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My guest today is a dear friend of mine. One of them goes, that one over there, she's big money. And it was my guest today. Her name is Amy Porterfield. Amy Porterville, the ever amazing best selling author of two weeks notice. Ms. Amy Porterville. Sometimes I lie to my husband, Hobie, and I tell him that I read an article about some topic I want him to pay attention to while I explain it. Because if I told him I found it on TikTok, he he just instantly discounts it, like he doesn't pay attention. So if I tell him I read an article, he kind of leans in a little bit more. So right now I feel like I want to tell you that I read an article about this topic I'm going to teach you about. But the reality is I learned about it from TikTok and on Instagram as well. But it's good, so stay with me here. So it's this concept of creating a personal curriculum. And because I used to create curriculum in my corporate job and now create it for my digital courses, you better believe it caught my attention. Now a personal curriculum is all about intentional self learning. It's taken from the academic structure of creating a curriculum or a syllabus for, let's say a college course, which I don't really want to revisit those days, but that's really where it originated. Now there's this woman online, her name is Elizabeth Jean. She's been credited for bringing this into mainstream. I don't know if she's the first one who talked about it, but she's all over the Internet talking about it. So. So I'll link to her in the show notes because I like to give credit where credit is due, but really there's many women. I haven't seen a man talk about it yet, but there's many women talking about this in social media. Now the way I first saw it online, it was very academic. Women were building entire self study courses for themselves. They would name the course whatever they wanted to focus on. Let's say it's gardening 101. And then they would fill out a Google document with the books and the podcast and the videos and the research and even the homework assignments that they were going to do to learn about this topic. And I've seen women talk about all different topics from learning a new language, discovering French cooking, studying different events in history and just really diving into that event and learning everything about it. So that's what it's look like online. And I've been eating it all up. Like, these women are creating their own syllabus for what they wanted to learn. And usually it's a month. So they'll say, okay, it's January, and the personal curriculum for January looks like this. And then they just share what their personal curriculum is. And I'm, like, watching all these videos, and I love the intentional learning part. That format of just, here's what I want to learn, and here's how I'm going to be intentional about it. Loved it. What. What I don't love is that it felt too academic. It felt like school to me. And I'm. I'm way past that. And so I didn't want to feel like I was going back to college, but I did want to feel like I was learning something on my terms. Like, I created the syllabus. I think that's really cool. Obviously, I am type A, and I have control issues because I. I want to dictate it all, but I just feel like that sounds more fun. So, again, the last thing I want to do is feel like personal development, and personal learning feels like homework. So that's not how I've created my personal curriculum. So I wanted to share with you what I'm doing because I thought you might find this really valuable. So I decided to take this idea and reimagine it in a way that feels relaxed and supportive and enjoyable. Now, my girlfriends that know me really well, they're like, whoa, Amy, you're turning over a new leaf. Because I'm pretty regimented. I'm pretty intense with learning stuff. And, you know, for my business, if there's a new strategy, if. If there's something I need to learn for we webinars, like, I. I do act like I'm in college. I don't want that for my personal enjoyment of, you know, expanding myself. I want to enjoy it. So I'm going to slow down with this a little bit and take a relaxed approach to personal curriculum. Now I'm creating a quarterly personal curriculum centered around self learning and self expansion. I don't want to do it monthly. I. I feel like that's a little too much pressure. I've got a lot going on, so do you. Right. But I could do it in a quarter, for sure. It's designed to help me become my best self in my personal life and in my business without overwhelming me or giving me a giant list that I'll never complete. Like, sure. I love to go into a year thinking I'm going to read a hundred books. My CEO, I think she's read over a hundred this year. I'm not positive, but. But the girl's reading like a book a week at least. And so I think there's. Are there only 52 weeks in a year. So that's not a hundred, but I think she's reading more. So I can't read that many books. I can't have that much on my to do list. And so I need to approach this with a little bit more discernment in terms of what I actually can do. And listen, if you're hearing this in January, the timing is perfect. This is when a lot of us are thinking about what we want this year to look like. We're setting goals. Maybe we're feeling a little ambitious. I know I always am. I love a new beginning. I love January. And maybe you're feeling a little just like I'm ready to take on something new. And usually in January you're not so overwhelmed with all the possibilities because you're excited about them. So this is a good time now I'll