Keep only current-context tabs open

attention · reset · habit · Added 2026-09-01

Pattern

Open tabs should represent the current browsing context. Future material belongs in a separate read-later system.

Practice

Close tabs that do not belong to the current task and move genuinely useful future material into a separate read-later system.

Start small

Choose one browser window and close tabs unrelated to your current task, or save useful ones to a read-later list.

Review my collection

Watch out

A read-later list can become another permanent queue; review or clear it deliberately.

Concepts

zero queues
A queue has a meaningful done state and can return to empty.

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