Fete Lifestyle Magazine January 2024 - New Beginnings Issue | Page 42

Embracing JOMO

in the

New Year

BY HEATHER REID

the

of missing out

Photo Credit Preslie Hirsch

t’s the New Year, a time to leave the

past behind, embrace positive

change, and look forward to better

times. I’ve eschewed the traditional New Year’s Resolutions before, and this year is no exception, but I do get introspective as I turn the page on the calendar and reveal a year full of possibility.

I’m a fan of listening to podcasts and to things The Universe seems determined to tell me. Recently I’ve heard several Podcast guests mention how a list of rules guides their lives, if you will, they call The Non-negotiables. Actor/Writer/Producer Bill Hader discussed his N-Ns on the Ten Percent Happier podcast with Dan Harris, and I thought creating a list of my own was the perfect reset exercise to kick off the year.

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