Notice to boaters (online): we have fully entered the time of year when it is recommended leave all social networks if one does not want to end up suffering from the syndrome of missing out on rewarding experiences. FOMO is called: ‘fear of missing out’. And it’s not a small thing. In fact, it is considered a pathology because of the effects it has on self-esteem and conception of one’s own experiences. There are those who end up concluding that their life is sad and boring.
The high season began with the start of the Bruce Springsteen tour in Barcelona, continued with the concerts of Elton JohnMonday and Tuesday, and it begins to become unbearable with the four concerts of Coldplay. In the latter case, they have been sold two hundred thousand locations, two hundred thousand spectators who will potentially upload an image of the Coldplay concert on social networks. I don’t know much about the algorithm of these networks, but it is easy for these images to end up appearing on your profile while you spend time lying on the sofa at home with the unpleasant and growing sensation that your life is not fun enough. And, probably also for this reason, the day you go to Patum, in four days, or go sailing by boat, you will end up posting a photograph to share with all your followers. Because we already know that in this showcase life it is essential to be able to say “I was there”. Not tell yourself, but tell everyone.
Young people
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There are degrees and degrees of FOMO, it is more accentuated in young people or under construction, as in everything, but if it happens to you, turn it off, disconnect from the applications and remember that it was surely you who chose to spend the afternoon on the sofa at home, because that is what you wanted. If you’re not here, it’s probably because you don’t want to be
Now will come Primavera Sound, Vida, Beyoncé, Cruïlla, Sónar and the summer holidays, with the proliferation of bare feet on transparent waters or magical sunsets aboard a boat. Close the ‘app’ and separate the children.