You said it yourself: It made your life easier, not simpler. I don't have a smartphone. I simply don't do most of the things on your list. I use a paper calend

You said it yourself: It made your life easier, not simpler. I don't have a smartphone. I simply don't do most of the things on your list. I use a paper calendar and to-do list. I read paper books from the library. I had an iPhone and found that it made my life more complicated - more generally, its contribution to my life was a net negative - and I got rid of it.