- Coffee.
(calm guitar music)
Good morning, good life, welcome back to AmyTV,
where we come together to help you go after
the life that you want, and yes,
this is a no-makeup day.
I wanted to do sort of just like an informal video today
to talk about morning routines, because we're always
kind of talking about it very like strategically
and like produced and like look, here I am,
here are all my tips, and the reality is like
morning routines are not that simple.
You can kinda like come up with what the right one
is for you and I'm gonna go into that a little bit
but it's not this thing that's perfect all the time,
even if you are a morning person,
they don't always go as planned.
So I thought it was important for us to talk about
the truth about morning routines, so that we can have
more of a realistic thought process about what it means
to have one in our lives.
So we're doing a little bit more of a vlog format
because I'm trying to share a couple of morning routines
with you, the good, the bad, and the ugly.
And this episode of AmyTV is actually sponsored by Fabletics
so everything you'll see in this episode is Fabletics,
and it is just the easiest thing in the world
because I love wearing their clothes.
I'm like oh, this is so great, I don't have to plan
what I'm wearing in this video because I get
to wear althleisure, which by the way,
athleisure is the best word ever except for
like the beginning part means that I'm probably
gonna be athletic the day that I'm wearing my athleisure,
but 50/50 chance on that.
Do you remember what I said that one time
about not wearing legging when you leave the house?
Thinking about taking that rule back, okay?
So it's Sunday morning right now.
I happen to have the house to myself,
which is not typical, we just have a lot of things
going on with the business, so Vincenzo's trying
to take care of those before he's going
out of town this week.
So he happens to be gone, I'm just hanging out
and the reality is like it was a little bit
of a rough morning for me.
Last night, Lucy was just like not feeling good,
she had to go to the bathroom a lot and so
she just kept waking up, kept waking up,
kept waking up throughout the night,
and I'm in a really kind of crappy spot
with my sleeping, I'm a very good sleeper.
When I was in L.A. earlier this week, I slept
like a champ in that hotel room.
I just don't sleep as well here because Lucy's a little bit
more high maintenance, so I have to plan
to get to bed earlier and all those kinds of things
because I know that there's a possibility
that it's gonna get broken up in the middle of the night
and of course not even on the weekend.
Even when I can sleep in, does it go well.
So this morning was kind of crummy because she was up
a lot last night and then I woke up this morning
and she'd kind of had like a whole situational mess
around her, I don't wanna get into the nasty details of it.
That's what I woke up to.
One question that I get a lot is what is my morning routine
like on the weekends versus on the weekdays
and so that leads me to my first truth
about morning routines.
Morning routines do not always look the same,
both within each day of the week for you
and between you and other people.
It's really easy to just kinda like put morning routines
in like this box like okay, everything's gonna
be just like this, and all the time, we're gonna
always do this, we're gonna, but that's not always true.
You've gotta cut yourself a break, first of all,
and second of all, just because somebody made a video
on the internet about what you should do in your mornings
doesn't mean that it's something
that's gonna be right for you.
You just kinda need to find your flow.
I love sleeping in, I am not a morning person,
I just happen to make the most of my mornings
because I've reverse engineered the goals in my life
and how to get them done.
This is something that came up on the podcast,
on Detail Therapy.
This week, if you were tuning in on Tuesday,
I interviewed YouTube sensation and filmmaker Matt D'Avella.
It was such a pleasure to be able to sit down with him,
but somebody in Shine Squad had actually prompted
a question for me to ask, which is along the lines of
like we kind of have opposing views on morning routines.
So when we talked about that on the podcast,
it was really fun to be able to do that,
but the reality is, we don't really.
It comes down to the fact that everyone's kind of put
morning routine in this little basket of exactly
what it needs to be, but it's not.
It's just different for everyone, and Matt's routine
as he kinda describes and you'll have to listen
to the show, but it's just what he does every day.
It's not that he's like I'm gonna intentionally
do this, this, this, this, this.
He wakes up every day, he has a passion,
he goes at it, and he does it.
It's that simple.
It is routine because the word routine
means there's a habit there and his habit
is to wake up and focus on his passion.
