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The Tab You Keep Open

Why the article you’ll never read says more about you than the ones you finish.

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Scott D. Clary
Oct 22, 2025
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You have thirty-seven tabs open right now.

Maybe more. You stopped counting weeks ago.

One of them is an article you saved three weeks ago. “The definitive guide to—” something. Doesn’t matter what. You’re definitely going to read it. Eventually. When you have time.

You don’t have time. You’ve never had time.

But closing the tab feels like admitting something you’re not ready to admit.

So it stays open. A small monument to the person you thought you’d become when you clicked it.

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