The Fear of Missing Out is Ruining My Life

Let's all take a moment to consider whether indulging in FOMO is helping us become a better person or betting our lives. Let me help you answer this question & give you a few tips to not allow FOMO to rule your life.

Show Notes:
I spend way too much time on social media trying to keep up with everything that is going on because I don’t want to get behind. Now, it’s not a deep internal fear I have about getting behind, but I want to be in the know because it makes me feel relevant. But the problem is that this causes me to get behind on many other things in life that really are more important.

And I recently asked myself, “I feel relevant knowing a bunch of strangers comings & goings & new collabs & nonsense, but who cares that I know this & how is it getting me ahead in life?” The answer: It’s not. It’s not helping me get ahead in life. If anything, it’s contributing to me being behind with important goals & so-called aspirations. 

FOMO, as it’s referred to, is really ruining my life. It’s for sure something that I am allowing to happen, so obviously it’s on me, but it’s still wreaking havoc. And for me, it only relates to social media & things online, not so much in my real life. 

But the fact that I can sit on the couch for over an hour & feel the need to catch up on everyone’s stories & go through posts is not a good use of my time. And I will sometimes use the excuse that I am using this time to get inspiration or ideas for my own content, but that can’t be true all the time.  But I’m not saying you shouldn’t be doing this at all because we all need downtime & a distraction, but you will be able to identify if you’re doing this too much. 

Now let’s consider what indulging in FOMO is costing us. For me, it’s time to work on launching my coaching business. Instead of sitting on the couch for an hour, scrolling forever, I could scroll for 5-10 minutes (set a time), then go do a task that will contribute to my goals (like launching my website) or something that has a deadline & needs to be completed.

Another thing FOMO does to us is feed in the idea that we should feel less than because we weren’t invited to participate, we were left out. This is both in real life & online. You feel like you matter less because you didn’t get the choice of participating, whether you really wanted to or not.

There is also the problem of comparison. And we all know the thief of joy is comparison. Joy makes our lives so much better, so it’s in our best interest to have as much of it as possible. But it’s hard to lean into joy if you are continually comparing yourself to others who are doing things you wish you were doing. This can lead to judging ourselves because of our perceived lack & hurt of not fitting in the way we wanted to.

All of these things I have spoken about & more I didn’t talk about are why I wanted to highlight a couple of ways for us to overcome FOMO & focus more on what’s actually important in our lives & what will benefit us moving forward.

Lean Into GratitudeReassure Yourself Missing Out Doesn’t Affect Your WorthMake Your Own PlansBe Excited for What Other People Are DoingSocial Media Breaks Can Help

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