This phone-sized e-reader finally helped me escape constant smartphone distractions

A personal account of using the Boox Palma 2 Pro, a phone-sized e-ink device, as a strategy to reduce smartphone addiction and social media doomscrolling. The author describes setting up a minimal app configuration — Kobo, Instapaper, and a few utilities — and carrying the device instead of their iPhone to redirect the urge to scroll toward reading. The Palma 2 Pro's phone-like 6.13-inch form factor is highlighted as key to making the habit stick, compared to larger e-readers that don't fit in a pocket.