FOMO: The Fear of Missing Out and How It Spends Your Life

You agree to meet up even though you'd rather go home. You sign up for yet another course because "everyone's already started." You check your feed on a day off so you don't miss anything important — and end up not resting at all. This is FOMO — the fear of missing out. It's not about laziness or being bad at choosing: it's the anxiety that life is happening somewhere without you. What follows is how it works and how to stop living by someone else's schedule.

What FOMO Is and What It Looks Like

### What FOMO Is