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I find tagging by time...Back to GTD: Simplify your contexts By: Merlin Mann (54 replies) July 31, 2006 - 1:24am |
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I find tagging by time...
I find tagging by time helpful. 2 minutes (i.e. do now…), 20 minutes, an hour, and open works for me. If you’re stuck for something to do, you probably know where you are, what tools you have access to, and how long you’ve got. Rather than building infinite ziggurats of contexts and subcontexts, you can narrow the choice down by considering the likely duration of the task.
Of course, your estimate is sometimes wrong. Sometimes it rains.