say. I don't even care if you find this in the middle of the year or the end of the year. Podcasts live on YouTube videos live on, right? Do it just whenever you see this video, just start. And you could just say, for the next 90 days, this is what I'm going to do. A personal curriculum gives you a way to channel your energy into something focused and sustainable instead of just another thing you're going to do. Especially if we're in January. This allows you to have some fun with some New Year's resolutions that just look different and they're not going to fizzle out by February. So January is a great place to start if you're listening to this when I air it. But again, don't let that stop you, no matter when you find me. Okay, so for quarter one, I chose three categories I want to focus on. So this is what I've done personally. Number one, something I want to learn more about. Number two, something I am curious about learning and curious. That's different to me. And I'll show you what I mean in a moment. And then number three, something that moves me closer to my future self so I don't want to forget. I've created some AI prompts for you today, and one of them is how to create a one sheet of your future self. So I created a really good AI prompt that I've perfected, I've used for myself because I wanted a one page document of what my future self looks like. Who she is, how she navigates the world, what her values are, what's important to her, how she makes decisions, just how she shows up. Because I always just want to be a better version of myself. I don't want to be anyone else, but I do want to be a better version of myself. So I'm going to back up. I want to remind you what I just said. I've created all of this because I want to be a better version of myself. So again, I said I want to learn something and I'm curious about something. So I want to dive into that. And then I want to move closer to my future self. So first you need to know who your future self is. So in the show notes, I'm going to give you a AI prompt all about how to figure out or how to kind of design your future self. That's the first AI prompt I'm going to give you. So if you go to amyporterfield.com 42, it will be in the list of resources in my show notes. Okay. Amyporterfield.com forward/42. So that's the first AI prompt. Now I'm going to walk you through these three categories and what I'm doing, what I'm going to specifically do in each one. Then we're going to talk about how to create your own personal curriculum in a way that's simple and stress free and totally enjoyable. Remember, we're making ourselves better, but we're having fun when we're doing it right. And you know, I don't do anything not related to business. Right. I'm, I'm embarrassed about that. But I've just, you know, I'm almost 50 years old. I am who I am. I'm stepping into, I'm owning it. And I am a girl that likes to tie everything back to my business. I just do. So even when I'm having fun, in my mind I'm like, is this a newsletter article? Or how can I add this to my new coaching program? Or just there's always a way to weave it back into business. So the personal curriculum, it totally ties into me just being a better leader in my business, being more interesting, having more topics to talk about in my newsletter. So everything I teach on this podcast, it touches business, even when it doesn't totally hit it right there. Like, this is a business episode. Now, I do have an episode coming up in the future all about skin care. I can't help myself. I'm obsessed with morning routines, nightly routines of skincare. So I asked an esthetician to come on the show so I could ask her all the questions. I'm not sure how that one's going to relate back to business, but I always find a way. But anyway, personal curriculums absolutely relate back to business. Just want to put it out there. So I'm going to go over these categories and why I chose what I did to put into these categories. We're going to talk about how you're going to create a personal curriculum. Plus, I have one more AI prompt. So first you're going to figure out who your future self is. You're going to get really clear, get the one page with the prompt I've created. The other prompt I've created for you is to help you figure out your personal curriculum. So how to do what I've done here, I put all my knowledge into how I've created my own personal curriculum. For quarter one, I put it into an AI prompt. Like, I'm really proud of my AI prompts. I work tirelessly on these things to make them really good. And so I've created an AI prompt to ask you the appropriate questions to help you figure out what your category should be in your personal curriculum and what you want to learn and how you want to move closer to your future self. So two AI prompts. They're really good. Both in the show. Notes Amy porterfield.com forward/42. Okay, so let's dive in. First, what a personal curriculum really is and why most people overcomplicate it. So I've already kind of alluded to this a little bit, but a personal curriculum, it's a simple plan for what you want to learn and how you want to grow in a specific period of time. It's assigned learning that you give yourself or the purpose of becoming the best version of yourself. Now, here's what makes my approach different from the traditional version. Remember the traditional version, very, very academic, very syllabus like my version. No pressure, no guilt. You're trying to grow in areas that matter to you. If you only get through half of the book or you miss a week of the challenge, you're still learning and you're expanding your mind. Also, it's