Life-Hacking and Personal Time Management for the Rest of Us
summary
Applies agile software practices to messy home life and shows concrete methods that work: Kanban-style boards with a two-task Kanban limit, Trello for a Trello "Head noise" board, Pomodoro 25/5 cycles, and timeboxing. Gives specific examples: a 45-day move managed by splitting dependent vs independent tasks and a minimum of three boxes per night packing, training rides broken into a 30-mile ≈2-hour chunk, and sewing a complex pair of pants with checklists where a welded pocket is dropped to finish on time.
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chapters (22)
- 0:00Life-hacking intro
- 1:10Why time management fails
- 2:55Waterfall vs agile in life
- 5:43Scrum for daily tasks
- 7:29Kanban for urgent tasks
- 9:16Pomodoro technique
- 11:24Time vs money metaphor
- 13:10Why Get Things Done doesn’t work for everyone
- 14:54Time incompressibility
- 18:06Breaking tasks down
- 19:32Minimum viable laundry
- 21:18Making tasks visible
- 22:20Self-care priorities
- 24:27Cognitive load explained
- 25:32Overwhelm limits
- 26:56Gold plating pitfalls
- 29:03Process funneling
- 30:09Agile during move
- 32:45Modular sewing projects
- 34:32Q&A agile in life
- 39:02Small progress matters
- 40:26Mindful car rides
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