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How do you "process" hundreds of tabs you haven't gotten a chance to look through?
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this post was submitted on 10 Jan 2026
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Make a mental commitment to spend at least 30 minutes going through tabs.
Scroll through all of them. If any are news articles and that news has been moved on from or it just makes me angry, close the tab. If it's a news article but it's more of an "interesting read" thing and I'm still interested, keep it.
Keep scrolling. If you find several tabs relating to the same or similar concepts, move them next to each other; that gives more weight to following through on that group.
If it was a "yes, I'd like to buy this but my card isn't convenient" tab, if I'm still interested in it, get my card and order it. (I deliberately don't store my card, to impede impulse buying.)
If it's something I was researching (usually something I'm interested in buying) and I have the energy, keep researching. Once I've completed research, either buy the item immediately, or add it to my "things to buy" bookmark folder. I go through the folder a couple times a year and decide if the item still interests me. If it doesn't, I delete the bookmark. If it does, I may or may not buy it then.
If it's a video, download it and put it into my 'watch these' folder for later.
If it's something I was thinking of for a friend (a meme, news article, something to buy), I'll send them a text about it. If it's after hours, I'll prep a text, save it as a draft, then send it the next day.
If it's a piece of fiction, I'll group those together as well, then leave them for the moment: I'm interested in clearing tabs right now, not getting distracted.
If it's a piece of reference material, I'll either bookmark it or add it to a collection so I can come back to it later.
If it's a recipe, I'll copy it to Word, format it to my tastes, print it out and move it to the kitchen.
If it's a thread that I wanted to read through, I'll stop and read through it, then either discard it or bookmark it if I may need to reference it again.
If it's a quick curiosity thing, I'll give it a quick read to satisfy my curiosity and close the tab.
Eventually I run out of energy and browse the internet, opening up a few new tabs in the process.