Hello, I had FOMO recently. What is FOMO?

FOMO is the fear of missing out.

It's probably not an unfamiliar feeling to you,

as I assume most people feel FOMO at least once in their life.

The more expanded definition of FOMO is anxiety that an exciting or interesting event may currently be happening elsewhere,

often aroused by posts seen on social media.

I thought that I was done experiencing FOMO. I thought I grew out of

FOMO. I thought I had evolved past the point of experiencing that feeling, but I was wrong.

I was wrong!

And I was bummed out about this because I actually grew up with a really intense sense of FOMO.

Growing up, middle school and high school, I always felt like I was missing out.

I always felt like I wasn't at the best party.

I always felt like I wasn't at the coolest hangout.

I always felt like I was missing something constantly and it was actually an issue.

I don't think I realized it in the moment, but in retrospect, it was an issue. I was so

focused on what I was possibly missing,

that I rarely lived in the moment

when I was in middle school and high school.

Do I think I wasted my teen years? no, because there were definitely moments that I lived in the moment, you know?

I had fun here and there. I learned a lot from my flawed teenage mindset.

I wouldn't be who I am today without it.

But I did spend a lot of that time of my life feeling like I was

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