Installing GrapheneOS on Pixel was extremely smooth/easy (way easier than trying to get a custom rom on Samsung, for example). After installing just watch a couple YouTube videos on best apps and settings to use.
Then... Feel a lot better knowing that you are more secure and not leaking tons of private info.
Currently this is the best/happiest I've been with my phone setup since I had cyanogenmod on the galaxy s8.
*Make sure you don't get an OEM locked pixel! (not verizon)
This guy (probably here somewhere) has a bunch of useful videos: