Morning,
it's Monday morning at 8:24 AM and I'm in my home office
getting ready for today. Um, Monday's usually a chill day,
but today I happen to have a training so I am getting ready.
Here's what I've got going on. So,
my phone not yet awake, but it's there. Laptop,
not yet awake. Coffee is brewing in the French press. Cup O'kickass,
obviously. And actually this is what I start with first. A white,
uh, blank notebook.
It used to be more of a gratitude journal format.
Now it's actually like a stream of consciousness where I just like to describe
what kind of business, what kind of life, I'm building.
It also used to be more to-do's,
but I have project management tools for that.
So now I like to just start with a blank page,
write out what it is that I'm creating as if it's already happened.
I just take mine black.
Great.
Now in case you saw the calendar that's right next to me,
I don't really use the calendar for its dates per se,
but it's sort of become a collection of sticky notes.
So some of them are affirmations that I wrote down a while ago and they're just
good - good reminders that I want to have. Um,
and other ones are like daily sales goals,
affirmations about the kind of company I'm looking to build,
as well as, um, a thank you note,
a sticky note that just gives some appreciation to my team members.
Sometimes, because I work with a remote team,
I forget how many people are helping me build this company and I kind of forget
who's doing who.
And so I like writing down all of their names and seeing them and saying thank
you. Because without them I wouldn't be able to do what I do.
So I like having this calendar section just be, like,
affirmations. Um, you know,
I've written a check to myself of what I want to personally earn.
Um, yeah,
they're just little things that I experiment with and they seem to work.
Now when it comes to my morning routine,
I can't say that I have a hard and fast morning routine. I definitely, you know,
use my white paper for the most part of every day.
I definitely drink my coffee. If I'm ever having a day where I'm, like,
feeling frazzled, I'll,
I will write down my top three to five things I have to do that day and usually
only get like the top one to two grade, one, three, one, two,
three things done. And then if I'm really,
really feeling out of sorts, I used to use these cards more often.
It's the Goddess Oracle cards. Um,
I liked just basically taking a minute, shuffling them, putting,
putting some energy into them and seeing which one I would choose first.
And I was never looking for these cards to, like,
give me an answer or direction of any which way,
but it's just like a moment to pause and reflect of, Hmm,
what's this card saying? And could it be applied to my day today?
Could it help me reframe? Could it help me? Um, I don't know,
say something nice to someone just randomly out of the blue because the card
inspired me to do so. So I used to use these a lot more. Like I said,
I don't have a hard and fast morning routine. I just sort of go with the flow,
see at work, see what works for me at the time. So, that's basically it.
That's my morning routine. Once I'm done all that,
finally pull my laptop open, I turn on my double screens,
I'll show you what they look like. So this is the glamorous setup;
laptop with a double screen right there. Um,
this beautiful beast is my air conditioner,
which is very necessary in the summer months.
So let's just sign on in.
This is my screen. I usually keep this one as my calendar. Really.
It should be where I do most of my work,
but I have my calendar kind of figured out for the day already.
And these are some slides that I'm working on for an upcoming training that's
happening at noon today. So it's open,
it's ready for me to get to work.
I know I have two to three hours to finish them up before I go live.
So that's going to be my focus for the rest of the morning.
Alright.
So my slides are done. I'm going live in 30 minutes.
Let me show you what I've got going on. So
it's 11:23 right now. I'm going live pretty soon,
but I need to grab some food so let's go get some lunch.
So for lunch it's usually a mix between going out and grabbing something really
quick, because I live downtown, it's easy to get food. Or,
preparing something the night before. So since I'm going live today,
it's a bit of a busier day. I didn't really prepare last night,
so I'm just going to go grab some quick bites from down the street.
That's okay. Thank you.
Bye. Back in my home office.
30 minutes to go, officially. I've got my salad. I normally, like,
don't eat and work. I like to chill while I eat,
but I'm not terribly hungry right now so I'm going to have a couple of quick
bites before I go live.
Don't want to be too full when I'm teaching for an hour and then I will save
this for later.
This is the other part you don't see is everything that sits on my couch.
Luckily that doesn't make it to my live trainings. What you see is behind me,
so I can keep that clean and clear. But the couch is like,
Ugh man. You know, it's just, it's just everything. Really.
Everything that I have not organized. I think I am all good to go.
I always hardwire my internet in.
I should shut my window. And
right now I'm just preparing any links that I might need while I'm live,
'cause once I start streaming my whole computer just really slows down.
Oh,
and then the next thing I need to do is I take my phone and I open this up and
just place it - oopsies.
I place it on a tripod here so that I can monitor my stream as I'm inside of the
group. So I'm just going to do a little bit of prep. Again,
check my slides, get in the zone,
as they say and let's do this.
Hey bootcampers, it's Elise. We are live today on this beautiful,
beautiful Monday. I hope you're doing well. Hey Tatiana. Hey Ro.
Hey Ari. Amazing. Let's dive right in. We've got a good crew here.
Let's do this.
Alright.
That is a wrap on coaching for 70 minutes.
It went well. I really love digging into people's business models,
their industry, their niche, and then applying that to Instagram.
That's pretty much what we focused on for the last 70 minutes.
So that is it from me. Just going to put all my screens away now.
Um, yeah, I have a flight to catch so I'm going to go get ready for that.
I'll let you in on a little secret. My home is actually just my home office,
so now that we're in my bedroom you can see that it's actually
like a 14-year-old teenager lives here because I've been on a lot of trips and I
am packing for one right now and I haven't even unpacked from, I don't know,
trips from like two weeks ago. So,
that's my truth. I feel better telling you this, but that's the truth.
This is definitely not one of those vlogs that paints a picture perfect life
because this place is a disaster,
but this is the reality: packing, haven't unpacked from the last trip.
I really need to get my shit in order.
Okay. I'm at the airport. I especially
like this airport because it is for businesses and travellers,
so lots of people working alongside with me.
Really good airport wifi, which is always a great bonus.
I like to get here a little early so I can get some work done before I'm on the
plane and not feel stressed because I'm stressed out when I travel.
Alright, so it's 5:30 and my flight is boarding in 20 so I should go,
Oh, hello there.
Welcome to my bathroom. There you go.
Now I'm a YouTube vlogger.