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Lost in Tabs? What's Your Strategy for Focus?

Ever find yourself lost in tabs, forgetting your focus? Seeking creative sparks and effective problem-solving techniques? Let's help each other out! Share strategies for finding and maintaining motivation for deep work sessions.


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Ben Halpern

I like to set micro goals where I have to complete a thing before taking a break — even if I really want to take the break.

If the goal is achievable I can usually stick to it.

When I have achieved the goal I get to either take the break or I've gotten into more of a focused flow state and I am motivated to keep things rolling before breaking focus.

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Hunter

I've started using Arc, and it's made a big difference. The way it organizes folders and favorites is quite different from what you're used to in Chrome. Plus, it closes tabs after a time of your choosing, which shows you how often you don't actually need to revisit a tab.

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Jake Lundberg

Arc is amazing 😻

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Hunter

Agreed!!

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Best Codes

I use Opera browser, so I don't get much tab clutter. It auto-organizes my tabs into island and I can shrink / expand / search them.
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José Pablo Ramírez Vargas

Open even more tabs until my heart is content. Then look at the time, panic, blame the Internet inventor and try to get the work done in 1 hour.