Pattern
Work, personal life, reading, and other contexts are easier to enter deliberately when software makes their boundaries visible.
Practice
Use separate profiles, workspaces, tab groups, or applications so unrelated contexts do not collapse into one surface.
Start small
Create one separate browser profile or workspace for the context that most often leaks into another.
Watch out
Too many contexts can become organizational overhead; separate only boundaries you can recognize and maintain.
Concepts
- intentional friction
- A small obstacle creates time to reconsider an automatic digital action.
- purpose-separated contexts
- Devices and software contexts have clear roles so unrelated parts of life do not collapse into one surface.