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What are your contexts?
kenzi | Apr 18 2006
I have been rereading some of Merlin's posts now that I have started GTD implementation and his post about contexts was really helpful because I am unsure about the contexts that I have set up. I found it interesting to read his list of contexts, and thought it would be helpful to hear what others have in their lists of contexts. Please post your contexts, maybe with a little explanation about the logic behind your system. Thanks. Here is my list (feel free to critique it): home: computer My logic: I have a home business that involves selling stuff online, meeting clients outside my home and also having clients to my house, plus I have a night job (for rent money and benefits) where, if I have downtime, I can do whatever I want (within reason) including phone calls, research, errands etc. I split out errands to "out" and "work" because there are some errands I can do near work, but actually those can be done at anytime, like on my way to work, so I will probably eliminate "work: errands". "Home: do" is a catch-all for chores and non-work stuff around the house that doesn't fit the other categories; I am thinking of breaking that out a little more. "Think, create" is another catchall for brainstorming, sketching, mulling in a controlled situation...not just daydreaming, but working out ideas for a specific project. 79 Comments
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 I started GTD late last...Submitted by Chrome47 on April 18, 2006 - 11:10am.
I started GTD late last year as a gradual transition from the month or two before I moved back home from my high-rent apartment in November and got completed by January 1. My contexts are still evolving, and I've thought about the meta-contexts Merlin talks about. I'm actually in the middle of mulling over these ideas, letting them incubate and see what contexts present themselves. Here's what's in my hPDA, contextual action items:
There are a number of contexts that will move from Someday/Maybe once I move back out of my parents' basement and get my own place, such as @Home Office. I'm also playing with the idea of @Think, @Brainstorm, @Design, @Code, and @In contexts to put in my hPDA. Some of these can be aggregated in to meta-contexts like Merlin talks about, but I think I would do that only if all my contexts and to-dosgot too unwieldy. These work just fine for me. Good thread! » POSTED IN:
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