Lisa, Thanks for sharing your story. Contexts doesn't work for me neither. The only context that i use is @Control - things that should be done without me. This context is set to appear not in todo list. And I have set auto formatting rules to greylight tasks with @Control context.
I found that use of importance and urgency is a bit complicated for me. I use this parameters very rare. That's why I use stars for tasks - as the marker for things that must be done at first. This is the first rule of sorting todo list - starred. If a task has a star - it automatically appears on top of my todo list. On Wednesday, May 9, 2012 4:57:38 PM UTC+4, Lisa S wrote: > > I was reading a newsletter from David Allen of GTD about how it doesn't > make sense to use ABC priorities, because they are always changing, and he > suggested using Context (where you are) and energy levels instead (look > through the task list and see what you are up for). It reminded me that my > current use of Contexts is "broken" -- not working for me, and I thought > I'd see if anyone else has creative ideas of how to revamp either Contexts > or something else in my MLO setup to be more effective in a world in which > computers are always available. > > Currently I use Goal to narrow down tasks to how soon I want to make sure > I look at them, but as it always happens with my system, Week has been > collecting more and more tasks and everything else has been being ignored. > (Is there a word for this? When your tasks slip and get further into the > background noise of life?). I use Starred to choose what I should focus on > Today (ideally, "Starring" those tasks each morning, in reality I have way > more Starred than I ever get done). > > Yes, I know better Contexts won't solve all this, but I think it could > help a little. The problem is, I'm almost always at my computer, in my > house, with a phone right next to me, so @Computer, @Phone, @Home, don't > help. Even my "HomeOutside" tasks are never picked because I happen to be > outside -- they are chosen because I need to get outside and can do them > while I'm there. @Errands and @Agendas are the only context that sort of > works, though even with @Errands, since I haven't been disciplined enough > to break down my tasks in advance, they often require prep work to do. (I > do have an @ErrandPrep context that works well if I use it). > > Oh, another context that works for me sometimes is "@Quick" - because > sometimes in the morning I can go through them all at once (most are > repeating tasks that I do daily). I do use @Routine to have separate lists > to look at non-routine and routine tasks (drink water, make dinner, etc). > > I guess what I'm looking for is a way to group tasks for either a better > way to choose "what to do next" or some way that helps get efficiency. > Maybe I'll try something based on how much energy tasks take so I can get > back into the idea of doing "high energy tasks" at "high energy times". > > Thanks for any thoughts you have! > > -- > Lisa > > ------------------------------ > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mylifeorganized/-/y1j0mrcYVf4J. 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/mylifeorganized?hl=en.
