Merlin’s weekly podcast with Dan Benjamin. We talk about creativity, independence, and making things you love.
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
POSTED IN:
 I love this thread. ...Submitted by GTD Wannabe on April 23, 2006 - 11:35am.
I love this thread. Two things come to mind right now: (1) I wonder how many people have <=15 contexts because that's all that Palm allows. I raise my hand here. Although, I'm not sure that I would want more than 15, even if it were possible. (2) Interesting discussion on @errands. Personally, I find it useful because I actually work from home most of the time. Once or twice a week, I'll make a 1 hour commute to go to school. There are days when I don't really leave the house. So, I like having @errands, so that I can what things actually need to be done outside the house. These NAs are actually just little shopping lists for the most part, e.g., [Store X] milk, eggs; [Dept Store] sugar; [Dept Store] pick up prescription; Drop off dry cleaning; etc. That way, when I do my daily or so review, I can if anything on my list really needs to be done soon, and combine my errands. I wouldn't want to go to the store to buy milk one day, and then have to drive across town the next day to pick up the dry cleaning, etc. On the other hand, I don't write down when I need to get gas, because somewhere on my one hour commute, there's a place to get gas. If my car says, "feed me", I feed it on the trip. » POSTED IN:
|
|
| EXPLORE 43Folders | THE GOOD STUFF |
