8 Contexts for Getting Things Done you probably haven’t set up
Creating great contexts for Getting Things Done makes doing your work a breeze.
You can’t write up documents on the subway or make phone calls, but you can
read documentation for the new product your company is shipping out.
The thought behind organizing things into contexts is the ability it gives you to
do as much of a single type of task as much as possible in one sitting. This means
that you might do ten phone calls in a row, all pertaining to different projects
that you have defined in the Getting Things Done system that are not related.
This improves flow and keeps you working at full speed.
Here’s a list of some great contexts you probably don’t use, but could gain from
integrating into your Getting Things Done system.
1. Offline
In the offline context, you can concentrate on a handful of tasks that you
might not get round to whilst on the Internet. You could place any writing,
blogging, editing in here. You could also use this as your coffee shop
context for little tasks and errands to do whist offline on your laptop.
2. Errands
Simple but easy to implement. Putting all your little tasks on here means
you won’t forget any of them and get them all done. Highly recommended.
3. Boss
This doesn’t have to be your Boss, it could be your wife/husband or it
could be any specific person. Super handy to have these, as these are
probably higher priority than your other tasks.
4. Delivery
Any items that are being delivered to your business or home goes here to
check them off. This way you need not constantly check e-mail for
delivery reports etc.