What works well for me is configuring my work email account but keeping it switched off on my phone, and setting chat to notify on directs and mentions only.
If for some reason I need it, I can easily switch it on. But I haven't needed to do that in years, I simply clear my inbox each morning and periodically through the work day.
Laws to prevent and penalize monopolies from forming on the internet. E.g. prevent google, facebook, amazon, etc from becoming all-consuming evil entities.
That and probably mandatory native layer 3 encryption
I see people recommending Firefox, but I'll say that for mac users Safari is a very usable browser too. It's quite fast, and to my knowledge is not collecting/sharing my personal data with apple. https://www.apple.com/privacy/
These days I only use chrome for the g-suite tools that seem to require it to avoid mid-meeting crashes.
If for some reason I need it, I can easily switch it on. But I haven't needed to do that in years, I simply clear my inbox each morning and periodically through the work day.