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How do I focus when every tab is open?
How do I focus when every tab is open?
Close the inputs until one task has a finish line for this hour. Focus is mostly a refusal. The refusal needs a visible edge or the hour will host everyone.
What may actually be happening
Open tabs are unanswered decisions. Your attention is trying to hold them all so none of them get angry. That is not a thinking style. It is a queue with no owner.
What you can do
Write the hour's finish line in a sentence. Close chat, mail, and extra documents. Leave one window. If a thought arrives for later, park it on paper. When the hour ends, you may open the world again.
What not to do
Do not keep a video on 'for background' if the task is verbal. Do not call switching productivity. Do not wait for a long empty afternoon.
Try this today
Set a 25-minute timer and a definition of done. At the bell, stop even if you want to continue. Stopping on purpose teaches the next start.