Hi everyone,
I was using omnifocus for quite some time as I am a long time GTD’er and loved it for that solution. I felt Omnifocus worked great. However, after some time I started to notice some procrastination settle in. I was checking off easier tasks vs what really needed focus and on weekends when personal items need to get done I would just ignore a lot of them. I guess, for lack of better term, there is no “penalty” in omnifocus for leaving other than the feeling of not getting a lot accomplished.
Fast forward I moved over to Skedpal which I was able to create a pretty robust solution in following GTD principles. For those not familiar Skedpal brings next actions to the forefront based on the priorities you set and time allotted. It is a scheduling assistant. So, as I have it configured, it basically gives me GTD style next actions based on time and priority. however, it does not understand context. So I am struggling with that. It does not recognize home vs computer vs errands and at times (mostly on the personal side) I do not necessarily get presented what I can do at the right time, even though it matches my priority and time committments.
So I am debating on returning back to Omnifocus but trying to understand how most handle this. Any advice on the proper perspectives to balance time, priority, and context? For example…. On the business front I like to have Client matters as priority 1, business finance and HR/people related items #2, everything else #3, and low priority IT related items as #4. How would I organize such a goal in Omnifocus?
On the personal side very similar, family and friends #1, personal finance #2, home maintenance items #3, and everything else #4.
Contexts work with reason for me. Much of my business work is on the computer. I had gone back and forth with trying ot break out computer vs one generic tag for it. Mixed results both ways. A few tasks on calls, a few in the office only. On teh home front again a lot on the computer, quite a few at home, and a few with my wife.
Thanks in advance for the conversation and assistance!