my apple watch experiment

One of the apple products I have never owned is an Apple Watch, I was recently offered a spare watch by my parents so I thought I would give it a go.

I have always wondered if it would be useful or a bit of another kit that makes more demands on my time and attention - another thing to charge!

There are a few things that I could see being really useful:

• Reducing diversion. I am one of those that goes to reply to a message on my phone and gets diverted into a world of shiny apps vying for my attention - often forgetting what it was I originally unlocked my phone for. My hope is that using the Apple Watch will prevent me on ordering down some rabbit holes, the watch isn't big enough for that.
• Carrying less. Although the watch I am using isn't a cellular model I would, if the experiment works, buy one of this type so I could sometimes leave the phone at home. This would be particularly useful when running or in the gym. Again, less temptation to get the phone out and browse.
• Better health insight. The aim would be to have better stats so I could see improvements in my health, especially heart rate whilst running.

The slight 'fly in the ointment' so far is that I need glasses to read, but don't wear them all the time. The watch face is therefore a bit blurry, it is readable but not sure I would want to do too much on it in one go - perhaps that is a good thing?

Also, I already hate having yet another thing to charge.

Any tips? Did you get the benefits from an Apple Watch you though? Are you still wearing yours or is it resting in a drawer?