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Contexts and repetetive tasks

Hello,

I have just recently started with GTD and I am starting to get a hang of it. However, I have some questions regarding repetitive tasks (like rehearsing a piano) and doing regular homework.

Right know, my contexts are

@School (the actual, physical place) @phone @reading @Mac @morning (tasks that need to be done at the morning, like remembering things and stuff) @cellar @writing @errands @on hold

I don't know if I should make more contexts, but I wonder if assigning homework to courses contexts would be a good idea?

Then, a project would be this:

Do german homework Read p. 88 @german Write 4 sentences @german

instead of this, which I'm using right now:

Read p. 88 @reading Write 4 sentences @writing

And assigning ALL reading matters, for business or pleasure, to that context and ALL writing matters, to the @writing context.

I also have one last question concerning projects. Say, my overall goal in Mathematics would be getting a B+. Should I assign all my math homework to this project, or would it be a better idea to make a new project for each and every homework and just archive it in a Mathematics folder?

Some things that needs to be done everyday, like rehearsing the piano - how does one deal with this? When rehearsing, I do exactly the same each and every day - would it be better to make it a habit and use a separate document to keep track on piano-things, like some kind of log to deal with between lessons?

I have learned a lot about GTD and am planning to purchase the book, but I still need some help to manage my trusted system entirely :-)

Btw, I use OmniFocus.

Thanks, HyggeligKar

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Everyone is different...

Firstly, you have to remember that everyone's system is set up in a way that helps them work, so it can be different for you than it is for me. And remember that the goal is to actually be productive, not to fidget with yor system all day.

My contexts are: @lab-admin @lab-projects @agendas @anywhere @home @prayer @[wife] @phone @errands @waiting

I just split @lab into two separate contexts today, since this afternoon's meeting made it clear that my boss wants programming projects and day-to-day systems administration to be treated separately.

So basically I have contexts for work and home, for people I have to talk to (@agendas) and people I need to hear from (@waiting)--@[wife] is just a single-person agendas+waiting--plus things I can do (@anywhere), people I can call (@phone), or places I can go (@errands) when I'm neither at work nor at home. Finally, a context full of things to pray about when I have a free minute here and there.

For me it makes sense to have that kind of setup, though if reading and writing are completely separate activities in your world that might work for you as well. There's no "right way" to do it, but definitely the wrong way is to play around with your system so much that you never actually get anything done.

And you really should read the book. I thought I "got the gist" well enough after reading blogs and forums about GTD, but it wasn't until I actually picked up the book at my local library that I really started figuring things out. And of course I have my own copy now...

 
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