When was the last time you cancelled plans for no other real reason than to stay at home? If you've turned down a social event recently, you're far from alone. Welcome to "soft-hermitting": the viral TikTok trend that gives people permission to say no to plans, protect their social battery and choose the sofa over socialising. And best of all? No guilt required.
A world away from FOMO, which had us saying yes to everything just in case we missed out, soft hermitting embraces the exact opposite. We're not talking about enjoying the occasional night in (like JOMO, or the Joy of Missing Out), but deliberately creating more space away from socialising.
