FOMO or The Fear of Missing Out, is a term that I never heard until I started grad school. It’s the idea that there are so many interesting and fun things going on, you feel compelled to do it all because you’re scared the one time you don’t, you’ll miss out on something epic. The problem with avoiding acknowledgement of FOMO is that eventually, you burn out.
As a woman in business, this is not a new phenomenon to me and the drive to overachieve is all too familiar – I want to do and have it all. Realistically though, it’s not possible to be on top of everything at every single given moment. I’m pretty sure there’s even a clever little ditty that says trying to do everything results in doing nothing. There are definitely days and even whole month stretches where my apartment is a mess, my to do list has several items left incomplete, and my fitness tracker shows fewer than 10,000 steps.
And so, for the past 6 months, blogging took a hit since I was managing a transition into a new role at work and taking on an additional class during Winter/Spring quarter that took me abroad to China for a couple weeks on the school front. I still managed to get behind the lens; I just didn’t have time to drone on about it.
Sorry, I’m not sorry. I think more women need to get behind that – define what matters and go after it unapologetically. And it’s normal to pivot when something new shakes up the routine. I'm confident that once the excitement at work and school calm down, I'll have more time to write the 1,000 words behind the pictures I took at San Diego Zoo, Death Valley National Park, Hong Kong, China, and a smattering of other events. For now, you'll just have to fill in the blank yourself.
Last Progress Update: 283 Hours
Since then: 25 hours shooting; ~40 hours reviewing/editing.
New Hours to Date: 348
Giraffe - San Diego Zoo
Salt flats and bad water - Death Valley National Park
Hong Kong