[Cypher]

I don't tend to hold actions via context, as you've said I go the route of assigning them to the real context and then set a start date to a future date when I want this to pop back into my world.

the only holds I use are at the project level where I may put a project on hold that I have no intention of doing for x months. Even with these I often start off not putting them on hold but just setting a start date a month in advance so I see it again later. Once I'm sure I'm not going to run with the project I will then put it on hold.

I'm not very good at doing reviews so I'm cautious of using holds. If I did my reviews more often then I think I would hold projects more than I do. Deferring a project by having a start date brings them back into focus if I fail to review them, where as holds would be lost until I remembered to do the review.