Backlog: The Antidote to Chaotic Living

05/21/24 • 21 min

Backlog is where an Agile sprint begins. It's the foundation of the Agile Framework. Let's dive into the deeper meaning behind a backlog, why you need one in your life, and how to build one from scratch.

Timeline:
00:00 Why Agile?
01:26 Backlog - what it is
01:58 Chaotic life filled with frantic action
03:00 How much time we actually have
04:10 How do we measure the quality of our goals?
06:56 The best time management hack
08:26 Agile tool for measuring the quality of your goals
09:22 Example of using backlog
10:06 That's how you stop the chaos
12:50 How to start a backlog
17:36 What you can do today
19:08 Unpopular opinion
21:35 The comment that made me record this video

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05/21/24 • 21 min

Monthly Method - Backlog: The Antidote to Chaotic Living

Transcript

00:00:01.479

Hi, my name is Polina, and I've been applying Agile and Scrum frameworks to my personal projects and goals for the last 10 years. It worked incredibly well, despite contradicting almost every productivity advice you hear on the internet and self help books.

00:00:20.294

I've been able to apply Agile to a lot of projects over the last decade. I started applying it when I was working in a startup. Then I transitioned into grad school and used it to fi

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