There is no Dutch word yet for FOMO, the Fear Of Missing Out. Germans have the word Verpassungsangst, but the literal Dutch translation 'misangst' doesn’t sound well and could give rise to ambiguities. Anyway, there’s no better time to feel FOMO than vacation time.
Vacation time never brings us what we hope for. We hope to
have a chill time, enjoying the magic of
places. This is rarely the case. The reason is we think we will be alone at
our destination. Everyone we know, seems to go elsewhere. We want to visit
another place as an observer; we want to see the place as we imagine it to be
and we think we will come back with a unique experience, displayed on unique
pictures. Be aware however, if everyone wants to visit this unique place, you
will not be alone. You will also belong to the thousands of people who change
the image of this place. This is already the case for Venice, Bruges and
Barcelona.
It is like in quantum mechanics. If the object is small, the
observer influences the observed object. If we don’t want this, we should consider a
more ecological way of travelling, the most ecological one being to stay at home
and travel in our head by reading books. Immanuel Kant travelled like that.
I refer to my blog Leaving
Lazy Tasty Land.
Picture: St Christopher statue and tower of Ulmer dom 2018©Wim Lahaye. St Christopher is the patron saint of the travellers.
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