On the road again

Hi there. I'm on the "road" again, or at least catching planes, and this will be the first time since I started this particular blog that I have done that.

One of the challenges I always find when travelling, is keeping up with my required tasks and projects. It isn't just a time thing, it is also one of focus and context. When I was a 100 % GTD zealot, I used to struggle with context. When I was overseas, was I at "work", or at "computer" or "email"? I used to have a "travel" context to capture things I was going to specifically target to get done while away, but I would then start to miss reviewing my "work" or "email" contexts often enough and things ended up being missed.

The last two trips, I used Autofocus, and I must admit this made a huge positive difference. At the time I was still getting a feel for it, and wasn't using it as consistently as I am now. Hopefully this time, it will work even better, but let's see. I like how it isn't as reliant on context, so that is probably the key that makes it work better for me when travelling. I actually use RAF, or the Revised Autofocus process as described in the above link, and this seems to capture urgent (such as recent email and phone message requests) while still allowing me to work my way back or forwards and tackle other projects, and bits and pieces.

Watch this space, and if I am more on top of things, you should see another post within the next 7 days. After I return home, I will certainly also follow up with a review of how my current system fared as well.

Until then, later.

PS: ...and I am already missing my ripstik.