Same for me. I started using Reddit because I tried Boost and it felt like a good replacement for the RSS reader I've been using. For one thing, I didn't have to look for the content places I wanna add to RSS and most have difficulty showing full-page content kinda defeated the purpose for me.
I made a Reddit account because of Boost. I didn't know web only features of Reddit because I never used web version.
I originally didn't migrate to Lemmy but kbin. Seeing Boost back for Lemmy, I followed Boost.
To me, the most useful trick was to set my wristwatch 5 mins ahead of the local time. These days, I only use my phone as a watch but the same principle applies. Catching up bus times was my biggest problem, especially when I needed to use more than one bus line.
You'd think it wouldn't work since I know I technically have 5 more minutes but reading the time as 07:00 instead of 06:55 was pretty effective for me.