seasonal, not permanent. So every three months you get to reassess. I don't like the monthly because I think it's too much pressure. I love the 90 days. I love looking at things in quarters. Gives you more time to breathe. So you're going to look at the last three months when you do it. What worked? What did you like what was enjoyable? What do you want to do next? So you get to keep it fresh and exciting every single quarter, which I love. Also, it's flexible by design. Life happens, launches happen, your kids get sick. The goal is intentional growth that fits into your real life. So I chose a three month period and then I chose a few categories that matter to me right now. Then I chose learning that supports those categories. It's that simple. I'm gonna say one more time. I chose a three month period. I chose three categories that matter to me right now in this season of my life. Then I chose how I'm going to learn or dive into these three categories in a way that supports me. It's that simple. So I'm not trying to master everything in one quarter. I wanna give myself a free framework for learning that genuinely moves me closer to the person I want to become. Here's the thing I love most about this approach. It makes personal development feel exciting again instead of like just another thing on my to do list. I've been, you know, in the personal development world forever. I mean, you all know I work for Tony Robbins almost seven years, and then from there it's just kind of tattooed on you. You can't get away from it. So I'm always reading the books, listening to the podcast, and taking a little here, taking a little there. But I really love this word intentional. I'm actually thinking, is this my word for 2026? I haven't totally decided yet, but I love the word intentional. And that's what a personal curriculum is. It's not a little of this, a little of that, a little of this, and like everything's scattered. You really have a plan. And I'm a girl who loves a plan. Okay, so that was the first part of it. Second, the quarterly curriculum framework and categories. This is what I want to go over with you next. I'm going to walk you through how to actually structure this so it feels doable. Again, not overwhelming. For quarter one, I chose three categories. Reminder. Something I want to learn, something I'm curious about, and something that moves me closer to my future self. But you don't have to use my categories. You can choose other options, like let me give you some ideas, like something that challenges your way of thinking. I can't remember the topic, but there was this woman on TikTok where she wanted to look into this topic she didn't agree with. I mean, we could totally do with this with politics, right? But maybe save your sanity. But there was just like this way of Thinking she didn't agree with. And I loved her because she said, I, I'm going to dive into that further. I'm going to be open minded, I'm going to learn more about it, and maybe there's like a common ground here that I haven't seen. So she challenged herself with a different way of thinking. I thought that was cool. You can choose a category, like something that just brings you joy, or something you want to do more of, or something you want to improve, something you've been avoiding, but you know you need to focus on, focus on it. Something that scares you a little, like in the best way possible. So the purpose of these categories is simple. They help you choose meaningful learning instead of random content. That's what I was trying to say earlier. I want to stay away from random content and random consumption of content and information. We're going into 2026, where information has never been easier to get more plentiful ever. And it's just going to get more and more. Like that. I was going to say worse and worse, but there's pros and cons. But. So I don't want to just consume a bunch of random information in 2026. Again, I want to be intentional, but I want some meaningful learning as well. So these categories, they give you a way to filter what matters from other things that can wait, or you just don't really need to dive into it. And they keep your curriculum realistic instead of overwhelming. Because here's what happens without categories. You end up with a list of 47 books you want to read, 12 podcasts you want to binge, and five new skills you want to master. And then you do none of it because it all feels too much. Like too much. Raise your hand. I'm not alone. Right? And so that's what we're not going to do, because I've done that for many, many years. I'm turning a new leaf. So categories create focus, they create boundaries. They help. You say, this matters right now, and then that can wait. This matters right now, that can wait. And I love that. So once you choose your categories, you then choose one topic for each. Like, not five, not ten. One topic per category for the quarter. So one topic, it keeps you focused and it also keeps your curriculum enjoyable. Remember that part. We want to enjoy this. We don't want it to be stressful. And listen, I know some of you are already thinking, but, Amy, I want to learn about five different things in each category. I get it. I'm that person too. But here is what I've learned when you try to do everything, you end up doing nothing. Right. It's true. So one topic per category gives you permission to go deep instead of staying surface level. And I only want you to choose three categories. I'm giving you some rules, there's some boundaries here. So one topic per category gives you permission to go deep instead of staying surface level with the