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Good morning, good life.
Welcome back to Amy TV,
where we come together
to help you go after the life you want.
This is a very special, special episode.
I am in my new set for Amy TV At Home.
Why?
Because when I go on vacation,
I can't just sit around.
It's just not in my nature.
I haven't fully soundproofed
the room, so I'm sorry,
but I promise you it's worth it.
You might remember at
the end of last year,
I released my second book,
"good morning, good life,
5 Habits to Master Your
Mornings and Upgrade Your Life."
And at the same time we released a planner
because it was very important to me
that all of the things we
talked about in the book
were very actionable for you.
So this is a much requested video
on how to use the good
morning, good life planner,
but with a twist and that's
because I am so, so excited
to announce we have upgraded the planner
to be even bigger and
better than ever before.
Introducing the new good
morning, good life planner.
This is our dated 2020, 2021 planner.
And in today's video, I'm
going to walk you through
exactly what you want to know
and that is how to use
the planner yourself.
If you're watching this video
right when it comes out,
the planner has officially
launched in my store.
So check out the links in the description
so that you can get yours,
but whether you have the new
one, or you have the original,
today's tutorial is going
to be useful for you.
So stay tuned so that you know
exactly how to get the most
out of your good morning,
good life planner
and you can start every day on your terms.
Okay, I cannot wait.
Let's just do this.
Is my hair good?
The biggest goal with this planner
is that it's going to give you clarity
starting a day on your terms.
So while it can track
all the things for you,
if you want it to,
you really just want to
focus on the couple of things
that are important to you each
day at the start of each day,
so that you truly do
get that morning routine
that is ideal for you.
All right, let's dive in.
The first page that you're going to see
is a little ownership page,
very self explanatory.
You have your name, where
you live, your handle,
if you have a hashtag and
a website and a mantra.
I like to have a mantra,
something that reminds me
why I'm doing what I'm doing
every day, you're probably
very familiar with it.
It's to go after the life you want.
Next, we have a little
introduction from me.
I wanted to throw a few rules out there
for helping you make sure
that you make the most of this planner,
because it really is meant
to keep you motivated,
not overwhelm you where you give up on it,
or give up on your morning
routine or give up on your plan.
This is a 2020, 2021 planner.
It starts in September of 2020
and is dated through the end of 2021.
So we have a couple of
annual calendars here for you
and 2022, because you know
we like to plan ahead.
Probably no surprise to anybody
that's been friends with me for a while,
is I kick things off here with your goals.
First, we have health, spiritual,
career, and relationships,
just letting yourself
know right on one page
what your big picture
goals are for these areas
is a great idea, especially
right next to your why.
We talk about this at nauseum,
so I'm not going to get super in depth,
but your why is really, really important
because it is the thing
that gets you out of bed every morning,
doing a morning routine is
not going to motivate you,
having your morning routine to facilitate
why doing things your way
and on your terms matters is,
so right that statement here
so you can keep it front
and center with your goals
so that you can really look at that
and be motivated to go into every day,
as much as you need to refer to this page.
Next, I love a good
epicenter of important dates.
So as we start planning for
the future and things pop up,
whether it's appointments,
or people's birthdays,
or big anniversaries or
anything that's important to you
having a one stop shop for
that is really important to me
so that's why we have important dates
for 2020 and for 2021 in one spot.
Next, we have our monthly spread here,
and our first month in this
iteration of the planner
is September of 2020.
For me, this is a bird's eye view
of what you've got going on in your life.
I really restrict the
number of appointments
that I will put on something like this,
because it should be stuff
I definitely don't want to forget,
or even moments that happen
that I wouldn't want to forget.
So this is a much more sort of fun outlook
of what's happening, keeps things light,
and you can get into the nitty gritty
of appointments and details
and tasks on other pages.
But that's how I like to
use the monthly spread,
completely up to you
how you like to observe
things in your life.
As you decide what's right
for you in this situation,
I just want to take
this time to remind you
that this planner is here, again,
the goal is to gain clarity,
to start the day on your terms.
So please just make sure
that you're using this as a resource
that's going to push you
in a positive direction
and not overwhelm you
with too much information.
Okay, next step we have what
we call the get ahead spread,
or at least that's what I'm calling it
so let me know if you like it.
If you read good morning,
good life, my book,
you know that I talk about three pillars
for a solid morning routine
and that is one of the main
reasons why this planner exists
is to help you kick off
that routine very strongly.
Those three pillars are movement,
mindfulness, and mastery.
This is a nice place to
have your options laid out
so that you're not like,
"Oh, what am I doing
for mindfulness today?
I don't know."
And then you get into your
mindset and it gets crazy
and we don't need that.
For really deep dive on some options here.
I do have a master list in the book
of different movement,
mindfulness, and mastery ideas
you can have here,
but I'm just going to put a
couple of my favorites in.
