@cinnamon oh, i feel you with browser tabs. i aggressively close those whenever i can justify doing that
i guess i just developed a habit where each desktop is for a specific thing i wanna hyperfocus on without distractions from anything else i might also have in the works
when i am on one, nothing else exists--i can focus fully with my often-fullscreen windows relating to a single topic without clutter from unrelated things
that clutter belongs on desktop 1 until i decide to split it out