Dwight - I have been pondering your suggestion:
> In MLO, contexts can include other contexts. So you could have a contexts
called “#calls” “#projects” “#financials” and “#compliance”
> and then create a context “@work” that included the other four.
Call me unimaginative, but pretty much all my current tags apply to both my
work *and* my personal life. Worse, they mostly also apply to a major
family project area which I would like to break out separately. (Moreover I
am tempted to break 'work' out into my two different careers too. And
possibly something for sport/recreation.... )
So it seems that what's really going on is a new 'dimension' - i.e. my Area
of responsibility/focus... which is NOT the same as the 'dimension' of the
Context in which I am in.
Here are my current Contexts:
@Car (stuff to listen to in the car - podcasts etc)
@Errands (stuff to pick up from shops)
@Future-Approved (projects I know I will do but not yet in the ASAP
category)
@GTD (learning GTD theory) [OK this is on its own!]
@Home (stuff to do about the house)
@LowEnergy (stuff to do when low mental energy)
@Office (non-digital stuff to do in the real world in the office)
@PC (stuff to do on the PC)
@ReflectiveMood (stuff to do when thinking more deeply/slows e.g. at the
end of the day)
@Sofa (stuff to read)
@SomedayMaybe (ideas and stuff I may or may not do in the future)
@Waiting For (stuff I have delegated)
So it now appears that what it boils down to is that I really need to add
*TWO* tags (AKA contexts) for every action! One for my GTD Context and one
for my GTD Area.
e.g. I might have:
"@PC; #Work;" on one task
"@PC; #PersonalAdmin;" on another task
"@PC; #MajorFamilyProject;" on a third.
And perhaps even:
"@PC; #NewCareer" on a fourth
"@PC; #SportRecreation on a fifth task
Having to solemnly enter *TWO* tags for every Action feels like a mighty
pain and this would slow things down significantly.
Worse, I'm not at all sure how the filtering through views is going to
work. I mean at present I seem to have about 12 Contexts. If I also have up
to 5 Areas of Responsibility/Focus that means *60 filters* (5 x 12) filters
(AKA Views) to set up?
Obviously 60 views isnt going to fit on the left hand side of the screen on
a signal screen. So... would the answer be to set up different Tabs one for
each Areas of Responsibility (and to try hard not to delete any Tab by
mistake??!)
Or am I over-complicating things? It's just that I find it nice not to have
to jump randomly between different thinking areas of my life... as it help
me... "focus" (!)
What do other people do?
Many thanks
J
PS
Btw, I am confused about the naming conventions of tags. When and why to
people seem to start the with
@
.
#
or nothing?
PPS
What do I do about stuff that I want to disappear from view (e.g. because
they are on my GTD 'Waiting' or GTD 'Someday-Maybe' list?
Do I need to add advanced filters for every single view that says:
Context does not contain @Waiting AND
Context does not contain @Someday-Maybe
??
WAIT am I having to do all of the above for my Outline and my To Do views?
Now I really am confused!
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