To me, that's a morning routine, and that's the morning
routine that's right for him.
I want you to focus on this, specifically if you're having
a hard time with like how morning routines
are important to you or if they are important to you
and they haven't been going so well,
then just realize that if it hasn't been going well
because you're comparing it to someone else
or you're comparing it to the day before or whatever,
just know that every day is different,
every routine is different, and you can truly
know the core of yours and what you need to get back to,
but it's okay for you to not always have it
completely locked down, and it's okay that it's
gonna ebb and flow.
You've just gotta find what your flow is,
what your choice flow is so that you know
what to come back to when things go crazy.
And specifically, when people are telling you
this is a thing that you must do, like me,
like I'm serious, I do think that you need
to have a morning routine, but it doesn't have
to be one specific way, it just has to be
what's right for you to set your day
on your right foot.
So grasping that means knowing it's okay
that it's not gonna be the same as everyone else's.
The second truth about morning routines
is that it's never, and I mean never going to go perfectly.
Even on the days where I do all the things
that I decided I was gonna do that morning,
I'm usually behind on my schedule about 15 minutes
and so something else ends up getting rushed,
or I know that those things can't get rushed
or have to be done or I have to go report
to an appointment or something, so I have to cut
something out of my routine, or I wake up
and my dog made a mess and I have to spend 20 minutes
cleaning it up, I don't wanna go into it.
If you have got kids, you know what I'm talking about,
if you accidentally slept through your alarm
a couple times, you know what I'm talking about,
your morning routines are never gonna go perfectly,
so relying on them being perfect is a great way
to perfectionist yourself out of doing them at all.
The biggest struggle that I had was over the summer
where as much as I wanted a routine while we were traveling,
it was insanely difficult.
There were two things I was able to do every single morning
and that was drinking my water and three quarters
of the time it was lemon water because fortunately
we were in Italy and we had the most amazing lemons
on the trees right outside, it was like a dream come true
for your morning routine girl right here.
But I had my lemon water or just plain water every morning
and I also was able to do morning pages.
I intentionally brought my journal with me
so that I could document the time that I was there.
I was usually documenting my frustrations with like
not being able to do a couple more things in the morning
before we went out for our adventures for the day,
but it was just impossible.
We were going to bed super, super late
because of all the walking around and all the eating
and all the Italy-ness that it was
and then the next morning you just gotta get ready and go.
So that was a really hard time for me,
but I still had some staple things that kept me okay,
and I actually even wrote to Shine Squad
while I was going through this struggle,
because it was a struggle and I just was pointing
out to them what I was doing to get back on track
when I was losing sight of my morning routines.
The key thing about the routine as a whole,
like let's just say that there's an absolutely
perfect day for you, maybe it's you have the day off
or you only have to have a commitment in the afternoon
and that you can wake up completely on your terms
one morning and you can do anything you want
for your morning routine.
Maybe even use it as the design for what you would want
that routine to be going forward, super.
Take the opportunity for it to be mostly great,
mostly accurate, not perfect but pretty much
what you want it to be and figure out
what the baseline is.
Sorry, there's like sirens in the background.
What are those baseline things that you wanna be able
to get back to, even if there's a day tomorrow
or the next day or the next day where you couldn't
get to everything but you still knew what the basics were.
It's called a routine for a reason, right?
It's a habit, so making a habit out of it means
that you're doing it consistently, but you know
when something is a true routine for you
because when you come back from your crazy travels
and your routine's all over the place,
you know exactly what you're gonna do the next morning
to get back on track.
If something never truly becomes a routine for you,
it's very easy to lose sight of it completely
and never have it at all.
It's hard to keep having a routine if you never
actually nailed it.
It's called a routine for no reason then
'cause it's not actually a routine for you.
You've gotta be realistic about what the things are
that you can put on your plate first thing in the morning
to take on as your routine, start your day off right things
and then you've gotta be able to remember
what they are when you've completely gone off the rails
and you have to get back to it.
It's never going to be perfect ever,
but if you know what your baseline is,
it's a lot easier to get back to it.
