Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Separating tasks by context

Getting distracted by all the tasks you can’t do in your current context? This tip shared by ralfvd provides a great solution using a clever Smart List:

My list of activities is split in locations, @work, @home, @phone, @web etc. During my working day, I can complete all activities except the @home part; for these activities I need to be at home.

To get me motivated to get down to zero open items for the day, the @home activities – which I need to do when I get home – will clutter up the view.

So I created a separate Smart List, Today, with the following search:

(due:today or dueBefore:today) and NOT location:@home

This will keep my attention during the day focused on all non-@home related activities. And you will get the reward of having an empty list during the day ;-)

Thanks for sharing this tip, ralfvd! You’re our Tips & Tricks Tuesday winner this week.

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