Contexts for a newbie

[sdann]

I'm still playing with my context lists. I know I'll get rid of @read/review, since that list is just growing. I read a lot, but somehow never what I put on that list (mental block perhaps?) Another context that I now love is @program, which I use primarily for 2 heavy programs. When in one of these programs, I often do a few things on my list. I got that idea here on the forum as a suggestion from someone (thank you again, someone) and it has saved me a lot of time. My contexts are as follows:

@office
@pc (anything not to do with the heavy programs)
@programs
@people
@waiting for
@read/review (<-ugh)
@errands
@home

It is all a matter of fine-tuning regularly to customize it to your style. Since I joined this forum, I have made quite a few changes, most of which have worked and a very few not. Try to be rigid but flexible, which I think makes sense to GTDers.

[Jamie Elis]

I have combined @adjenda with @waiting for, I just put wf after the persons name.

I find it useful to combine @office and @errands because they both often involve the same route and taking things with me.

On both of these I found Memo on Palm helpful because it will sort by A to Z and I just enter the place name and the item or the person's name and the item and they will appear on list grouped with other entries for that person or place and I can see then that a stop in a certain area of town is worth it or that I have quite a few things to disucss with a given person..