topics. And it gives you space to actually integrate what you're learning instead of just consuming content and moving on. Next, I want to pull back the curtain and show you exactly what I'm doing this quarter and why I chose these specific categories and topics. Good. Okay, category one, something I want to learn more about. So the topic I chose was how to up level as a coach. So if you listened to my last episode, you know that I am launching a brand new six month coaching program for female entrepreneurs that want to scale their business. And the word coaching is important here. What I'm not going to do is a bunch of live Q and A's inside my coaching program. I'm going to coach people in a group coaching session. But I'm still coaching and that's different than what I've done inside my digital courses. I could do Q and A's. I was going to say till the cows come home. Now I sound like my mother. What a weird saying. But I could do Q&As all day long. However, coaching where you're pitching and catching with someone without letting it go down a rabbit hole or go on for an hour long, like I think that's an art. So I'm going to up level my coaching skills. And so this is important to me because I have a new coaching program coming out. So I'm building something that is really important to me. And so it felt very intentional to put this into quarter one. So it was just like a no brainer for me. So that part I feel like, okay, I chose the right topic. So I created a mini curriculum for myself. I said mini. I don't want to go overboard here. I've got a lot to do in quarter one. So here's what my curriculum looks like. Number one, I'm going to reread the book the Coaching habit. Say less, ask more and change the way you feel forever. I love this book. But when I first read it, I wasn't creating a coaching program. I'm reading it through a totally different lens now. So this book was written by my friend Michael Bengay Stainer. I love him and it's such a good book. Again, the Coaching Habit. Highly recommend. So that's what I will be reading now. I'm going to listen to a coaching focused podcast. I don't know which one yet. I haven't started the. I'm recording this in December, so I haven't officially started. But I've been asking some of my peers and some of my friends who are expert coaches, what podcast do you listen to who's like, someone really good, that is a coach that teaches coaching in a podcast. I'm just curious. Different coaching styles and what people are doing with coaching and just learning. So I'm going to find one podcast and I'm going to dive deep. Remember, I don't want a bunch of sprinkling of here, there, you know, shiny objects in my curriculum. So I'm going to find one podcast and go deep. If you have a recommendation, DM me on Instagram. I'm just at Emmy Porterfield. Tell me, Amy, I've got a great coaching podcast recommendation for you. Let me know. And then one more thing. I have a Millie member. Her name is Nancy Levin and she is a coach who teaches coaches. And she's offered to give me some training. And so I want to take her up on that. I thought that was a really cool offer. And so I'm going to be doing a little bit of training with a coach who teaches coaches. Those are the three things that I'm going to be doing. Now you might be thinking, that's it. Just one book and one podcast and one training program. That's it. That's a lot. Again, if you thought that, like, wait, those are the only three things you're doing? Yes, because if you add too much to your curriculum, you will not do it. One book, one podcast, one training offer that I'm going to dive into. So those are the three things that I'm doing. For the category of learning something new. The second category is something I'm curious about. So when I say learn, I feel like it's something essential that I need to do right now. Like there's something in my life that's happening. I want to learn something to be better at it. When I say I'm curious, this is a little bit more lighter. This is something I want to explore. This is something I want to adopt in my world. And I'm choosing manifestation. So I'm curious about manifestation because of course I know about it conceptually. I've even read a book about it in the past. So I've done even some manifesting, journaling exercises. I've been at different events and retreats where we talked about manifesting. But you all know that I'm not super wooing, right? I wish I was a little bit more woo, but I'm not. I just. It doesn't come natural to me. However, I have a lot of girlfriends who are very woo and they're kind of rubbing off, rubbing off on me and manifestation. To me it feels woo. And if that is offensive to you, if you teach it and you're like, it's not woo, just know I'm. I don't know yet. This is all new to me and so I'm going to explore it. And actually, to be really honest, I want to be a Master Manifester. I think I already am. I think I've manifested a lot in my life. I just don't know how I did it. So I'd like to know how I did it so that. Here comes that word again. I could be more intentional and I just feel like there's some big things I want in my life. So I've got to become a master manifester. And so I'm going to dive into this intentionally. So here's what I'm doing. The first thing is I signed up for my dear friend Gabby Bernstein's 21 day manifestation manifestation Challenge. I'm going to put a link to it in the show notes, but just know, depending on when you listen to it, she might not be doing it. It's actually a live training that she does. I think it's live, but she usually does it in January to kick off the year. I don't