It was definitely a problem for me before, because I would have anxiety about missing the important notifications within all the noise. Even now though there a

It was definitely a problem for me before, because I would have anxiety about missing the important notifications within all the noise. Even now though there are alerts that I want. Like texts from my partner, certain email chains, etc. I have those important alerts going to my watch and everything else is stuck to my phone. With the added benefit that because those alerts are stuck there, I was also able to better realize that there are a lot of alerts that I don't want and either deleted the apps or changed their notification settings. Kinda more where I am going with this, the watch let me re-evaluate a lot of things about my phone. Yes those things can be done without the watch. But it was the push to help me have a healthy (in my opinion) relationship with my phone. Importantly, this came with the added benefit of I still have this phone in my pocket for the (admittedly rare) times that having a smart phone is truly beneficial.