The Famous Fear of Missing Out
You hear about FOMO a lot these days. In fact, the word was added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2013.
We constantly live with the feeling that we're missing something and that other people have a way better life
It’s certainly not a good thing. And it leads you to check social media again and again and again so you don’t feel out of the loop. So you know you’re doing okay. So you don’t feel left out.
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