laxmena

Fragmented attention produces fragmented work.

When I split focus across tasks, I produce incomplete, low-quality output. Single-tasking changed that. I do deeper work, and I do more of it — no context-switching tax.

Two habits made this stick.

Cap your browser tabs at three. I used to keep dozens open — and used almost none of them. Three tabs forces a choice: what actually matters right now? I read one documentation page, close it, open the next. The constraint creates focus.

Run every app in full screen. No dock. No red notification bubbles competing for your eye. I use two monitors — both apps full screen, side menus collapsed. Just the work, filling the frame.

Attention is finite. Protect it like it is.