But it also takes execution of that baseline,
you have to wake up consistently, let's say at least 50%
of your time to make something
a real morning routine for you.
It is not a morning routine just because you watched
a YouTube video about it, it is not a morning routine
just because somebody else said that it works for them.
It is a morning routine because you wake up
and you routinely do it.
The third truth about morning routines,
you're gonna have to wait just a, well for you
you're waiting a couple of seconds,
for me it's a whole day, but you're gonna
have to wait for tomorrow, Monday morning.
I'm gonna show you what I'm really like,
this stupid early in the morning, and that third truth
that you need to know about it.
Okay, so I'm gonna proceed with my Sunday.
Unfortunately, it's a little bit more
of a working Sunday than usual.
Typically the only work that I do on Sundays
is post my video at 4:00, do you watch?
Do you subscribe?
You should make sure you do that.
But today there's a little bit more on my plate
so I'm gonna move on to that, until tomorrow.
This is my latest discovery on Fabletics
and I'm completely obsessed with it.
I mean, like is this the Sunday vibes or what?
This is their like oversized sweatshirt, so cute.
These are my favorite leggings that they sell.
How adorable is this sweatshirt?
This is exactly what I need for a good Sunday.
(calm guitar music)
Good morning, welcome to an actual real morning with me.
There's not a lot of light, there's not a lot of sounds.
Amy doesn't have a voice yet, and she's also
trying to whisper because her husband is asleep
and we're trying to keep it that way.
Oh, and then you have that.
Somebody really loves waking up in the middle of the night
but sleeps like a baby during mommy's morning routine,
so we have to take the good with the bad.
All right, so forgive the lighting, but context, right?
The third truth about morning routines,
is that you do not need to be a morning person.
I am not a morning person, I do not enjoy waking up
this early, there is a different kind of satisfaction
that comes out of waking up this early, plain and simple.
This morning was actually pretty difficult.
I woke up at 4:30 and Lucy had been up a little bit
in the middle of the night, so I really didn't
get great sleep, but I knew I had to get up
because I had scheduled my whole day
and it started at 4:30.
That first half hour sucks, like I'm trying to do
everything I can to get moving,
and it's really, really difficult.
Also, sorry for the reflection, I do not
put contacts in this early.
But after that 30 minutes, and I'm almost done
with my lemon water for today, actually I'm usually done
by this point, I feel so good.
Like I'm so ready.
Like right now, for me to be dressed for yoga
and like ready to go right now, is how you know
that we are at a good place (chuckles),
'cause if I'm not in a good place, I will have
my house robe on all morning.
It takes those routines of drinking the water,
doing the morning pages, doing all the things
that I gotta do, right?
If those things don't happen, I can't get to a space
of enjoying a morning, because there's no purpose for it.
I think this is the biggest mistake that people
really make, is they think they have to be a morning person
and they also even if they give it a try,
they don't actually have a plan for what they're gonna do
when they're up that early.
It's very easy to go back to sleep.
(laughs)
If you don't know what you're doing,
you can go back to sleep, it's that simple.
So those are the three truths about morning routines, okay?
They don't all look the same, they're never
gonna go perfectly, and you do not,
do not need to be a morning person.
This is the cutest bra, right?
Love this outfit.
Love a matchy-matchy outfit for yoga.
Do not judge your morning routine based on
what other people are doing, okay?
Like does this actually look like that much fun?
I mean I'm enjoying it but it's because I designed it for me
and yeah, it's very dark outside.
So it may not be the right move for you,
but you need to decide that for yourself.
I'm gonna talk a lot more about this
in my upcoming book, more details on that,
it's coming, it's coming, it's coming
but obviously it's not here now.
So all that there is left for me to do is yoga,
so I'm gonna go do that now.
Don't you hate your morning voice?
It's so annoying, right, blech.
(gentle music)
I thought I was gonna get some more light,
it's kind of a crappy day outside.
It's kind of disappointing and also okay with me
because today's a pretty low-key day for me,
I'm just working from home, and so I'm not changing
(chuckles) out of Fabletics, because it is so comfortable.
I particularly like this shirt, they do these
different shirts, especially when it like
comes down kinda low here.
