen to that just get me amped.
First of all, the Daily Stoic I listen to
because it's three minutes.
I've got time for three minutes.
I've got time for you, Ryan, three minutes a day.
It's usually more than that, but at least the podcast.
I also really love The Skinny Confidential,
because I think Lauren and Michael have such a great dynamic
and they interview such interesting people,
such tangible takeaways both in motivation
and entrepreneurship, but also skincare
and just like girly stuff that I care a lot about,
probably too much.
I love The School of Greatness.
Lewis Howes represents from Columbus, Ohio,
and just love the work that he does there.
And of course Gary Vaynerchuk who is my speaking agent.
He has the GaryVee Experience,
another super motivational show.
Obviously, he will give you a kick in the butt
any time you want it in any format.
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SuperSoul Conversations because, ah, Oprah.
Like need her in my life regularly,
and she interviews the most incredible people
on the planet period.
I mean, how do you not have time for that?
It's amazing, and you could say something similar
of the Tim Ferriss Show.
He has had such amazing access to so many different people
and just knows the really right nerdy things to ask,
and he's super motivational for me as a creator as well.
And shameless plug, of course,
Detail Therapy is my weekly podcast
and ShineSquad Secret Podcast is the secret weekday daily,
I wanna say daily, but it's just weekdays,
weekdays in the Patreon, so if you want me to talk to you
in the Podcast App, that's very possible all the time.
And I don't wanna pick a particular one
'cause I think it depends on who you are
and what you prefer to subscribe to.
I'm personally both a subscriber or Spotify and Apple Music,
but I think any music app that you like,
you should listen to in the morning.
I have music on all the time.
I don't think I realized this
until I started working around other people
and realized I like having some kind of background noise
all the time, so there's not like an awkward silence
or you don't have to hear somebody eating
or like sniffling or something like that.
So I always seem to have music on
even when I'm just by myself, more just because I like it
than the reason I would around other people, I guess.
But it's just nice, especially if you choose something
that's basically the background track of what you're doing.
So in the norming, I have really soothing music on
that's either like low piano
or just something else very easy listening,
isn't making me tap my fingers or my feet,
I'm not thinking about it.
It's just kind of moving me forward.
When I'm working out, obviously I would rather
have something much more upbeat going.
So obviously music really moves us in a different way,
and I think if you start your morning off with it,
it's very positive.
That's what I would say is the only app
that I actually interact with the moment I wake up,
because once I've made my coffee and my lemon water
and I come in here to bullet journal
and Morning Pages and all of that kind of stuff,
I turn on some kind of low-key jazz or thinking music.
What's great about these apps now
is they likely will curate anything you want for you.
If I wanted to type Paris Jazz Cafe,
there is a freaking playlist for it, and that's amazing.
It may not be exactly what you thought it was,
but it's there.
So just think about the vibe
that you want to set for yourself,
and tune in that station for you.
I'm sure that's pretty obvious for a lot of us.
Maybe if you found yourself in maybe a writing rut
first thing in the morning
'cause you're getting used to your morning routine,
or just like really not feeling motivated,
I usually find that music and caffeine will help a lot.
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The final app I wanna tell you about
is from our sponsor for this episode of AmyTV
and that is 30 Day Fitness.
We all have our different reasons for exercising,
whether it's to improve health or to reduce stress
or to lose weight, whatever it is for you.
We all know that it's really best served in the morning,
get it out of the way,
and especially when you're in a situation maybe like me,
where you wanna be able to fit it in quickly,
this is such a great app for that.
I am all about the workout app life right now
and not the get in the car, drive to the gym,
drive to a class, spend an hour
in the class life right now,
especially because I'm launching a book.
I need something accessible, easy,
on my iPad, on my phone,
able to be within reach when I'm traveling, all of it.
It's usually just that I'm literally putting it
in between two appointments and getting it done.
But the other thing that's been a challenge for me
is just not necessarily knowing what the right moves are,
what the right lifting is,
what the right amount of cardio is,
what the right programs are,
and that's why I look to 30 Day Fitness.
There's so many different options for you to choose from,
no matter if you're just a mom
that's trying to get back into working out
or you just don't have time to commute
to a gym anymore, similarly to me.
Using this app to make sure you just get it done,
just do something to move your body,
especially at the beginning of the day,
because the amount of energy
that you're going to get from that is astronomical.
If you do nothing else, you just need to download this app
because the more you make working out
more accessible to you,
let's just say you're taking that very small step right now.
Take that small step, download the app.
Scroll through it, check it out.
Pick out a couple of things that you might try,
and then start thinking okay, well,
what if I started calendar blocking my workouts?
If I've got this app and I'm gonna start using it,
when am I going to start using it?
How much time is it going to take?
I'm gonna block out that time.
Just take the baby steps so that you start
to move in the right direction.
This time of year it's pretty difficult too,
because we know we're about to get hit
by the turkey and the mashed potatoes
and all the good stuff that comes with the holiday season.
So we don't wanna lose track of what we can be doing
to keep ourselves healthy every day
so that we can splurge a little bit when it comes time.
Honey, I'm gonna be splurging, okay.
Check out the link in the description
to download 30 Day Fitness,
as well as the rest of the apps that I suggested for you.
I highly recommend you check them all out.
Question of the day, I know that you are hot
on that smartphone, honey,
so tell me in the comments below
what is your favorite app,
that even if it's not necessarily
part of your morning routine yet,
it's one that makes you feel good,
something that uplifts you,
something that we would all enjoy as well.
Share that in the comments below.
That's all for today.
Thank you so much for tuning in.
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Mm-mm-mm.
It's getting very hot.
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I'm making sure Lucy's still sleeping.
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Stay asleep, Lucy.