@home gets pretty long but there’s no practical difference between, say, making a phone call or doing the dusting, so they don’t need to be in different lists.

I then mark high priority and short tasks for easy spotting.

That’s why you had to scan and “slowly work through” you contexts “… evaluating each and every task” every time you “finished even the smallest milestone”.

You’re right, that is crazy. In GTD, the whole idea of contexts are to make tasks =pre-filtered= so that you do not have to think on the fly.

If one bucket works for you, go for it. But it would seem to only compound the amount you need to scan after each milestone.

Any comments on his materials?

Gtdagenda.com

You can use it to manage your goals, projects and tasks, set next actions and contexts, use checklists, schedules and a calendar. A mobile version is available too.

As with the last update, now Gtdagenda has full Someday/Maybe functionality, you can easily move your tasks and projects between “Active”, “Someday/Maybe” and “Archive”. This will clear your mind, and will boost your productivity.

Hope you like it.

Contexts are just one of the ways to “batch” tasks. In GTD, if you don’t use context, you move sideways to “Time Available”, “Energy Available”, &/or “Priority”. I also batch in other ways.

Personally, I use contexts, but only because I limit myself to 4, the number I can fit onto a 2 page spread in my notebook; so I essentially have one list, but divided up visually on the page/s. Contexts just didn’t work for me when I had to flip between separate pages. I think it was the lack of an in-one-glance overview of all current tasks that was the problem, rather than contexts themselves.

I will say, I probably don’t have as many tasks as most people, so my solution might not work for everyone. And each context I chose is a sort of combination of “the four criteria”, and not just a purely location and tool delimited category.

regards

I use Priority to slot items for this week, someday, reference, etc.

I use Toodledo.com as it is very helpful. Vitalist.com works well, too.

Have a great one!

I certainly get that a no-context method wouldn’t work for everyone. But if you’re feeling stressed about applying the excitement you got from reading GTD, try deleting the contexts idea. Personally, I’ve always loved tossing orthodoxy, and molding David Allen’s system has been no different. Make it work for you, I’m pretty sure that’s the object.