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@If Context
GOD | Feb 19 2006
One of the problems I have is coordinating a particular action in one place so that I can complete it in another. For instance, grabbing a book from the office that is ready to be returned to the library as I go out to get coffee on the other side of campus. Another similar example is that I meant to give something to a friend of mine, have had it in my pocket for several days now, but forgot to give it to him when I saw him today -- even though we spent a few hours together, eating and talking. I thought about tackling this with dated tasks, which would certainly help in the situation with my friend, but it wouldn't help in the first example. So I think I'm going to try using @If contexts. An example would be, @If - Going past library, then grab book to take back. Or, @If - You see Mark, give him that thing. Thoughts? 18 Comments
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 However, if you keep @Library...Submitted by GOD on February 24, 2006 - 7:23am.
TedPavlic wrote:
However, if you keep @Library in your back pocket and just happen to pull it out But the trick is this. If I only see the action at the library, then it's already too late because the book I need to return is still at the office. Does that make sense? So, what I'm trying to do is highlight the complexity of the action and point out to myself that it is a multi-step action (mini-project) that requires me to begin it in my office and then complete it at the library. But ONLY if I happen to be going past the library. On that note, I guess the @if context also signifies to me that it is only going to piggyback on other actions. Maybe I could use @piggyback. :) I understand what you are saying and generally use my contexts like a regular GTDer, but I'm trying to adapt my toolset to a particular set of actions that have been difficult for me to complete in the past because of the need to coordinate my actions. » POSTED IN:
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