Any unusual contexts

[Oogiem]

That's an interesting take on contexts; I never really thought much about context based on your level of energy or inclination. ....Context overload caused me some issues early on in GTD so I scaled back to what I absolutely needed. If I thought I *needed* a new context, I tried to live without it for as long as possible until the irritation got too bad. Then I knew I really needed it.

Since energy level is one criteria for deciding what to do it makes sense to me to consider it for a separate context. Again I go for necessary conditions as a context definer.

Second point is more interesting though. While I don't use near the number of contexts Augusto does, I took his ideas to heart and will make, use for a while and delete contexts on the fly. My "core" contexts tend to stay the same but I often split them up temporarily or add new ones for specific things.

Instead of trying to minimize contexts if I think I need one I create it, right then. I tend to maximize contexts and then sort them out during weekly review. Usually I start making a context when anything is jarring to me seeing it where it is.

Just different ways of working I think.

[jpm]

When I was traveling 75% for work, and spending as much as 16 hours a week actually on airplanes, I started keeping an @inflight context for stuff that was possible to while getting from here to there. Sure, I could have just used @computer for this, but there are some things that can be done from a middle seat in coach and some that can't. @inflight was mostly limited to things that didn't require much mouse interaction, or could be done on my palm.

One particular week I actually timed myself for various flights and found that I had spent almost 8 hours of take-off and landing where I couldn't use my computer or palm... I added a @EMP and began to include things I could accomplish during that time period including bringing material, a printed out document to mark-up or just a notebook to brainstorm in.

Luckily I don't travel as much as I used to, but when I do I still find these contexts useful.