How to Decouple Daily Activities From Your Smartphone

Researchers call this phenomenon brain drain. A certain portion of your attention and cognitive ability is still being siphoned off by your smartphone. How can you begin to decouple key daily activities from your smartphone? Could you buy a watch or a bedside clock so that you don't have to use your phone to check the time? could you track your daily to-do list by writing it down on paper rather than using a task management app?"