Most of the time when I
first wake up in the morning,
I head to the powder
room and I do my skincare
and I consider that movement
'cause I have to move muscles on my face
and you might as well call
that good enough to me.
Right?
So under movement, I would put skincare.
I also like to do a
little bit of stretching
and every once in a while,
I'll do like a 10 minute
yoga sesh, but not too much.
I'm not the type that works
out the moment I work,
wake up in the morning,
it doesn't get me excited.
I'm like a late morning
to afternoon worker outer.
So it's not usually going
to be exercise for me,
but there will be a little something.
For me, mindfulness
looks like morning pages.
If you're not familiar with what that is,
I have a great video
on that, check it out.
It's a fabulous journaling technique
for creatives or not creatives.
Definitely look into that.
And I also do a little bit
of gratefulness journaling
and I read the daily stoic.
These are really easy for me
to do all in the same morning
and then there are going to be things that
you can only choose one from your list
that you can do each morning,
but it's good to have
the options right there
so you know what's on deck.
The mastery part of my morning
is usually the last thing that I do
because it is so connected to my work,
I like to do it right before
I'm about to start doing work,
but before I'm reporting
to the rest of the world.
So for me, mastery looks
like writing content,
that could be outlining a video,
that could be writing an
Instagram micro blurb,
or a little blog post,
but I'll also do sort of
like an idea brainstorm.
In this next column here,
we have a number of different things.
We can start to move over
some of those important
dates for the month
that we are focused on
under events and birthdays,
so that's a really quick
to look at list here.
I love having that cause I'd
like to get my birthday cards,
anniversary cards, any
gifts that I need to get
ready to go as early on as possible.
So looking at those at the top of a month
or the end of the month
before is a very smart idea
so you don't forget.
People to reach out to
is also really important.
You know, we talk about the fact that
there's lots of people we
wish we'd been in touch with,
or we'd like to meet someday.
Start writing those people
down, stop thinking about it
and make it a point to focus
on it on a regular basis
so that it actually might happen
and currently is just letting your planner
know what you're up to currently.
I do this in my newsletter.
If you are on my weekly
newsletter, you already know,
but I updated it for the planner
so you could write what you're reading,
what you're watching right now,
what you're currently planning on,
and what you're learning about.
Now we're moving on to our goals,
but we're breaking it
down on a monthly basis.
You'll see our four pillars again
and so you can look at your
annual versions of each of these
and start to break out real
steps that you might take
for them in the month
that you are planning for.
So let's actually flip back to annual,
let's say one of your
relationship goals for the year
would be to meet 52 new people.
Maybe people that can
help you in your career
or in some area of your life.
So your monthly version of
that might be something like
introduce yourself to five people.
And as you go,
you might get more specific
with that particular goal
and the action-ables that
you'll do for the month,
but you see the point,
I'm breaking it down into a bite size
so that it's just five
for the entire month
and it's right there for me to focus on
whenever it's time to get around to it.
Next up is one of my
favorite parts of the book
and of the planner and
that's the timeline map.
What we talk about in the book
is that there is not one
clear morning routine
that you're supposed to have.
There's not a clear wake up time.
There's not a clear bedtime,
everyone's life is different.
I don't know when you work.
I don't know what your
obstacles in life are.
So you have to plan around that.
But that's exactly what
this little area is for.
Let's start with planning
your morning time.
Biggest thing I can teach you here
is that you want to reverse engineer it,
which means you'll probably want to start
with your earliest obligation of the day.
For most of us that's
reporting to work or school,
let's say it's at 9:00 AM.
I'm going to put that
on the timeline first
so that we can figure out
where we're going from there
and then we'll get to when
we're going to wake up.
So 9:00 AM,
I got to get to work, I got
to be in my seat at work.
From there. I'll know that
it's a 15 minute drive,
but I'm going to say 8:30,
I need to be commuting to the office
and I'm also going to get my coffee.
Before you can get in the car and leave,
you got to get ready.
We're going to get ready.
That usually says, you know,
do your hair, do your makeup,
get your life together, feed
the dog, grab your lunch.
All right, so that's all the
stuff we know we do, you know?
You could wake up at 7:30
and hit the ground running,
but the entire point of
this is to not do that.
Let's say we're going to get a
little bit better movement in
if you're more of the type to work out
in the morning at seven o'clock,
we're going to take an online yoga class,
so it's really quick
and there's no commute
and then do just a little
bit of stretching after
so that we don't feel rushed
to get into the shower.
At 6:30, we'll do coffee
and a little bit of writing,
so we've got that mastery time in there.
Prior to coffee, we're
going to make the bed
'cause we probably just woke up
and we're also gonna do a
little bit of meditation,
which is going to kick us off
with the mindfulness that
we need for our morning
and if that happens at six o'clock,
you know what time you need to get up.
