Contexts for academia
Submitted by RM66 on September 18, 2007 - 6:07pm.
What contexts do folks involved in academia find work well? I divided my contexts into "Need brain" and "Don't need brain", but my "Need brain" group seems to need some additional granularity, but I can't quite figure out of what sort.
I've been considering a context that is basically "need at least an hour of uninterrupted time"--but it's rare for that context to actually arise when the term is in session.
Anyway, I was just curious what other people who are academics do in terms of contexts. (I have searched the forums and found some answers, but not quite the answer as to what people find works well)
Thanks
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A pretty usual slate of...
A pretty usual slate of contexts has served me well:
- offline
- emails
- web
- calls
- campus
- osf (library)
- office
- errands
- home
- mini (home computer)
- dirty (yardwork etc.)
- waitingfor
- agenda-boss
- agenda-wife
- agenda-project partner
But I have recently begun a new practice which has worked well: Recognizing that I will always have reading I need to do and I will always have writing I need to do, and that these, though important, will not always be recognized as urgent (in the face of classes to teach, meetings to prep for, etc.), I have dedicated time slots every work day to reading and to writing. And I have begun "context" lists for each, which serve as menus from which I can choose which reading and which writing to do each day.So basically these are context lists, but I have had to hardwire my calendar so that I am "in" those contexts every day.