# Providing Context - PTKM CP Providing context so that you would not get lost in the massive information. > [!important] > Have you ever forgotten when and why you created a task? Or why you took a note? > > Have you ever vaguely remembered that you have something you need to do, but you couldn't recall it? Have you got some notes somewhere, but you just can't find them? > > Providing context can help you resolve these kinds of issues. > > We should create tasks and notes as if we are doing them for a stranger. We should create them as if we are doing it for our future selves. This way, we won't get lost. We should provide context for - Tasks - Notes - Projects We can provide context by considering - What - Why - How - When - Where ## Learned More About Providing Context Read these articles we published: - [[The Importance of Context in Task and Knowledge Management_Leveraging the Obsidian Todoist Context Bridge Plugin]] Have a look at these tools we developed: - [[Introducing Todoist Context Bridge|Todoist Context Bridge]] - [[Introducing Timestamp Link|Timestamp Link]] - [[Introducing URI Converter|URI Converter]] - [[Introducing Link Maintainer|Link Maintainer]] - [[Introducing Copy Metadata|Copy Metadata]]