know if she does it several times. I'm excited. I've already signed up for it again. A 21 day manifestation challenge. If by chance she's not doing it when you listen to this, just get on her email list. You'll know when she does it again. Also, speaking of being very intentional about the podcasts I listen to, I'm just going to dive into Gabby's podcast. Dear Gabby, now, I'm not just going to listen to random episodes. Even though I'm sure they're all good. I've chosen ones about manifestation. So I'm just going to tell you what I chose. Like, I already did my research on this one. Episode 293. It's called you've been manifesting wrong. Great. I'd like to know what to do right. Episode 285, how to Align your head energy to attract what you want. That one's going to be important to me. And number two, Hundred and seventy. Rewire your brain to manifest anything you want. So we're talking about rewiring my brain energy and how to do it. Right. Plus, with the 21 day challenge, like, I can't lose, right? So those are the things that I've chosen. And then one more thing I'm going to teach myself. I don't. I'm going to probably chat GPT this, but I'll probably look at some people's social media that are talking about it right now. It's a perfect time. I want to learn how to create a vision board for 2026. Now, conceptually, I know what to do, but I think there's, like, more of. There's a deeper learning I could do here. Be more mindful about the things I choose and. And how to put this board together. So I don't know if Gabby teaches anything like this. I don't think she does. So I'm going to find someone online who just wants to teach me how to create a killer vision board for 2026, because that goes along with vision manifesting, and that one feels fun. Right? So that's part of my curriculum, something I'm curious about, and this category, something I'm curious about, and obviously it has some personal growth here, but I'm going to do it without pressure. I'm not trying to become a manifestation expert. I'm not going to write a book about it. I'm just exploring something that interests me and I feel like it could really benefit my life. And here's why this matters. Curiosity driven learning is different from obligation driven learning. Right. I feel obligated to learn to be a better coach. People are paying me to be a coach. Although I'm going to enjoy it and I'm looking forward to it, I'm obligated to do that. But when you're learning something because you're just genuinely curious about it, it doesn't feel like work, it feels like play, and it feels like discovery. And. And that's when you can really make a transformation within yourself and have fun while you're doing it. Right? Okay. So category three. This is my final category. Something that moves me closer to my future self. Okay. I've been wanting to talk about this forever and actually, ugh, Okay, I don't have it in here with me right now, but I promise you I'll at least do some YouTube shorts or some reels or something about this to show you some visuals. Okay? So I promise, promise, promise, I'm going to show you what this looks like, but the, the category of something that moves me closer to my future self. I chose journaling and Planning. Okay. So I love to plan. I love that I could do it in my sleep, but stay with me here. So at the end of 2025, so now over the last like two months, I elevated my journaling and planner game. So I've always loved Full Focus Planner and if you're using it, please still use it. I love it, I love it, I love it. But I wanted to put together my own planner. So I took the concept for, from Full Focus that you always want to choose your top three things of the day, right. And I still use that concept. So I use a lot of the principles from Full Focus and I'll link to the Full Focus Planner in my show notes. But I wanted to create my own planner and my own journaling system. I call it an ecosystem by the way. Journaling is something that I don't do consistently but I, I try to make an effort, but I just, I keep missing the mark and I just don't want to be that person anymore. I want to be a better version of myself. And I know I do a lot of therapy. I'm working through some childhood trauma that I kind of discovered not long ago. And so journaling is really good for that as well. And, and so I just want to be a more consistent journaler. And then I love the idea of a really great planner and they kind of go hand in hand for me. So I wanted to build out my own ecosystem and then get really consistent, which I have been. So I'm really excited about that now. You know how I said I wanted to build my own planner. So if I should, I promise I'm going to get it and show it to you. But I actually have a few different planners, slash journals. Some I just use for journaling and others I use for every single day. You know, I have a planner and then of course my monthly planning, my quarterly planning. But I really love a day to day. I love pencil and paper. I like to write it out. I, I use so much digitally that getting it out of my head and onto paper and seeing it at my desk, knowing like this is what I'm focused on today and doing it the night before, saying, okay, this is all the meetings I have. These are the actions I'm going to stick to. These are my top three that I'm going to commit to tomorrow. I like to write it all out. And so there's this company called Cloth and Paper and I loved it. From the get go. But then when I found that a woman of color owns the company, I became a die hard, like loved it even more. Oh, a female owned company. Like sign me up. Of course it's a female owned