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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 still experimenting with contexts...Submitted by Momo on April 23, 2006 - 10:07am.
I'm still experimenting with contexts (in fact, with all of GTD), but so far my contexts are: @library @teaching @correspondence - email, calls, and letters lumped together in one context @internet @computer offline/anywhere - includes writing/revising papers, burning backups etc. @reading @home @hometown - things to do while I'm in hometown during break @errands - no grocery lists/no repeat items but rather those hard to remember things you might have to buy or do while out and about I have to admit, as a GTD newbie, I'm sometimes unsure whether something is a 'context' or a 'project'. At the moment, I list everything related to teaching in @teaching, and have separate Project lists for each class. Works for me, but part of my confusion surely stems from the fact that I don't have an office on campus, so can't do all the teaching prep in an @office context. Will move house soon and then have a home office, so maybe the problem will be taken care of come fall semester. Momo » POSTED IN:
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