Colin Sheridan: Learning to love missing out can protect your mental health in a Fomo-driven world

Learning to embrace Jomo — the joy of missing out — can help reclaim peace in a hyperconnected world

Taoiseach Micheál Martin signing a book of condolences for Pope Francis at the the residence of the Apostolic Nunciature to Ireland, in Dublin.

I learned a new phrase this week. One that perfectly reflects my current zeitgeist. Jomo — or joy of missing out. It is the antonym of Fomo (fear of missing out), a term which aptly applies to my 10-year-old son, and, if anecdotal evidence is anything to go by, 10-year-olds generally.

He chooses to live life like he’s the human embodiment of a Hemingway sentence, wanting to do everything, all the time, and all at once.