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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'm obviously procrastinating on cleaning...Submitted by GTD_Randy on April 23, 2006 - 12:06am.
genagtd wrote:
I'm obviously procrastinating on cleaning house -- This is a good example. I use @errands to capture all of the things I have to buy, deposit at the bank, etc. I also have a @travel to capture the things I do away from the office. This is a problem since a task could fall into either of these and I would have to check both (+ @anywhere as well) when I am on the road. Perhaps the answer is to make my contexts more location specific like someone else here mentioned before. Under this idea I would replace @errands with @car. This would let me capture things to do while on the road with things I can do in the car like phone calls. I dont know, food for thought. I have committed to keeping my list stabe for 2 weeks and reevaluate after I have had some time to test it out. Let me know what you think. » POSTED IN:
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