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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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 This is what I do...Submitted by andyc on February 25, 2006 - 6:04am.
This is what I do for the kind of things - Assuming for the sake of argument that you can easily take the book to the library on your way to lunch.... Put two things on your Next Action list: 1) @Home - Put Overdue Library book in briefcase. Put the second one at the TOP of the list, so that every time you look down the list you'll see it. After a couple of days, you'll be so sick of seeing it, you'll look at your list for one more thing to do before lunch, and think "Oh, if I go now I can take the book back". That should get you to the library with the book. I'm still not sure that's really addressing your problem, though. You seem to be getting to the library and then realizing there's an overdue book at home. How do you decide when to go to the library? If you always go on a Thursday, make sure you have a reminder every Wednesday to "take overdue books with you tomorrow". My transport is pretty much using the car, so leaving the overdue book in the car would do it for me - the worst case would be that the book is just outside and I can easily nip back and get it. Particularly if I have a post-it on my library card saying "overdue book in car". Hope that helps. » POSTED IN:
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