How to deal with FOMO during a pandemic

With the delta variant surging throughout the country, we’re all making different risk assessments about what’s safe to do socially. If you’re someone who’s scaling back on big group get-togethers or dinner invites, it’s easy to feel a sense of FOMO (aka the “fear of missing out”) right now. What’s the best way to get over it? Embrace a sense of JOMO, or the “joy of missing out.”

“JOMO allows you to redefine what actually brings joy into your life, instead of allowing other people, events or society dictate it for you,” Michelle Wax, founder of American Happiness Project, told HuffPost’s Caroline Bologna.

Sounds great, right? Here’s how to ditch FOMO and cultivate more JOMO.

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