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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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 Your approach seems a little...Submitted by GTD_Randy on April 23, 2006 - 12:00am.
Berko wrote:
Your approach seems a little backward to me. You shouldn't be looking for a specific task to do; rather, you should pull out the list for the context (or contexts, I suppose) that you are in to see what you could be doing, scan the list, and pick something out. If you are looking for that specific action item, it's not really out of your head. I am sorry for not being clear. I am not trying to find a specific task I am trying to minimize the places I have to look in to see what tasks I can attack when I am in a particular place/situation. For instance if I am at my laptop at home I have to check @home office and @work and @anywhere to see everything I could possibly do. The longer a list of contexts the more chance that a task you could do in that situation is hiding in more than one context list. Does this make sense or am I still not explaining it well? » POSTED IN:
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