Hey, Reader!

Full disclosure, I'm writing this after having some invasive dental work yesterday - translation, if something doesn't make sense, I blame the anesthesia still being in my system 😉....and the fact that planning and batching my emails is clearly not a thing.

Over a week ago, I made the decision that the monthly membership I was trialing, wasn't the right fit for me.

Which sucks bc the person running it is fabulous. An actual joy of a human.

However, what it doesn't make sense for my needs and focus right now...so I need to cancel it, which I haven't done bc see above for joy of a human.

Today, I was in the community, and I read about something they're going to be putting together for their members...you know, when I'm no longer a member. Cue the:

"I wonder what this will be?"
"Maybe I should stay in?"

I am locked into canceling. It does not make any sense for me to be spending a few hundo's a month on something I'm not using. Yet, my mind still wondered. Which made me pause ('thankfully!!' my wallet yelled), and think:

How often is fomo subconsciously the decisions?

To be very clear: there is no blame inferred to myself or the creator of the program. We're bombarded with so many messages all the time, and while there are absolutely people who intentionally use fomo in a harmful way, that wasn't the case with this creator.

It was self-surprising, though, to see how easily those thoughts came up.

How easily I almost changed my decision 🫣

Hence... mo'fo.

The next time you find yourself dealing with the FOMO, try this:

• Remind yourself of your current plan for X topic is. eg for me, it was my marketing plan.
• Ask yourself if the ShO (Shiny Object) supports that plan. Will it save you time, money, fill a gap you have, etc?
• If no, that's your answer. It's just fomo being fomo.
• If yes, and you're like me, then you can also ask yourself if this is a purchase you need to make now.

There's no right or wrong answer with this, either.

It's simply about bringing awareness to what's driving a decision -> if it's an intentional decision or a fomo-driven decision.

In my case, if I were to stay in the membership - knowing it's both not working logistically for me + being for something more tertiary in my marketing - it would be a fomo-only decision.

And I'm trying to do less of those these days 😉