FOMO Syndrome

Were you ever sitting at home in your dorm or apartment at school and scrolled through Instagram and watched people's Snapchat stories just to see them out having a good time while you we're eating a bag of chips binge watching YouTube videos? Or did you ever see everyone posting about their lives and you realized you haven't posted in a while so you start to scroll through your camera roll to find something to post? Did you ever think to yourself, "Wow why am I not out right now having fun?", "There's so many other exciting things I can do instead of staying in". 

I like to call this, FOMO. Or, the fear of missing out syndrome. I feel like almost everyone has experienced this before. 

Fear of missing out (FOMO) is described as "a pervasive apprehension that others might be having rewarding experiences from which one is absent". - Wikipedia 

Even artists mention this in some song lyrics: 

-Swae Lee, Hopeless Romantic 

Practice Mindfullness. Practice Mindfullness. Practice Mindfullness. 

How to break this problem? Don't pay attention to what others are doing. They are only posting for people to see what they are doing. Do not seek validation. This only feeds into your social media addiction! Stop worrying what people are doing. Don't you have homework to do?? I find that now I am in my senior year of college, I don't really mind staying in and cleaning/keeping myself busy. I like to think I am past the partying stage of college and I am ready to graduate and move on with my life and start a career. 

So, stay in sometimes and binge watch your cooking videos on YouTube. You don't have to post all the time as well. Enjoy life without social media for a few hours a week!