company. Because once you go to cloth and paper, if you're a journal planner girl like me, watch out, she's going to steal all your money because she has all these cool things to create. Like a beautiful, aesthetically pleasing, totally organized planner. And you can choose different pages. I use the disc if you're curious. I use the disc so that I can pop paper in and out. But it's got categories, it has the a gratitude journal. You can choose a daily planner, a weekly planner, a monthly planner quarterly. It's got the year in your review. All these different things you can choose from. That's why it's going to cost a lot because they just start to add up. Totally worth every penny. But what I did is I created a daily planner. It looks so good and I love it. Lots of dividers, lots of different things. Way I navigate it. Then I created a notebook with different dividers for different notes I take for different things in my business, like the Milli Club or the master mastermind or my new coaching program. When I'm taking notes and in meetings, I have it all organized in this one planner so I can go back to my notes quickly. Then I have a special journal for therapy and then I have a random journal for different things. Like I like to track my workouts and my trainer gives me notes so I have all of that. And then this one is a Louise Carmen if you know Louise Carmen if you know, you know. And so that one's a Louise Carmen. But I do different notes in that for different categories in my life that are important to me. So this might sound super chaotic to you right now, especially because I'm not showing you anything and I should. I'm new to YouTube. Okay, I'm. I'm getting, I'm getting used to being on video. But just picture something gorgeous and also picture three different planners slash journals. I just like to have these separate and it's bringing me so much joy. But I want to make sure I use them consistently. I want to make sure I journal every single day for at least 10 to 15 minutes. And I want to just stay insanely organized for 2026. Because when you have something new, you could totally relate to this. I bet when you have something brand new in your business, like I will with my coaching program and so much is going to Change things are going to pivot like that. I literally. Jasmine Star was telling me that she has a coaching program too. And you just, your whole business is troubleshooting when you're launching something new, right? So she's like, I've become a professional trouble. I always say troublemaker. That too. I become a professional problem solver. And the bigger problems I solve, the more money I make. Yes. And yes. And so because of that, I want to just stay really organized and just make sure that I've got the notes that I need. I'm solving the right problems, and I'm on top of my daily tasks. So my whole journal ecosystem is going to get me there. So again, I've got a daily planner, a journal for business notes organized by category, a journal for personal notes, again, such as, like, my workouts or my therapy insights, and then a dedicated morning journal just for free writing. So really, I guess I have four. I do. I have four from cloth and paper or Louise Carmen. Those are my two favorite. So I promise to make a video on Instagram. Maybe when this comes out, I'll get it done by then so you can see what I'm talking about. So look on Instagram around the time this episode comes out so I can show you my journals. Okay, so let's. I got a little off track. I got very excited to share that with you. Maybe too excited. Maybe you're like, can you please move on? I'm moving on. But I want to tell you for this category of something that's going to move me closer to my higher self, and it's about journaling in my planner. So here's what I'm going to do. I'm going to make journaling a daily habit. So I'm just going to make sure that every day, 10 to 15 minutes, I'm journaling. I'm also going to plan my day the night before. I do this pretty regularly, but I'm going to make sure I do this before I end my workday. I plan for the next day. I come to my desk, it's already written out. If you're not a paper and pencil kind of girl, consider it. It does make a difference. Both digital and paper and pencil to me are important. One more thing. I'm going to learn how to use Notion for personal planning and organization. Now, I'm an asana girl. I use asana all the time for all of my projects. But Notion feels different. It feels more creative. And I feel like there's ways I can use it in my personal life. So if you use notion, you're probably shaking your head like, yes, again. I read an article, meaning I saw it on TikTok. I read an article about all the different ways you can use notion to organize your life, and I. I kind of fell in love. So I will be learning notion in quarter one, and then I'll tell you on this YouTube channel, like how I'm using it and. And what are some things that I'm doing. So essentially, that's what I'm doing for journaling and planning. It might not seem like a lot to you, but I like the consistent. See, I like to get really consistent with everything that I'm doing, and I want to get more organized and I want to plan ahead. So essentially, that's what it's all about. That's what I'm doing. Okay, so those are my categories and my topics for quarter one of my personal curriculum. Now, it's time for you to design your own personal curriculum without overwhelming yourself. So here's the framework that you can use to create your own personal curriculum, and I'm going to walk you through this step by step so you can start building yours today. So