With a backlog, you’re paddling hard for a wave that’s leaving you behind – you might just catch the wave, but it’s rarely what you were hoping for, and more often than not you end up exhausted from paddling, and still behind – like in the first few seconds of this clip:
With a frontlog, you’re building an asset and making your own waves. Your frontlog puts you in the right place at the right time.
It makes you feel like Wingnut: