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I am a MD of network engineering. I use GTD to increase my own productivity.
I have been doing it on Outlook and 3x5's for years. Now I am moving to OF
1.5 on my MBP and 1.1 on my IP3G. Moving project tasks over is easy. The problem I have is assigning contexts. When reviewing cards I reviewed the Inbox, adding tasks to projects. When deciding what to do, I look at all my projects and see next task on the list I can do at the moment.

I never thought of that at work: with computer: at work: next meeting I have on this project ??

I suppose what I fear is making my contexts so ridgid, or less (where everything just goes in to a "Projects" context is not useful at all. I fear I may get all the project data in to place, but then 'how to set up the contexts" is going to hit me and I will have a ton of work to do.

I don't believe I am the only one to have hit this stumbling block.
This would be so much work, I am not too proud to ask.... Many people deal
with multiple projects at one time. Would anyone care to share their
context list that has been through the experience of having too liberal
or too many contexts and has found the right level that works for them?

Because I doubt I would be so dissimilar that I would not benefit from
someone who has already gone through this time consuming process that I
believe is a learning experience. While each person I suspect is different,
largely I believe starting with a list of contexts that works for someone
that deals with multiple projects is going to leave me much better off than
the pain of learning from scratch.

Many thanks in advance!

Mark