Car sharing
Let go: Away with the block on your leg!
01.09.2021
Have you heard of JOMO? Maybe it's time you did. Because this trend makes your life easier: It’s all about the “Joy of Missing Out” – the joy of missing something. You’ve got enough commitments already. Now's the time to give things a miss occasionally.
A block on the leg
today this means an “onerous obligation”, but the word millstone has a history of its own. It describes the heavy stone used to The method was also used on humans, making it literally more difficult for prisoners to escape.
What is Jomo?
For us adults, life comes with countless obligations. Often, we see these as an obstacle to our personal happiness, particularly those that stop us acting spontaneously and restrict our choices. Our innermost part tells us: Do what you really enjoy and leave what you feel uncomfortable. An everyday example is our own private car, with more and more people opting to car share instead. And save some money at the same time.
JOMO is the backlash against FOMO (“Fear Of Missing Out”). This kind of fear is mainly experienced by people who are always online, who like to read every bit of breaking news and who are heavy social media users. Younger generations are particularly susceptible. But COVID-19 has put our social life on hold and shown us that life is more relaxed when we don't “need to be there” all the time. For many, the desire to just “let go” has never been so great as now. It’s time to break free from that millstone.