Why Not Me?

  Maiden Message - Fear Not A recent discussion with a friend who works with college students illuminated a shift in thinking among this new generation of young people. There was a social term that was used frequently among Millenials that now seems to have been modified among young Gen Z'ers. The term that was bandied about in the mid-2010s after its inception in 2004 was FOMO - fear of missing out. This term encapsulated the social angst of a generation of people who were beginning to be much better informed of the possibilities of social activities in their general vicinity and around the world. The now-outdated phobia was brought about through the changes in society brought on by technological advances. That very same phenomenon has reached a new tipping point that has changed the general atmosphere of our societal networks and modified the phobia.  What was once a fear of missing out has become a different fear. Individuals have become heavily stressed by the possibility ...