Been Struggling with REAL Rest Time
I've been really interested lately in getting away from the constant dinging of notifications, "de-googling" (within reason) and having more true experiences in my life, like not viewing events through my phone screen. Some silly things I've done is to buy physical, no digital items like video games, music, movies. We took smart devices out of our house. Besides our phones. The phones are a tough one. I need it for work, family, etc. and like it for YouTube, surfing web and all that.
Some of the other bigger things I've done is go to a dumb watch, which has been super great! For most things in life, if something has basically just one job, it makes everything a lot more intentional. No smart hubs in the house, just plain cd/tape players - even for white noise for the kids! We've seen that it helps them go to bed which in turn helps us go to bed haha. There's too much going on in this world that can just cause adults and kids to never sit down and think for themselves. It's easy to get caught up into without even knowing.
The other thing I tried, honestly half as an experiment on myself, was building a little app that locks my apps until I earn the time back with exercise, brain games, or an outdoor photo. It's called MonkeyLock. Happy to share if it helps anyone else, much like my switching to a non-smart watch.