Sprint IV: A New Hope

Hello!

We're starting the fourth sprint in the agile personal development adventure. I'm slowly starting to slide into my groove with regards to practice and workload.

Let's look at the board!

And break them down bit by bit!

Business/Career/Studies
Stories	Tasks
As an agile Timelord I want to read one non-fiction book a month so that I become more knowledgeable on useful and interesting topics.	This two week sprint I plan to read one book on confidence building	I've not decided on the book as of yet however I want to read a book on how to increase and build on my confidence in a variety of ways
As an agile Timelord I want to read one fiction book a month so that I become more well-read and cultured.	This sprint I plan to read 'Shampoo Planet' by Douglas Coupland	I started this book last year but never finished it. I really love Coupland's work but sometimes take a little while to break into it. Hoping I can get into this book
As an agile Timelord I want to listen to 4 business podcasts a week so that I learn more about business culture and best practices.	This sprint I plan on continuing to listen to Entrepreneur on Fire, Entreleadership and Quick and Dirty Tips podcasts	Entreleadership is now weekly! Entrepreneur on Fire continues daily! 3 QDT podcasts a week, can I do them all?

Spiritual
Stories	Tasks
As an agile Timelord I want to feel calm and confident through meditation so that I am less stressed	I will attempt to find a new method of meditation to help with physical and mental health	Headspace didn't work but I need to meditate. I will attempt to find a method that works for me this sprint
As an agile Timelord I want to define my beliefs so that I feel comfortable in who I am	Developing a personal manifesto by beginning to answer the 101 questions	101 questions, I think it's realistic to attempt between 25-35 this week

Health
Stories	Tasks
As an agile Timelord I want to walk at least 10,000 steps each day so I set myself an active benchmark to lose weight.	I will track my steps using a Fitbit Charge HR tracking my progress using the app and dashboard. As such I will aim to have a weekly accumulative total of 70,000 steps	Continue using the FitBit and taking part in the GCC
As an agile Timelord I want to chart my progress and set a target of losing 2lb of weight a week so that I can reach my overall goal.	My current weight is 199lb, by weighing myself daily and keeping up with my more active lifestyle I will track my progress	Maintaining a (slightly more) active lifestyle

Personal growth
Stories	Tasks
As an agile Timelord I want to be able to feel confident in any situation so that I am comfortable	Deliver second speech to Toastmasters on the Competent Communicator path	Topic decided, now I just need to plan, deliver and build upon my speech
As an agile Timelord I want to write a personal speech so that I'm prepared for giving speeches in the future	Revise personal speech	Initial notes and infrastructure set up from the last sprint, I now need to build upon and improve my speech
As an agile Timelord I want to learn best practices of speakers so that I am a competent speaker myself	Watch 5 TED talks	This has been working so far, 5 more TED talks is an achievable and enjoyable task

Social/Community
Stories	Tasks
As an agile Timelord I want a growing blog so that I grow my writing skills	I will update the blog daily informing of my progress, experiences and future plans.	It's working, keeping me accountable and improving my writing technique
As an agile Timelord I want to take a role within the Charity Committee so that I can help the community whilst also developing my skills	The company charity committee is growing and I hope to be a significant part of it's development. I will organise, attend and drive meetings	Meeting next week! Hoping to be an active member of the team!

Well there's the board! Achievable tasks in big chunks. 

Agile Timelord, GO!

Thanks for reading!