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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 haven't yet figured...Submitted by Cpu_Modern on April 25, 2006 - 5:18am.
kenzi wrote: Which n/a-lists do you have to take with you anyway? maybe @errands, @trips anything else? For example I have my whole system at my computer that means I only have to carry my @errands with me. What do you use i you have to take notes while away from your mac? Could that thing serve as a list-carrier? I do use a pocketmod for that, it's less paper: http://www.pocketmod.com/I haven't yet figured out a way to have my NA lists with me (I don't feel like using my Palm, my iPod only has my calendar, not any to-dos [bad apple!] and the hPDA seems like too much paper, but I'm a newbie so don't yell at me!). It's free, check out if you like it. Quote: Yeah, writing down everything is not so much about forgeting what you are doing but more a way to syrely not forget anything about what you are not doing. Nothing falls through the cracks.
Fortunately, the way my mind works, once I write something down I usually remember it, and not in the open loop kind of way but as if I were just checking a PDA that happens to be integrated with my brain. >>Christopher<< » POSTED IN:
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