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7 Things To Tell Yourself To Fight Off FOMO
‘It’s the price we pay for being connected.’
‘Shit, this guy is so successful. And where the fuck am I?’
I can’t even remember the number of times I had this toxic thought run through my mind. And every time, I had to calm myself down by saying,
“Sergey, who cares what you achieve? Just focus on doing something you enjoy. You’ve got your own thing. You’ve got your path.”
But it’s not as easy as it sounds.
FOMO — or, fear-of-missing-out — is what many of us, especially Type-A personalities, go through. It’s better characterized as the feeling that we’re not doing enough, learning quickly enough, achieving enough, being enough.
It’s stimulated every time we see somebody else achieve successes — even if it has nothing to do with our dreams and inspirations. It’s lurking behind every corner on YouTube, Medium, Instagram, or a casual conversation with our former college classmates.
FOMO takes over us when people ask us what we do, and we have nothing new to show for. Not yet, anyway.
“So, what have you been up to lately?”
“Oh, I…well, the usual thing.”
“I see…”
