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I close everything each morning. There is some sort of relief this provides me. Like clearing of noise in my visual field. It makes it easier to get started with work and stay working.

edit: For my personal machine, this rule doesn't apply. I just close stuff I don't "need" open anymore.

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This is still like chaotic neutral at best.

I refuse to believe computers can stay on overnight (spot the Windows user). I shut my computer down completely every afternoon so it can have a rest and start up refreshed tomorrow.*

*What actually happens is some bug in MySQL on Docker irreversibly corrupts my database every week or so. (Again, spot the Windows user).

I also try to close things out each evening - and any tabs that I "need" I at least jot down in a notepad for later.

My main motivation is keeping the performance on my computer strong but there is something really nice about getting to start fresh each day.