While many people often worry about feeling FOMO, Google’s executive productivity advisor, Laura Mae Martin, is encouraging more people to feel JOMO — the joy of missing out.
“The idea is that sometimes we are actually even happier when we miss that email, text, podcast, or programs we didn’t really want to follow through on,” Martin said in her book, “Uptime: A Practical Guide to Personal Productivity and Wellbeing.”
For Martin, whose job is helping Google’s top leaders achieve maximum productivity, she began practicing JOMO via a weekly tradition she first started with her husband.
Every Tuesday, they would put away their devices at night and instead do other activities and hobbies like board games and spending time outdoors.
“Those Tuesdays ended up being some of our favorite nights,” she said.
Martin said those unplugged hours are crucial to recharge your brain, which ultimately leads to more productivity in the long term. …