Quote Originally Posted by Myriam View Post

I always understood the whole idea behind the two minute rule was that if it was something you considered doing and it took you longer to write it down on your list than actually doing it, then you would be better of doing it.
This is definately a part of it.

The thing though is what if it is a two minute action, but you still can't do it in the context that you are in.

So if you are at the office, and you process your inbox and you come up with a 2 minute action, but you can only do that 2 minute action at home, then what do you do?

In this case you will have to put it into your system.

You could mark it with a "2 minute" tag which is what I do. This way you can select that "2 minute" tag if you are using an app, when you are in the right context. Or maybe mark a 2 beside it if you are using paper.