nice insight, thanks! i moved from the traditional contexts and i was trying to use energy as context, but i think it's being a disaster hehe At first it looked like a natural move since many times it would be useless trying to do some tasks that were mentally demanding ... in this case i would be able to change context to less demanding tasks. But it has many pitfalls (at least for me) ... first because when energy starts to drop my self consciousness also drop and i don't even realize i'm low on energy. Also sometimes energy comes out of nowhere when i'm really applied on something, so i could be avoiding something i could be doing. Many times the mental effort for tasks related to a project would drop as i got more familiar with it. Energy levels many times can depend on emotional feelings about the stuff the task is related. In short, there are too many moving parts to be really useful. I would start to reconsider contexts too often. This short definition you gave is a nice principle to think about it. Thanks for sharing!
Very helpful, Dave! I have the same struggle. I find contexts also depend on your system/app. My take: 1. Contexts are a way to "tune out"/hide. E.g., @errands, @GTD (needs to be further refined), @after_holidays. 2. Contexts are a way to "tune in"/focus. E.g., @alice, @5_minutes, @reading.
In Apple Notes I use tags to assign contexts to next actions and smart folders to show lists of next actions by context. For ease of use I start all my context tags with #- (# is required by notes and - sorts the tag to the top of the tag list). I have tags for home, errands, QuickBooks, iPad, computer, dojo, and various people.
nice insight, thanks!
i moved from the traditional contexts and i was trying to use energy as context, but i think it's being a disaster hehe
At first it looked like a natural move since many times it would be useless trying to do some tasks that were mentally demanding ... in this case i would be able to change context to less demanding tasks.
But it has many pitfalls (at least for me) ... first because when energy starts to drop my self consciousness also drop and i don't even realize i'm low on energy. Also sometimes energy comes out of nowhere when i'm really applied on something, so i could be avoiding something i could be doing. Many times the mental effort for tasks related to a project would drop as i got more familiar with it. Energy levels many times can depend on emotional feelings about the stuff the task is related.
In short, there are too many moving parts to be really useful. I would start to reconsider contexts too often. This short definition you gave is a nice principle to think about it. Thanks for sharing!
Very helpful, Dave! I have the same struggle. I find contexts also depend on your system/app. My take:
1. Contexts are a way to "tune out"/hide. E.g., @errands, @GTD (needs to be further refined), @after_holidays.
2. Contexts are a way to "tune in"/focus. E.g., @alice, @5_minutes, @reading.
In Apple Notes I use tags to assign contexts to next actions and smart folders to show lists of next actions by context. For ease of use I start all my context tags with #- (# is required by notes and - sorts the tag to the top of the tag list). I have tags for home, errands, QuickBooks, iPad, computer, dojo, and various people.
Sounds like you have a good system.
Dave
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Oh!! This helpful. I need to ruminate on this. Thank you.
Great. If you have any suggestions post them here.
Dave
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