Welcome to episode 246 of Live Happy Now.

I'm your host, Paula Phelps, thanking you for joining us again this week.

Most of us are familiar with FOMO, or the Fear of Missing Out,

which has become really prevalent with the onslaught of social media.

Now that's given rise to Jomo, or Joy of Missing Out. And today we're

joined by Jessica and Meisner, who literally wrote the guidebook on it. If you're looking for an

antidote to FOMO, you'll want to check out her book, Jomo, Celebrate the Joy of Missing Out.

But first, let's listen to what she has to say about it. Jessica, thank you for joining us on Live Happy Now.

Thanks for having me.

This is an interesting topic because we have written and talked so much about FOMO.

And so when I saw that you were writing about Jomo, it's like we've got to talk to her.

And so I guess first of all, can you start by explaining

to everyone what you mean by the joy of missing out? Yeah, so many people have heard of FOMO,

like you mentioned, and which stands for the fear of missing out. And that refers to this feeling

that we get often when we're on social media, scrolling through our friends' photos, where they look like they're having a great time. And we just get this feeling that we're on social media, scrolling through our friends' photos where they look like they're having a great time.

And we just get this feeling that other people are having better lives in us.

They're at cooler events.

They're spending their time in a more fun way.

And this can be really bad for our self-esteem, our anxiety.

And so Jomo is kind of the flip side of FOMO, and it stands for

the joy of missing out. So this is about really embracing that sense of, you know, maybe I'm not

out at this cool party that looks amazing on Instagram, but I can still have fun if I'm home by

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