How to Stop Feeling FOMO So You Can Enjoy The Life You Already Have
Your personal highlight reel > Everyone else’s highlight reels
All your friends are going to a concert next weekend. Or an amazing party with an open bar and free Rolex’s. They’re planning a vacation to Tulum and making a pit stop in Cancun, just cause. They rented the Airbnb for an epic writer’s conference in Austin and are staying an extra few days to attend the Formula 1 race.
You can’t go.
You have other commitments to attend to. Whether it be commitments to yourself, your work, your family, or your partner. They’re restricting you from attending all the above.
You dread when they’ll jet off together for loads of fun, knowing that day will be wasted for you. Your thoughts will be filled with all the fun they’re having while you’re…. not. You’ll scroll through social media for proof of this fun. And get more upset when you witness it.
You put so much energy and effort into the experience you’re not living; you don’t even enjoy your own current experience.
FOMO is a monster that you must learn to tame. You probably won’t be able to abolish it for good. But you can deal with it in healthier ways and appreciate where you are and why you’re there.
