Keeping Up

I am struggling with FOMO. I want to reduce my social media usage but it seems like the only option to keep in touch with friends regularly (e.g. sharing reels). Nowadays, in GenZ culture, calling or texting seems too much/forward. I don't have anything to necessarily talk to my friends about so it doesn't make sense to me to just text "hey how are you?" everyday. Sending a reel is also less exhausting than forcing a conversation.

(i am not great at texting first and keeping in touch, it seems very awkward to me. is it a skill you can develop or will it always be tough? i don't want to be an annoying person who keeps bugging you)

I know a lot of it is me choosing the easier way out but I just feel like if i am on instagram less, it makes it harder to connect to people. Like if you don't keep yourself updated with current trends, memes, jokes, new shows etc., then you're not going to get your friend's references, making it harder to connect to people.

i guess that's the price you have to pay.

anyone have thoughts or a different angles on this?