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It’s better to be good for a short time than just there for a long time I often used to experience massive FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) so I would try to go to anything that I could to convince myself that I still had a social life. I would turn up for any event I could, often I would be exhausted and not really enjoy being there. I just thought I had to be when I didn’t enjoy it and I was exhausted, so I doubt anyone else appreciated my company. I’ve learnt since that the rule quality over quantity really applies, i.e., it’s better to be there for a shorter amount of time and be a better more enthusiastic version of myself than to just be there for the sake of it. The happy enthusiastic version of me is more likely to get invited back than the tired version that clearly doesn’t want to be there! Bottom line is ‘if you’re not feeling up to it then don’t go’, if you go when you’re tired and miserable then you won’t be invited in the future.