Pursuits Weekly: How Toxic Is Your Positive Outloook?

Illustration: Simone Noronha

One upside of the past year has been the marked decrease in “fear of missing out,” or as the kids call it, FOMO. There just hasn't been much of anything to do.

But as anxiety that an exciting event may be happening without you has diminished, a new anxiety has been on the rise: fear of a negative outlook, or FONO.