But no seriously. FOMO is a disease eating at every race. It is the belief that something other than what you've obtained is out there better, waiting on you. And I don't mean that in a "settle for what you have because you'll never have better" kind of way. By all means if you have a penny please aspire for a dollar but if you are wealthy in all the ways that matter, my question is "TF ARE YOU LOOKING FOR HOMIE"
Let me put it like this. Go with me here. It's your birthday. You've been wanting this gift. It's all you've been talking about to anyone who will listen. You've been hearin about this gift all your life. You saw your parents have it, you friends have it, even that not quite right guy that grew up down the street from you, the one who brother would beat anybody up if he heard you talking about him, yep, even he has it!!! You've been patiently waiting on it to be your turn to hold it, to actress it, to care for it, for it to be yours! And you just know that this year, is your year! You get the gift and it's wrapped amateurly but hey, it's what's inside that matters right. Your gift is the right shape, the right weight, it has to be it. You open it and sure enough, THERE IT IS!!! You're so happy. Ecstatic. You put it on Instagram like, "yyyaaasssss ima f it up with this one" you get 100+ likes, tons of comments of people faux celebrating for you! "You're so lucky" "I want a relationship just like you" "OMG your gift is so pretty" ! Blah blah blah! A week goes by, your gift has some glitches but is very functional and still everything you wanted. A month goes by and you all are having a great time together. You can't get enough of your gift. A year goes by and your gift is truly old faithful. It's a little boring from time to time but it makes you happy. There's been some tough times but you've made it through, together. You make all your moves together. Plan a life together. Your gift has become a part of your day to day life. You can't imagine making a move if it's not, you guessed it, together. You're in gift hog heaven.
Then *BAM* it happens!!!!! The competitors version of your gift comes out! The blasphemy!!!! Its the Kindle Paperwhite to your Ipad with retina display! The Galaxy s5 to your iPhone 5s! It is the Texas Pete to your Louisiana Hotsauce! The Body by Vi to your Herbalife! The Jimmy Dean to your Circle B! It is outrageous! But it's new. It promises to do things that your old faithful hasn't even heard of! But you wouldn't dare leave your old faithful! Why would you? Y'all have history! Duh! Plus it doesn't need to be replaced. It still works fine! If it ain't broke right? But the temptation is too much. Everywhere you go you see the newer version. On television, everytime you open your Instagram there's 100 of them. All there waiting for the picking. And why shouldn't you test them out. You deserve it. And maybe that old faithful isn't as good as you remember it to be. After all it's lost it's new car smell.
Now back to reality. Everywhere you go there's going to be temptation. There is always going an updated version if what you have. Doesn't mean that it's better. iPhone has a new update every month doesn't make it better. Just trading bugs and fixes for other bugs and fixes. Perfection doesn't exist. Perfection in love doesn't mean to be without flaws" it just means that you were able to love past them, work through them, get over them. It's only perfect as long as you find it perfect. The fear of missing out is real and natural but we're looking at it the wrong way. Instead of thinking that we are missing out by choosing just one, find the beauty in the gold at home. We should think, the people who do not get to experience what I get to experience, be loved the way I am loved, give love back in the way I have poured it from my soul, seeped it from every pore and have it absorbed, appreciated and returned are sure missing out. There is nothing better than the gold at home.
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