But they do these shirts where you can really tie them
and make them any length that you like,
which I find really nice, 'cause if you're wearing
something super high-waisted, you can get away
with like something like a crop top,
or if you're like oh, I'm not really feeling myself today,
you can just tighten it right where you want it to be,
and it's really, really nice.
So these leggings though, like if you need to know anything
about Fabletics, it's the seven eighths length Power Hold.
They are everything, especially if you can get them
with a pocket.
These don't have pockets, but anytime they're the Power Hold
I just love them, I absolutely love them.
I probably should've wore this, not gonna lie.
I forgot that I got it.
It actually matches these leggings perfectly, too.
Can't really tell when I'm holding it like this
'cause I'm a freaking amazing vlogger.
Like that's cute, yeah, matches perfectly.
Super low makeup, so sorry 'bout that,
but like I said, lowkey day.
Before I get started, I just wanted to quickly say
thank you so much Fabletics for sponsoring this episode.
It is such a joy for me to partner with them,
such a joy because if you couldn't tell from this video,
I'm genuinely excited about wearing their clothes.
So that's always so, so nice.
I definitely work with a lot of amazing sponsors
and they all do great work, but when there's like
the top, top, top of the ones that you work with
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Like I said, the leggings are everything,
so what you need to know is that you need to
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The compression is absolutely out of this world,
sorry, I totally changed my part today
and it's throwing me off.
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which is absolutely ridiculous, and I just wanna show you
how easy it is to use their website
because I wanna show you exactly how to find
the leggings that I like the most
and they just make it really, really easy to search.
Okay, we're gonna use my new fancy iPad,
how exciting, okay.
So you wanna go to bottoms and then hit leggings
and seven eighths.
This is again like the length that I prefer.
I mean like these are the perfect length.
Look, it doesn't matter what shoe you're wearing,
it looks so good, and if your spray tan is old,
it doesn't matter.
We're gonna go over here to fabric, and then we're gonna
hit Power Hold, and these are all the leggings
that I highly recommend.
Definitely look for the ones that have pockets.
Let's see if it's, ooh baby, external pockets, oh yes!
See, this is life when you can put your phone
in that spot, I love it so, so much.
That is legit, I actually have those, so like,
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To get the best deal, you have to become a VIP
so go take that style quiz and it's only $24
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Cancel it after if you don't like it,
but if you don't like it, I'd be shocked.
You're honestly gonna get the best deal ever,
and I just love everything.
I've switched to their under, I've switched
to all their sports bras, all of those sweaters
like the one I showed you earlier, the sweaters and stuff,
so cozy, I've had so many people compliment me
on like the crop hoodies.
I told somebody at the coffee shop, dude, it's Fabletics.
Dude, fabletics.com/amylandino.
(laughs)
And the girl was like oh, okay.
But that's real, I mean I'm just like,
I spread the message near and far, okay?
Go check it out, the link is in the description
and I hope that you join me in feeling like
your body is tight, even when it's definitely possible
you had like four buckeyes yesterday.
Shout out if you know what a buckeye is.
Hopefully this was helpful for you when it comes
to beating down the shall we say
misconceptions about morning routines.
I'm not a morning person, it doesn't go perfect for me
all the time, the point is that I have these things
in place so that I can try to start my day
on my terms, so that I can show up for myself first
and then everybody else second, and so hopefully
that was helpful for you.
I have lots of other morning routine tips on this channel
so definitely go and check them out.
You might need them on a day like this,
it's so gloomy outside, I can't even like pretend
like I'm a little tan with this bronzer that I put on
because I didn't put a lot of bronzer on,
and it is gloomy.
(blows raspberry)
If you're looking forward to my book coming out very soon
about morning routines, make sure you leave a comment
about that below, leave me your like sunshine emoji
or whatever your version of a morning emoji is.
Leave that in the comments below.
That's all for today, thank you so much for tuning in.
I appreciate it as always, make sure you subscribe
for good vibes, kiss the ones you love,
and go after the life that you want.
Cheers.
(calm music)
I feel so weird, I never like do the peace sign
with my left hand but today's the day.
Today's the day.