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7 tips for students to overcome FOMO
Excerpts from blog published in innerdrive.co.uk
The teenage brain works differently when compared to adults. Studies have shown that being ostracised from a group impacts them more. This higher value of peer acceptance has been found to impact their decision making, ability to control their impulses and mood.
It is, therefore, no surprise that many teenagers have a fear of missing out (FOMO).
FOMO has some interesting consequences. Trying to do too much at once can result in people doing very little of anything. It can also increase stress and anxiety. At a time when teenagers are facing life altering decisions and exams, FOMO can be a serious issue.
Many students sadly believe that this diagram below is true:
Here are some tips that can help students beat FOMO:
1. Accept that you can’t do it all – you can’t be in two places at once. Economists use the phrase ‘Opportunity Cost’. For each decision you make, it means there is something else that you can not do. Helping teenagers understand this will help them.
2. Asking WIN questions (What’s Important Now?) is a good way to help people prioritise. If you can’t do everything all at once, it’s good to start on the things that are most important to you.
3. Be where your feet are – focus on the present moment. This is a challenge for a generation where mobile phones (and therefore instant messaging) has always been part of their lives. Research suggests that being on your phone too much can negatively impact on your sleep, mood and memory.
4. Choose experiences over status updates – do things that matter to you, not just what you can write about online. People often give an overly positive and unrealistic representation of their lives online. Don’t try and compete with these shadows – it’s impossible to catch them.
5. Take yourself offline every now and then – This is probably quite a healthy strategy, especially as FOMO is linked to the amount of time spent on social media. If you are experiencing an event and already planning on how to work it in to your Facebook status than there is a chance you are missing out on the moment.
6. Do one thing at a time – it’s hard to multi-task, so fully focus on one thing. Multi-tasking is a bit of myth. Instead, people often switch between tasks. This can take up time and energy. If accuracy is important (say during revision), better to fully focus on one thing, finish it and then do another.
7. Enjoy the journey – embrace the process, as well as the outcome. Outcomes can sometimes be anti-climatic. However, working hard and dedicating yourself to your goals rarely is.
Career
Age is just a number: 64-yr-old retired banker is a First Year medical student now!
PTI story
Odisha’s Jay Kishore Pradhan cracked the NEET and enrolled as a first-year MBBS student like thousands of other aspirants from the
state – just that he is all of 64 and a retired banker.
Pradhan, whose ageless exploit is being described as a rare event in India’s medical education history, says he wants to serve people as long as he is alive.
A former official of SBI, he took admission at the state-run Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology in their disability reservation category on Wednesday.
“It is one of the rare events in the history of medical education in the country. Pradhan has set an example by getting admission as a medical student at such an age,” VIMSAR Director Lalit Meher said.
Pradhan appeared for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), which does not have an upper age limit, in September, secured a good rank and qualified for VIMSAR.
The recent death of one his twin daughters motivated him to sit for NEET and enrol for the MBBS course to become a doctor.
Pradhan, who is likely to be 70 by the time his MBBS course is complete, said that age, too, is just a number for him. “I have no commercial intentions going ahead. I want to serve the people till I am alive.”
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