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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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 I'm closer to the low...Submitted by onepinktee on April 24, 2006 - 7:35am.
I'm closer to the low end: @errands, @home, @people, @office, @craft, @boss, @CEO The @boss and @CEO are generally things that, if I need to remember to talk with either of them about and I use it for the times when one of them is traveling and calls in for a quick minute and I need to be ready with the pressing issues or questions that I have to have answered. VERY helpful for me. Is it really a context? I dunno, but since it works, I'm not caring so much. @errands for me works. I put down things I need to do soon, but not immediately, like go pick up dry cleaning or return a purchase. That way when I come to an errand that I must do, like get groceries, I can look at the list and map out my route based on what else I can accomplish. @people is related to management tasks for the people I manage, ideas I have for them, feedback I need to give them, etc. Right now, @office is working for me. I've tried to drill down on this (clients, client acquistion, internal, etc) but much of what I do crosses boundaries, so granular didn't work. » POSTED IN:
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