step number one, you're going to choose your time frame. I say start with just quarter one. So three months, 90 days to feel, so it will feel achievable. And it gives you a natural reset point after the 90 days. So you know that I love to break things up into quarters. A year is too long, a month is too short. A quarter is just right. Okay, step two, choose three categories so you can borrow mine or choose from that additional category idea list that I mentioned earlier, or just come up with your own. But here's the key. Choose categories you actually care about that actually matter to you right now. Not categories that sound impressive or that you think you should care about. Deal. Some of the women that talk about their categories, I'm like, do you really want to learn that? I think they do, but maybe I just don't. So choose the categories that matter. Now, this is your curriculum, not your mom's curriculum, not your business coaches curriculum, not the person you follow on Instagram that you think, gosh, I should be doing more things like them. No, this is yours, so make it your own. And then step three, you're going to choose one topic per. Per category. So one topic keeps you focused. It also keeps your curriculum enjoyable instead of stressful. And if you are struggling to narrow it down, ask yourself this. If I could only focus on one thing in this category for the next Three months. What would make the biggest difference in my life or my business? This is your topic. The answer to that is your topic. Okay, step four is to assign two or three learning inputs. This is where you decide how you're actually going to learn about your chosen topics. So one book, one podcast, one podcast series, one short challenge, like a 21 day challenge, like I'm doing for Manifestation. One mini workshop or a master class you're going to watch. That's a great piece to put into your curriculum. If you have a, a subscription to masterclass like I do, I think it just automatically got renewed and I'm like, okay, so I've been charged, so make sure I use it. You could choose some of those master classes and put them into your curriculum. So maybe it's a new habit you're going to adopt, a course you're going to watch, or a training. Maybe you're going to choose one person to learn from. Whatever it is, you're going to put that as your specific ways you're going to learn your, what I'm calling inputs. So two to four inputs probably is the max that you should do here so that you don't overwhelm yourself. Keep it simple. And then step five, connect it to your rhythms. This part's important. This is where your curriculum becomes real instead of theoretical. Tie your learnings to your daily or weekly habits. Ten minutes a day, it could change your entire quarter. So for example, I will read 10 pages of my coaching book every morning with my coffee is really actionable and something I can do. Or I will listen to one podcast episode every Monday during my walk with Scout. Yes, that's doable, right? Or I will journal for 15 minutes every morning. That's going to happen. So when you connect your learning to your existing rhythm in your life, you're not just trying to create something new. Like you're not finding new time, you're just weaving it in. And I think that's the best way to, to approach a personal curriculum. Weave it into your existing life. Okay. As I mentioned, I have AI prompts to make this easier. I've got the how to become your future self AI prompt. It's so good. If you're not on my newsletter, make sure you go to amyporterfield.com newsletter. It comes out every Tuesday. I add a lot of AI prompts and in December I included an AI prompt all about how to create your future self in a one page. And people loved it. So I'm giving it to you here as well. So it's going to be in my show notes and then I have an AI prompt to help you decide what your categories and topics are going to be for your personal curriculum. So there's a really great AI prompt waiting for you in my show notes. So amyporterfield.com 42 just go there and I will make sure that these are waiting for you. The two prompts. You're going to love them and some other stuff that I mentioned, like cloth and paper and a few other resources. I'll make sure to put them all into my show notes. But these, these prompts, I spent a lot of time on them. You're going to love them. Okay, so here's what I want you to remember. A personal curriculum helps you be intentional with the growth that is already happening in your life, and it's meant to be enjoyable. So make sure you don't take this too seriously and you choose topics that you actually will have fun with. I would love to know what you're choosing so you know where to find me at Amy Porterfield on Instagram DM me. Tell me what your personal curriculum looks like. You know I love this and I might steal one of your ideas for quarter two. So again, just know that you're already learning. You're already consuming content. You're already working toward becoming your best self, right? So this gives you a framework to do it with purpose instead of randomly scrolling through podcasts or TikTok or buying books you never finish. And listen, your curriculum does not have to look like mine. It does not have to be perfect. Mine's not. And it just has to be yours. So start small, choose the three categories, choose your topics, and commit to these three months of intentional growth. Your future self will thank you, and don't forget to add my AI prompts to the mix. Amyporterfield.com 42 I am so excited for what is ahead for you and I am grateful that you are here for it. I'll talk to you soon.