Wikipedia describes FOMO as “a pervasive apprehension that others might be having rewarding experiences from which one is absent”
If you don’t think you are subjected to this, then either you are not being entirely truthful or you are super comfortable doing your own thing.
It get it! I have managed to give Facebook a fairly wide berth, but have recently got into Instagram. I tend to follow other fitness bloggers, runners, cyclists, athletes and people getting out there and doing big things. The thing with this is, that when I check my feed, (only once a day) I see all these people out there winning medals, smashing ultras, climbing mountains, cycling with friends and generally living excellent interesting lives while I do my washing.
I am very aware that people only show the shiny interesting bits of their lives and not the family sharing bag of crisps they just destroyed. But I still get it a bit of FOMO, which manifests itself as anxiety.
When I think about though, am I really missing out? Continue reading “FOMO – The Fear of Missing Out”