I have sixty-three tabs open right now. I know this because I counted. I can't see the titles - just the tiny favicons, row after row. One of them is a recipe I meant to try six weeks ago. One is an article about a place I wanted to visit. Several are things I was going to read when I had more time. I keep them open because closing them feels like giving up on the version of myself who opened them. The version who was going to learn that thing, do that thing, become that kind of person.

The tabs are keeping alive a dozen intentions I've already quietly abandoned. They sit there using memory I don't have while reminding me of aspirations I don't seem to actually pursue. Every time the browser slows down I feel a little guilty, which is a strange thing to feel about a browser. Have you got your own version of this - things you saved to do later that later never came? What are you keeping open that you know you'll never go back to?