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Well, yes, except that my "Wild Success" was to demonstrate a fictional project that had a lot of context changes and an unexpected twist.

I’d like to share some thoughts I have had about the relationship between projects, contexts and next actions. A recent thread on here dismissing contexts as obsolete got me thinking. Sometimes I...

I can partly see where you are coming from. I'm a computer programmer and I really struggle to put my programming jobs in my GTD system. It's not a problem for me because as a rule, I don't forget to...

Then you should ride that elephant until you fear it no more!

Some common problems with lists that cause resistance are:
Incompleteness: If you haven't captured everything then you can't trust...

You could tickle it for the next day if you want to just sleep on it or put it on your calendar. I might be temped to put it on my @Brainstorm context too.

I think my context and next actions fitted your example pretty well. What sort of highly mobile tool are you thinking of? A smartphone? You could have a @smartphone context but I find that although I...

The choice is really between the next actions, not the context. Assuming the calculator and textbook are at home...

@Home: Do maths homework.
@Home: Pack calculator, textbook, paper and pencil...

My email client (gmail) has an Archive button that archives the current email and returns the view to the inbox.

Judging by the start date of this thread, I've been using a paper system for 5 months and it simply isn't working as well as my old electronic system. Don't get me wrong, there are things I like...

Everyone doing GTD does that. It's just that most don't write it down. ;)

The psychology of writing it down is important. If you think you're doing it to narrow down your options then that's not...

I try and make filters work for me with things like this. I have a folder called "Tomorrow" and set up filters to move mail there from the following categories:


Newsletters
...

For an already tidy house, I love Fly Lady's "Put out Hot Spots for 2 minutes".

Depends. Sometimes it's a 5 minute sit down. Other times it's wait for the next day. Sometimes you're just throwing out piles of junk or filing paperwork. Other times, you're making difficult...

Here is what I do. It's adapted from a clutter clearing website I read a long time ago.

Take two bags/boxes. These are:
* Trash
* Belongs in Another Room

The rules are:
* 15 mins only
*...

I like the last option. Wish I had thought of it. :P

Unfortunately, my gran does not live close enough to visit every week. I must make a trip soon though!

You make a good point that living with an imperfect method might itself suggest improvements...

Elbogrande, you are right for sure and that's probably exactly what I'll do is this case but the general problem is more tricky. I also have a two-volume dictionary to give my gran. I don't really...

I'm processing my inbox so starting this thread is a 2 min action. I think it's an interesting question none the less.

The item is "Give friend USB stick back".

The trouble is he is a friend...

I think a better practice would be to just go to sleep. Sometimes I can't sleep because I'm wide awake. In those rare cases I get up and do something until I'm more settled. The thing I often need to...

For me, contexts are about the energy needed to switch between certain kinds of tasks. Changing location is an obvious one but so is going from the computer to the phone or the hoover or my DIY...