Joy of Missing Out - 6 ways in which JOMO helps you to get clarity and focus

Man is a social animal. We all love to be in society, know and see what others are up to. We attain happiness through all of this. We all might have experienced #FOMO – The fear of missing out, some time or the other in our lives too.

However, just with any other thing, too much of anything is too bad. The constant need to BE there creates a lot of unintended pressure.

If this is the case with the physical presence, one can imagine only worse with the virtual presence.

How addictive it is to keep scrolling through others’ statuses on Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram isn’t it?

We can hardly put down our mobile for a couple of hours to #focus and work with #clarity. That constant fear that we might be missing out on something is worse.

Here comes #JOMO for our rescue – The Joy of missing out or the simple pleasure of being disconnected for self-care and taking time to just relax and just BE.

You might miss out on some not-so-important updates but you will yield greater benefits from this.

Here are 6 ways in which JOMO helps you get #clarity and #focus.

1. Helps you to focus on NOW- Once you embrace #JOMO, you have immense time in your hand to #focus on what is at your hand. With no worry about what others are doing or what is happening in the world, you will be most productive.
2. Gives you much-needed gadget-free time – That buzzing phone of yours is the biggest enemy for #focus. It stops you from getting any #clarity on what you must do. With JOMO, you will be more than happy to bid your phone a goodbye for few hours and concentrate on your work.
3. Helps you to get #clarity on important things in life – You will now not mind missing out on a few social media updates, a couple of social events, etc. You would love to take time for yourself and get #clarity on what else is more important for you. Eventually, living in the moment and working for the betterment of your life become a priority to you.
4. Stops you from running behind things that everyone else likes – You will realize that you will have a huge burden off your shoulder. The burden of knowing, seeing, and doing things that most others do. This eliminates unnecessary thoughts and gives you a lot of #clarity on what you need rather than what the whole world is doing.
5. Helps you to PAUSE – Running after the schedules, social obligations, social media updates have never given any of us the much-needed break or a small PAUSE to #focus on what means more to you. When you start missing out on few things, you do realize that this pause is much needed.
6. Shows you how the importance of saying NO - There may be a lot of events you attend just because you are too shy to say NO to the hosts. When you realise the value of self-care and the joy of spending time with yourself, you learn to say NO. This is because you get better #clarity on what is more important for you at the moment.

From all this, it is clear that there is great joy in missing out few things too. Especially when you get pleasure from real things around you instead of seeing some virtual news or updates.

Now is the time to make #JOMO your motto at least a couple of times a month. Make it a ritual to have time scheduled for self-care and just don't care if you are missing out in anything at that time!