- Today is a very special day.
It's a surprise day.
Don't you love when I say that?
'Cause I say it a lot.
(chuckles)
I'm very excited to share something with you today
that we have been working on
ever since we launched the Good Morning Good Life
planner back in August.
Can't wait to show it to you.
But more importantly,
today we're talking about some habits
to work on and how to transform your morning routine.
Good morning, good life.
Welcome back to Amy TV,
where we come together to help you go after
the life you want.
Starting the day on your terms is so important.
It's what we believe in around here.
So maybe if you think your morning routine
needs some upgrading,
but you still want it to be custom to your own lifestyle,
stay tuned, I have some ideas for you.
Before I dive in, I can't keep it in my body any longer.
This has been a surprise I've been working on.
It's actually late.
I meant to get it to you sooner,
but that's just some silly business stuff
you don't care about.
Here's the situation.
You know that the planner came out in August,
and those of you who picked it up, thank you so much.
You helped us sell out of the first batch
in the first 35 hours, which is amazing.
We've restocked it twice.
It's been so popular and we appreciate that
deeply, immensely.
But what's even bigger than that
is making a product like the planner,
getting it out into the world,
and getting feedback from you,
because I know how much you care about it,
and I know how much it's helping you
and you wanted to see it get better.
I got questions like,
"Will there ever be a version
that is undated and customizable?
And will there ever be a version that has stickers?
And will there ever be a version
that is only 12 months instead of 16?"
Well, my friends, that version has arrived.
Introducing, the Good Morning, Good Life 12 month planner.
It's here. It's undated.
It's customizable.
It's got stickers in it, for crying out loud,
and a bookmark.
Mm.
I'm so excited about this,
I had to tell you about it right away.
I don't wanna take up a ton of time
'cause we have a lot to talk about in the video today.
But if you are unfamiliar with the planner,
it is all in connection to my book,
Good Morning, Good Life.
It follows all of the action items
that we talk about in the book
to transform your morning routine.
So the two of them go great together.
They're available as a bundle,
but of course the planner alone is now in GATLUW.store,
and I'm just so pumped about it.
So definitely check it out
if you're taking this morning routine thing very seriously.
And there's one more thing I wanna tell you about
if you pick up the Good Morning, Good Life planner.
A little extra bonus to make it extra sweet
for your extra awesome new year to come.
Stay tuned for the end of the video
to find out more details.
I know you're probably thinking about
new year's resolutions or habits
or anything that could be better in 2021
than was the case in the abomination of a year
that was 2020.
With that being the case,
the first tip I have to give you
when it comes to transforming your morning routine
is to get enough sleep.
Easier said than done.
I understand that.
But the biggest way to start making that happen
is to reverse engineer your bedtime.
Sure, we can shoot for seven to eight hours,
but shoot for and schedule are two very different things.
Knowing what it means about when you wake up
compared to when you need to be asleep,
compared to when you actually get in bed.
All of those things are different times.
In the planner, we have a timeline map
so that you can work out that math and that timing.
But the biggest thing to note is this.
If you never take it seriously,
it's way too easy to let the world
continue to happen to you throughout the end of your day,
keeping you from starting the day on your terms.
So we all talk about this morning routine
like it's gonna be the second coming of amazing.
And yet we don't do the work on the backend
to make it happen.
We're doing this so we can start a day on our own terms.
If we want that, we also need to end the day on our terms.
And these actions are what allow you to eventually
take back your entire day to be on your terms.
Long-term goal. I get that.
But let's start with reverse engineering your bedtime.
Bedtime, fall asleep time, wake up time.
Figure out what those are for you.
My second tip is gonna help you with the first one,
and that is to tuck your smartphone away.
So not only do we wanna go to bed
and not have our phone in our hand,
all up in our space, all blue lighting our face.
We need to wake up without it in the area as well.
So tucking it in before you go to bed
makes it easier for you to fall asleep, because again,
you don't have that light trying to keep you awake.
And then in the morning, turn your alarm off,
and then go about your morning.
At least 15 minutes, maybe half an hour,
maybe an hour, if you're feeling adventurous,
without your phone.
Don't worry. You're gonna have it the rest of the day.
It's gonna work the rest of the day.
And it's going to continue to keep your attention.
I like to tuck mine in my dressing room,
it's next door to my bedroom,
so it's far enough away that I can't use it,
but it's close enough that I can hear my alarm.
The next morning I turn it off, which is great,
'cause it means I have to get out of my bed
to turn off my alarm.
And then I get started on my day.
My third tip is movement.
It's the first of three Ms in the classic
Good Morning, Good Life morning routine for success.
Get a little bit of movement in.
Maybe you like to work out first thing in the morning.
I don't.
I'm more of like a late morning to afternoon worker outer.
Okay? We'll spin bike.
Little bit of like, body weight
and hand weights.
What is this motion? Hand weights.
Hmm. I am a professional at this, clearly.
But definitely doing a little skincare, muscle movement,
and some stretching is all the movement
that I need to start the day,
not to mention just having to operate at all
when I wake up.
