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I got a smart watch a while back. Had a lot of fun setting up workout routines, tracking my run, measuring my activity and sleep, putting in reminders for water and movement, setting alarms, journaling my period, syncing music to headphones, connecting calls from my phone etc.
Then I got bored with running and stopped logging in online to transfer my data, got annoyed with all the reminders that always popped up at the wrong time, turned off bluetooth and wifi within a week because it drained both phone and watch on battery, so no longer connected to headphones or phone, and of course I quickly forgot all about tracking periods etc because I had to turn on wifi and sync to do so, and figured out the sleep tracking was bogus.
I still use it all the time, to check the time without pulling out my phone and risk getting distracted. It's great to have this technology that shows the time right there on your wrist!
Kinda annoying to have to charge it weekly but well worth it for keeping the phone tucked away safely. I even finally started automatically checking my wrist instead of reaching for the phone when needing the time. Pretty neat!
Which watch do you have, if you don't mind me asking? I'm actually on the verge of getting a new one since my old one broke months ago.
For how I use it, I recommend just getting a classic analog watch... I had a pretty cool one as a child with Bugs Bunny as a background. It was neat.
I like checking my pulse for fun and use the alarm for reminders during the day on my smart watch, but that's all the extra features I still use out of all the extras. It's a Garmin.