Feeling that if you're not doing this you're not "living"

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I once knew someone who was "friends" with me on Facebook who was about 5 years younger than me who seem to be from the photos I saw, about and about somewhere with friends from university even in their early 30s and still going to a club, going out for the day somewhere or abroad with those friends. There was one thing she did where she went inside these balls on water and roll around in them like hamsters haha. I was even aware that even then she was single at that time until eventually she did meet and marry someone and had a child together.

It does make me think why didn't I have a social life like hers. Seeing what she was doing makes it feel like though that's how to "live your life" and making the most of it while you're young. It kind of does influence me want to enjoy and do exciting things even the 30s but I'm finding it sometimes frustrating when I am having conflicting and self imposed pressure when it comes to meeting people because I'm worrying that people are gradually being paired off by a certain age because people are not waiting around for me to be more than just a friend.

I also find it frustrating because I feeling like everyone else right now is going abroad to nice places, going to nice days out somewhere in this country, going out for a drink once in a while with a mate or a few mates etc and I'm having days off in between work where I'm indoors doing reading, writing and stuff and that for some reason makes it feel I'm not "living the high life" and just aggravates the FOMO.