![]() I don't use this too often but it helps for those work tasks that don't naturally comply with my definition of or anything I need to, intend to, or am considering buying whether online or in-person. an errand to pick up ingredients for dinner and admin task to research new internet this one gets a little tricky but I try to reserve this context for things I need to do when I'm in my home office environment, such as "rehearse facilitating material for new training course." While my computer is typically involved, it's less about doing "computer work" and more about being in office mode (for example, I wouldn't rehearse a workshop if I happen to be working from Starbucks). The context is different from my Home area which includes any and all NA's relating to my home environment (i.e. These are the longer, more cognitive-heavy (and processor-heavy) tasks that require a computer to get done (versus the shorter, simpler examples above that I can often bang out on my iPhone, iPad, anything that requires my physically leaving the apartment (pick up dry cleaning, buy a book at Shakespeare & anything that requires my being physically in my apartment (cleaning, organizing, installing, repairing, etc.). Examples include building a PowerPoint deck, writing a course syllabus, designing an infographic, creating a home inventory spreadsheet, creating an itinerary for a trip to Rome. if it's something I need to discuss with another human it goes under tasks that require me to be not just physically at my computer but fully present in "doing computer work" mode. Whether it'll ultimately be an email, phone call, MS Teams chat, 1:1 meeting topic, SMS, social media DM. They're more about keeping life and work "up & ALL my communications with colleagues, friends and family. Yes, many of these will happen at a computer (or iPad) but they're typically short and don't require much cognitive heavy-lifting. As someone who likes to my system lean and mean, here's what's been working for Little life/work management tasks - pay a bill, schedule a Zoom meeting, reorganize OneDrive, update Safari bookmarks, sign a PDF form, book a flight. So how do you keep your list from becoming a wooly mammoth? What's been working well for me is changing the way I think about each context and the types of actions that fall under them, rather than changing the contexts themselves. Email, design work, writing courses, online purchases, reading articles or company communications, paying rent, researching a new idea, planning a trip. I love this topic so much and I feel your pain As a fully remote employee, nearly everything I do at work - and at home for that matter - requires a computer to get it done.
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