Two weeks ago, I had a breakfast meeting. Right around my second piece of bacon, my wrist vibrated. I looked down to see my editor had sent back comments about my column. For the rest of the meal, my attention wasn’t on the words coming out of the person across from me, but on the few words I’d seen on my watch.

If you allow it, the Apple Watch will constantly pull you out of the real world and suck you into your digital one. With constant chimes, vibrations and pop up alerts it can become a high-tech shackle, chaining you...