That pretty much gets me going
on the movement side of things.
So decide what's right for you.
Whatever feels right is your next great morning routine.
My fourth tip is mindfulness.
Like I said, we don't want the phone in our hand.
We don't need it next to us.
We don't need to cradle it and make sure it's okay.
It's gonna be there when we wanna pick it up again.
And the internet will still be working,
and people will still have opinions,
and there will be tweets galore.
But we don't need it right away.
We need to know if we have our own original thoughts
at the start of a day.
Be mindful, how do you feel?
How does it feel to not wake up
stressed out about the news that you found out
within 2.5 seconds of opening your eyes?
How does it feel to just think of what you think of,
or plan what you want to plan,
without the rest of the world coming in?
With these mindfulness moments,
we can have more clarity
about the things that actually make us happy.
And that we actually want!
You go to bed the night before
thinking about what you saw on Instagram
as this pipe dream of,
"I could never have that happen,"
but you wish for it so desperately.
But what if you never saw that?
What if you actually just sat to think,
what would it be like if that happened for me
or happened to me or any of those things.
Do I actually feel I want it?
Do I actually want that as my vision?
We don't have these conversations with ourselves
because we're so busy
proving that we know everything that's on the internet.
Because it's in front of our face all the time.
What do you know about yourself?
Use your mindfulness time to figure that out.
Maybe you meditate.
I like to do morning pages.
I do a little bit of visualization writing.
I read the Daily Stoic, study up on my philosophy.
Whatever is mindful for you, works for me.
And my final tip is the third M, and that is mastery.
We all say we've been meaning to get around to something.
We all say, "I'm definitely gonna do that some day."
When is some day?
If we're consumed by our phones
and we've got people asking stuff of us
like our jobs or our kids, our significant others,
or anything else that's going on.
When will we make time
if we can't do it at the start of our day?
Your mastery moment is your opportunity
to say, "I care about this,
and I will spend at least 15 minutes on it."
Five minutes, 10 minutes, an hour.
It's up to you.
I'm going to break ground on it.
I will not be trying to start something every day.
I will work away and chip at it so that it moves forward.
Baby steps are better than zero steps.
So spend a few minutes with a foreign language app
and improve your bilingual abilities.
Or spend 15 minutes just writing a page
of that novel you've been hoping to write.
When you work on your mastery
in the mornings during your time,
you make it more possible to become
a bigger chunk of time for you.
That's what I did when I wanted to start my own business
and go full-time free, on my own, self-employed.
I had to do it in my free time first,
and to find my free time, I had to make it.
And it was often in the morning,
my mastery before I went to work.
And also when I came home.
But at least I did something
so that when my body was absolutely tired
at the end of the day,
I wasn't relying on that time to make something of myself.
If you do those things,
reverse engineer your bedtime,
get seven to eight hours of sleep
to the best of your ability,
tuck your smartphone away during certain hours
so you're not on it all the time.
Your movement, your mindfulness, your mastery.
If you do those five things,
I guarantee you no matter what you fill those buckets with,
no matter what you actually do in the mornings,
it will be transformed for the better.
Because you will feel
what a little bit of freedom feels like.
Freedom of your time.
And let me tell you, that is the best drug on the market.
The only one that I am on,
besides a little bit of Cabernet every now and again.
I am addicted to freedom.
When you get a little bit in the morning,
you're gonna want a little bit at night,
and you're gonna want a little bit in the middle of the day,
and suddenly, you have a passion,
to go get that full-time freedom for yourself.
And that's what I want for you.
Question of the day. What are you gonna do tomorrow
to transform your morning routine?
Just one little thing differently.
Let me know in the comments down below.
Just a reminder,
the new and improved planner
is officially on GATLUW.store
and here is what you've been wanting to know.
And if you have the limited edition planner,
do not start emailing me yet. Okay?
Because I'm including you in this too.
If you purchased
one of the Good Morning, Good Life planners,
whether you go get the new one
or you have the first hardcover edition,
you will be invited to take part
in my first ever official 30 day challenge.
My Good Morning, Good Life 30 day challenge.
It kicks off January 1st,
so make sure you get your planner,
at least sign up ASAP.
I will be greeting you every morning
with this little face of mine,
with a little motivation,
and an actionable tip of how you can
transform your morning for the better.
We will cover the seven major areas
of going after the life you want.
Your health, your mindset, your relationships,
your career, your wealth, your spirituality,
and your legacy.
This is a $97 value we're offering totally for free
for anyone who gets the planner.
So head on over and make it happen
so that you and I can work together toward a better 2021.
That's all for today. Thank you so much for tuning in.
I appreciate it as always.
Remember, subscribe for good vibes,
kiss the ones you love (kisses)
and go after the life you want.
Cheers.
(beep)
I knocked on the table
(laughs)
on accident.
That's all for today,
thank you so much for tuning in.
I appreciate it as always.
What was that?
I have no space on this huge desk.
I hope I'm in focus.
'Cause I wasn't last time.