So you can see how we reverse engineered
from the latest appointment.
You might want to give
yourself more of a buffer time.
I personally would.
I would probably choose
a 5:00 AM wake up time
and add a little bit more minutes
to each of these sections,
just to feel like I have
a lot of space for myself,
but this is helping you see
that a 6:00 AM wake up time
is still a reasonable time
for someone who wants
to get in a little bit
of those moments that are
special and just for you,
we also now know based on
what time you have to wake up,
what time you need to be asleep.
So now I'm going to walk
through and do the same thing
and reverse engineer from your bedtime
if you were to get eight hours of sleep,
which we should really plan for,
so that you can see what
that might look like.
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All right,
now you've got your entire
evening and morning planned,
especially if you're under
the restricted timeframe
of just having those two
parts of your day to yourself.
Now we're moving on to your weekly spread,
which is really your daily check-in.
This is where you should start each day
to make sure that you
are actually achieving
the morning that you want,
the good morning for the good life.
You're going to be able to check off
your movement, mindfulness, and mastery,
and start to get an idea
of what the rest of your
day is going to look like.
I like to sit down and write down
what time I woke up that morning
so that I know if I've
been sticking with my plan
and then as I go through each section,
I will check them off,
and sometimes you're not
going to get to all of them..
and sometimes you do,
and sometimes it feels good,
and sometimes it doesn't feel good,
but just seeing on a daily basis,
how you're doing with
keeping up your habits
is a great thing
for reinforcing the good
ones to stick around.
Just some lines here for
you to use at your disposal,
whether it's just thoughts
that pop into your head
while you are going through
your morning routines,
since this is really your
morning routine planner,
or appointments that you
want to keep track of
throughout the week.
I highly recommend that
you focus on three things
that should be your priority for the day.
We get really overwhelmed
with how much we should be getting done.
But if you just have three things
that it would be a win
if you did those things,
that would be good enough.
Write those down each day
so that you feel like you
actually have a handle
on what that is.
And again, just checking things off
and writing down did you
stick with your habits
and what are my top three priorities,
that's the gaining clarity
and starting the day on your terms
that I'm talking about with this planner.
I also have a section down
here for writing your bedtime.
I personally think it's a good
idea because it reminds you
that that is the time.
We love to forget what
time bedtime is, right?
We just be scrolling
and like, yes, Netflix,
I'm still watching.
But if you remind yourself
that that is the time
and you need to reverse engineer that,
you're more likely to stick with it.
But if that time changes every
day, then well, you know.
The last thing that I will point out
is that there's a couple of places
for you to do some reflecting.
You know, if you've seen a video of mine,
that I do weekly reflection
on Sunday nights,
every single week and so I've
left a space for that here.
It's probably not as much space
as I would need for weekly reflection,
but I think it's really
healthy if you do nothing else
to just sit down and say,
how did this week go?
What was good?
What was bad?
What can we do to improve?
That is exactly where you can do that
and then you'll also find
that at the end of the year.
I want you to look at 2020,
how did it feel to you?
And what can you write
about what went well
and what you'd like to see
happen in the next year?
And then you're off to 2021
and hitting the ground running.
That's it, the new and improved
good morning, good life
planner is available
at gatluw.store,
check out the links in
the description below.
This is a limited edition planner.
We're not going to do it
dated like this in the future.
So definitely check this out.
You're going to really like it
if you want like a solid,
fully dated 16 month calendar
for your life.
I hope that you do.
The first 250 orders are
going to get a signed bookmark
from yours truly,
'cause I didn't want to
sign the actual planner
cause it comes with really
nice packaged, undamaged,
really beautiful, so we
didn't want to mess that up
and yes, international orders are welcome.
You can handle all of
your shipping details
in the checkout process.
Before I go, I just want to
say a huge thank you to you,
if not for you and your
unwavering support,
especially of the book.
I mean, if it wasn't for the
fact that you guys told me
this worked for you, it's
a system that helps you
to start every day on your terms,
we wouldn't have planners,
we wouldn't have fun episodes like this,
I wouldn't have random leaves on my wall.
It just wouldn't be happening.
So that is all because of
you, thank you so much.
If you enjoy all of these
things, please like the video,
it really supports my channel
and it tells me that you'll be back.
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
and go after the life you want.
Cheers.
What do you guys think of the new set?
Should we do a tutorial?
I was thinking about showing
you how I did all this.
I turned my house into
an office and a set.
So very exciting.
I broke this out into
four different sections.
We have,
I just did that.
That was an accident.
Okay.
God help me.
I hope that was good,
'cause my husband's talking
on the phone upstairs
and we can hear everything
he's saying can't we?
We're going to have to work on that.
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