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How I Stopped Getting FOMO From Social Media 📲
NEW EPISODE: ONE LAYER DEEPER! 🎙🎧
Nina Davuluri
October 27, 2023
It's Diwali Season! And while I enjoy getting dressed up & celebrating with my friends, all the festivities can sometimes come with a side of FOMO when you’re watching from the social media sidelines. I never want to make anyone feel bad by looking at my content - if you’re here, you know I work quite hard to do the opposite. So in this episode, I reflect on my TeenVogue Op-Ed that I wrote last year, How I Stopped Getting FOMO From Social Media & what’s changed over this year, specifically with my relationships and the company we keep around us. I’m always a work in progress, but as I look back on the past few years, I’m really loving the person I’m becoming. So, I’ll take that as a win! Listen now (it’s only 10 min 🙂 ).
“What I discovered is that I was focusing on the external validation and ignoring my internal validation. The likes, reposts, tags, and shares — they made me feel good in the moment. They made me feel good enough that I wanted to post again, but they left me empty by the next day. What was even worse, was that I wasn’t just hurting myself, but I was perpetuating this emptiness for everyone who wasn’t in the room. Others were unintentionally doing the same to me, and down the rabbit hole we all went. This hurts others, it hurts me, and it might be hurting you.”