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Backlog – Parking Lot for Rocks

The Bottom Line – Organizing our Backlog clears our Path Forward  

  • Our Personal Backlog is a key tool to manage our digital Rock ‘Parking Lot’. Using our Backlog at any time, we can create and store Rocks for future use. 
  • Having a regular Backlog Grooming practice (time spent pre-loading and/or prioritizing parked rocks) is a powerful habit that with LITTLE up-front time investment, saves us a HUGE amount of time overall. Simply put, a weekly Backlog Grooming practice helps us get more of the right stuff done, faster!  

What is the I.Liv. Backlog? 

The I.Liv. Personal Backlog is a key tool that we can use to pre-load rocks. We can think of it as a digital parking lot where we can create, ‘park’ and prioritize rocks for future use.  

We can use the Backlog to park:  

  • One-time Rocks. Rocks that we want to complete and be done with.  
    • Ex. Goal/Project tasks: Get quotes for renovation project in order to select vendor.  
    • Ex. Rocks specific to an event: Prepare notes for upcoming stakeholder meeting.  
  • Reoccurring Rocks. Rocks that we plan to use on regular basis in the near future. 
    • Ex. Household tasks: Complete laundry (every 2 days), Prep house for housecleaner (every week), etc. 
    • Ex. New networking habit we are developing: Reach out to one new person to network or support my business (daily).   

Why it matters? 

Using our Personal Backlog is one of those special best practices and tools that directly contributes to efficiency and effectiveness of our practice, AND our overall productivity:  

  • Faster Daily I.Liv. Plans. A strong Backlog game can make daily planning a breeze! Pre-load rocks at a convenient time, so they are ready for you when you need a fast plan. Access pre-loaded and reoccurring rocks with ease in seconds to add to your Daily Plans.  
  • Better planning for related tasks. Daily Plans by definition handle TODAY’s priorities. Our Backlog helps us plan for goals that span multiple days and manage rocks with dependencies on other rocks.  
  • Helps us prioritize. Backlog is a single prioritized list that makes the most important top rocks easily accessible for our Daily Plans.  
  • Clear the path forward. Pre-loaded rocks are safely parked and ready us, so we don’t have to keep mental track. Park your rocks and free better! 

How? 

I.Liv. mobile app brings each member their Personal Backlog to support our Intentional Living practices.  

  • Load your Backlog at any time with one-time rocks you define for yourself or by breaking down goals/projects into multiple rocks and pre-loading them each to the backlog.  
  • Develop a regular Backlog Grooming Practice to ensure rocks in Backlog are still valid, up to date and right order of priority.