“I’m Afraid I Might Miss Something”
It hit me today that “I’m afraid I might miss something” is closely tied to many of my ADD triggers.
- Some folks are laughing down the hall? Of course I go visit — I might miss something!
- Channel surfing because there’s nothing on? Sure I could turn off the TV, but I keep clicking because — I might miss something!
- Stick with a job I like and get better at every year, or go work somewhere else that just made a shiny new offer? Better take the new job — I might miss something!
The opportunity for something “new” can trigger ADD from many different angles: departure from boredom, curiosity, the excuse to physically get up and move, etc. But add another angle to the story: the fear we might miss something.
We’ve talked earlier about the “regular” kind of fear at “Fear is the Mind Killer“. But this “fear that I might miss something” is more subtle — a different kind of anxiety. We’ll take a deeper look at this in later posts, one of which will be titled “The Grass is Always Greener…”
