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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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 For instance if I am...Submitted by Berko on April 23, 2006 - 1:33pm.
GTD_Randy wrote: For instance if I am at my laptop at home I have to check @home office and @work and @anywhere to see everything I could possibly do. The longer a list of contexts the more chance that a task you could do in that situation is hiding in more than one context list. I understand your predicament, and it's the same resistance I had to the granular approach Merlin outlined in Dr. Contextlove. The solution for me was to sim-pli-fy. See how little you can get away with. I would start by getting rid of @anywhere. I have never found such a list useful. You could simply decide where you are most likely to do it and where your energy and time are most likely to be at the right level for the task. My suggestion would be to keep work and home on separate cards and keep @anywhere divided between the two by subject, that is by where you should do it rather than where you can do it. This gets rid of @anywhere. Then, when you are at work, take out your @home card when you need a break from work or look at it at lunch. Then, you only have two cards, and methinks that would be manageable. For me, like I said above, I only have @home @work @academic @webdesign @calls @errands. That is the minimum that I can get away with. I tried less and it didn't work. I originally had a lot more, but pared it down to this. » POSTED IN:
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