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Oliver Burkeman - The JOY of Missing Out

The Imperfects

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The Opposite of the Fear of Missing Out

Joe Mooney has written a book about the joy of missing out. He says it's an easy way to remember something for what it was for him. The more conscious you are of things you're giving up in order to spend time doing something, the more meaning there is - he says. "Once you see that missing out is completely unavoidable and that you're going to miss out on almost everything"

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