I, on the other hand, have never understood how can people live with all that noise. The first thing I do when I get a new device is shut down all notifications. And taking out my phone while in a face-to-face conversation would fill me with guilt. I still have more phone, but it doesn't have mobile Internet and I only get a couple of calls per week. Guess it's just one more oddity of mine.
Not that much of an oddity: you're not alone. On the contrary, the parallel life described by the OP, is the life that me, you and millions of others actually live every single day. And from the description he gives of his normal life, I for one am happy with my normal life that incorporates simple things like sitting outside in a chair and listening/watching animals in my garden rather then doing the same but being interrupted every minute with a new status update.