What single item improved the quality of your life over you got it? (Buyed it/got as present/made it)

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First place, aSmartwatch.
I all but stopped checking every fcking notification, my life has become peacefull and tranquil.
Second place, my 4yo daughter. Achieved the exact opposite.
- How does a smartwatch get you to stop looking at notifications?
  
  Before, I picked up my phone at every ping or vibrate.
  When I wear the watch, all phone notifications are automatically muted and the watch is set to only notify a few apps (Whatsapp, phone calls, calendar). No emails, no kik, no games nothing.
  
  You could have just disabled notifications for all apps except Whatsapp, calls and calendar on your phone.
  
  Yeah but those notifications are still valuable, they just need to be dealt with on a daily basis not instanteously.
  
  You can still do that with your phone
  
  If you're on Android, long-press the notification and select "silent". The notification will still be there, but it won't vibrate or light up the flashing indicator (if your phone has one). Smart watches are still useful, though.
  
  that's great but I don't want a silent notification, I want it to buzz. 4 priority levels, watch>buzz on phone>silent on phone>snoozed until EoD
  
  Makes sense. From your earlier post it sounded like there were only two levels needed: "deal with right now" and "deal with at end of day," in which case "silence" works as a poor-man's snooze for me because I don't pick up my phone and deal with them unless it vibrates or I'm at home going through the backlog. But now that you're talking about four different priority tiers, having them be device-specific sounds like a good plan. Best I can do without a separate tier from smartwatch/KDE Connect/ChromeOS is notify, snooze, and silent - 3 tiers. Pretty sure there are a few apps offering custom ringtones or vibration patterns per app or per notification keyword for further granularity on the phone itself, but for those who already wear a smartwatch (like me) having the separate device do that heavy lifting is a great way to go.
  
  So it won't improve your life. Way to go.
  It did mine, it was asked and I answered.
  
  I turned off all notifications but calls, missing a lot of things, but well, I guess it's not that important if it's not a call.
  Still not answering call though. I'm not a logical person
  
  That's a very smart idea!
  
  Besides the other answers, it trivializes them while making you put forth the tiniest effort towards one you might care about while you can discard the rest. The trick with phones isn't in picking it up to look, but rather on putting it back down.
- With a smart watch (I've owned a few over the years) my phone has been on silent for years. No more dings, beeps, or rings especially in meetings or with other people. I set it to vibrate only for text and calls. Game changer. I wish those in sales would use them more.

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