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Trying Not to Care

60: The Truth About Fear of Missing Out: Turning FOMO Into Joy of Missing Out

Trying Not to Care

Ashley Corbo

Mental Health Awareness, Relationships, Personal Journals, Society & Culture, Education, Self Help, Relationship Advice, Mental Health, 868329, Breakups, Trying Not To Care, Self-improvement, Navigating Your 20s, Health & Fitness, Self Help Podcast, Ashley Corbo, Friendship Breakups, Self Growth, Friendship Advice, 20 Something, Self Improvement

4.91.8K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

I have been struggling hard with Coachella FOMO which got me thinking about the fear of missing out and why it happens. In today's episode I talk about FOMO, what it feels/looks like, the reasoning behind why it happens and how we can avoid it by turning it into the joy of missing out.

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0:00.0

Today's episode is sponsored by Blissey and Tinder.

0:17.6

Hi, Bestie.

0:18.2

Welcome to or welcome back to Trying It To Care.

0:21.5

Normally the last Monday of the month, I do an advice session,

0:25.2

but because I missed a week in April,

0:29.2

I feel like we should hold off on that,

0:31.9

just because I don't want to bombard you with Q&A episodes or advice sessions.

0:36.8

So I just thought it would feel better and it would be right to just sit down, chat a little

0:42.0

bit and do this episode. So obviously this past week was the first weekend of Coachella.

0:47.9

And every year, I don't go to Coachella.

0:51.6

And I'm not going to sit here and be like, oh, I don't want to go to Coachella.

0:55.4

Like, I don't care about Coachella. I do. Every single year, I'm like, next year,

1:01.7

I'm going to Coachella. And the next year happens, I don't go to Coachella.

1:06.4

And every year, I find myself scrolling through social media and seeing everyone have the time

1:13.7

of their lives at Coachella, seeing celebrities, influencers, my mutuals at Coachella.

1:20.1

And I have the fattest FOMO.

1:23.6

Every year that Coachella comes around, I just feel so left out and I feel so pissed at myself

1:29.4

for not going. But the reason that I don't go is because it's so much money I have no one to go

1:35.0

with. And that's the thing that I'm hung up on. As much as I want to go and I'm upset that I'm

1:40.6

not there, part of me knows that I wouldn't be having as much fun as I'm making it out to be.

1:49.4

Coachella is so much money. You have to pay for the tickets themselves unless you're

1:56.1

a influencer or celebrity and get to go for free. You have to pay for your outfits unless, again,

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