Hi This thread started me thinking deeply about the context issue. I understand for someone on the move like David Allen the context by location make a lot of sense,by for desk jockeys like myself, less so. I found that pretty much all of my 'work' was @office. This was not helpful. I found myself staring at a huge list and not known how to break it down to make it understandable or manageable.
I tried something new. Instead of context based on location, I tried context by verb. I have published my list of context and have put comments next to what they mean to me. To assist with understanding why these action type work for me, a little about the work I am doing. I am a Information Assurance Consultant. I am rewriting the manual on how IA needs to be done for my client. I have to create documents and processes, write detailed papers, get agreement for them, publish the processes and announce them to the organization. (These action types work for my current contract but would not work for other people or other positions.) Call Call someone Delegate Task to delegate to someone Create Create a document/process/Think about/ Generate something that does not exist Write Write up formal document based on output on creation phase Update Update an existing document Publish Publish the document/process/procedure etc Announce Make everyone aware of whatever has been publsihed Agenda Next time I see someone or meeting Email I often write the email in the Wiki (I may not be at my desk) and this is the trigger to send it Errand Stuff at lunch / out and about Log I need to record things in various registers. I hold the data here until I have a few Review Review someone else's work Talk to Seek out person and talk face to face @Home Self explanatory @Office All the odd office tasks that don't fit anything else. Scanning etc I found looking at my list it suddenly made sense. I could see all the creative things to do that I could do with pen and paper, and as the create, write, update, publish and announce was a process in it's only right it allowed me to see how each project was moving along. The great thing about this view was a clear understanding of what was needed to move things and I could choose the type of work I felt like doing as create requires a different feeling to write (I need lots of heavy trance music to write whilst create needs absolute silence). Oh yes. I also added the priority addon (Monkey GTD) for projects and tasks (Helps with the daily/weekly review). I also star the items that I plan for the day so my list is very small on a day to day basis. Matt -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GTD TiddlyWiki" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gtd-tiddlywiki?hl=en.
