![]() ![]() Instead of struggling against it, or running from the pain it causes, you accept the problem and how you feel about it. It’s also about getting into close contact with the problem. You have to create enough room to realize that what you’ve previously been doing hasn’t worked. Well, sometimes trying harder makes things worse, not better. The quicksand trap metaphor is commonly used in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), an action-oriented approach to psychotherapy. You actually have to lay down and stop struggling. Now, the only way to escape quicksand is to create as much surface area as possible with your body. You flail around only to go deeper still. But the more you try to get out, the further you sink.Īnd as you get deeper, the more panicked you get. Naturally, you’d want to get out right away. Imagine hiking in the woods and accidentally getting caught in quicksand. Here’s what I’ve learned in the last year: Fight complex problems like you “fight” quicksand Instead of trying to change the world, I started to look at my own thoughts and feelings through the lens of behavioral psychology. When I burned out in 2021, I decided to stop struggling. There was always more I wanted to change. No matter what I achieved, it was never enough. For years I used moral outrage to fuel work against those I thought of as “the enemy.”ĭuring that time I couldn’t even sleep because I was constantly judging, strategizing, planning, and fantasizing. In my mind, the pain of the world could only be numbed by a total commitment to activism. ![]() When looking at the suffering and injustice in the world, I can analyze the situation and its causes with rigor.īut from there it’s been easy to be outraged. Who is preventing the change you wish to see? ![]() The biggest problem is that everyone is so committed to making a big impact, that they never take a minute to be present in the struggle. Once you learn this process, you’ll start to see every moment as an opportunity to commit to your deepest values and goals. Scott’s solution to his problem is amoral, to say the least, but it leaves him in the clear though not with a clear conscience.In today’s issue, I’m going to show you how I went from being an angry, burned out activist to a happier and more effective problemsolver. A harried Scott sees no easy escape from this mess and adjusts to becoming an animal like Murdoch to survive, as in the end he learns why Murdoch knows so much about him and figures out a way to get Murdoch out of his life. Murdoch says he has the audio tape of Towers witnessing the bribe of the city official and with that evidence the cops would have the motive for the murder if he should turn it in. Soon Scott encounters the sinister Murdoch (Donald Sutherland), who shakes him down for a $100,000 to coverup the bribe and murder. The next morning’s TV news reports that Towers died from a bullet to his head. They tussle and Towers is accidentally killed when he slips on a rock and his head is bashed in. This leads crooked Vice Squad cop Towers ( Jay Acovone) to stop Scott late at night on Mulholland Drive and blackmail him for $5,000 in hush money. His partner in their architect firm, Charlie Groves (Timothy Carhart), bribes an LA city commissioner to get a big architectural job bid. Upstart workaholic straight-arrow architect Scott Reinhardt (Tim Matheson) has a pretty wife Julianna ( Felicity Huffman ) and two small children, where he lives happily in a beautiful home in the Hollywood Hills. Donald Sutherland’s menacing performance as a corrupt sleazy blackmailer private detective, gives the film all the props it needs. Baloff and Dave Wollert keep it standard procedural crime drama fare until the twist at the climax. ”Ī made -for-cable thriller that’s competently directed by Michael Pressman (“Boulevard Nights”/”Some Kind of Hero”/”Dynamite Women”) and very watchable. “ Donald Sutherland’s menacing performance as a corrupt sleazy blackmailer private detective, gives the film all the props it needs. Towers) Runtime: 84 MPAA Rating: PG-13 producer: Peter I. Baloff / Dave Wollert cinematographer: Jacek Lascus editor: Millie Moore music: Paul Chihara cast: Tim Matheson ( Scott Reinhardt ), Donald Sutherland (Murdoch), Timothy Carhart ( Charlie Groves ), Felicity Huffman ( Julianna Reinhardt ), John Finn (Lt. (director: Michael Pressman screenwriters: Peter I. ![]()
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