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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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Level up your contexts.

Submitted by Berko on September 19, 2007 - 9:14am.

Break your work down into levels based on the amount of brain power required. @brain and !@brain aren't granular enough in my view. I like the idea though, so I would go with @brain1 @brain2 @brain3 for differing levels of motivation, time, etc. I think any more levels than this might begin to be fidgety.

The two criteria (excluding available tools because you would presumably need the same tools for each level and priority because you would decide that based on the items on your level list) energy and time should be congruent for each level. If you assign something a @brain1 level, then it shouldn't require a lot of time or energy. If you assign a @brain3, then it will require more time and more energy as well.

HTH