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Gear$$$Expensive: Several hundred dollars and up.

reMarkable

E ink tablet you write on with a stylus

A writing tablet with an E ink screen and a stylus, closer to paper than to a laptop. You never run out of pages, and the handwriting can be searched and synced in a way a paper notebook cannot. There is no browser and no messaging app on it, which is most of the point.

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  • Cal NewportDoes it

    Computer science professor · author of Deep Work

    Paper is still his default, but he said he had recently been messing around with a reMarkable, the E ink writing tablet. His description: like a Kindle you can write on, with pages that do not run out.

    Source: Huberman Lab podcast transcript: Cal Newport

Aimed at the same thing

Other entries filed under focus or productivity.

  • Gear$$$Mid: Roughly $50 to $500, or up to $50/month.

    Kindle e-reader

    Amazon

    E-ink reader that makes a daily reading habit easy to keep

    On record from 6 of 62 tracked people: 6 do it
  • Gear$$$Mid: Roughly $50 to $500, or up to $50/month.

    Standing desk

    A desk that raises, so part of the working day happens on your feet

    On record from 4 of 62 tracked people: 3 do it, 1 recommends it
  • Gear$$$Mid: Roughly $50 to $500, or up to $50/month.

    iPad

    Apple

    Apple's tablet, used here as the device the reading app runs on

    On record from 3 of 62 tracked people: 3 do it
  • Gear$$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.

    Paper notebook

    A bound notebook for thinking on paper away from a screen

    On record from 3 of 62 tracked people: 3 do it
  • Gear$$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.

    Phone lockbox

    A lockable box with a timer that puts the phone out of reach for a set period

    On record from 2 of 62 tracked people: 2 do it
  • Gear$$$Expensive: Several hundred dollars and up.

    AirPods Max

    Apple

    Apple's over-ear headphones with active noise cancellation and spatial audio

    On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does it

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