Distracted is the opposite of preoccupied

Brandy 2022-10-12 23:28:38

I noticed an interesting detail. Brad was always on his way to the "next place" without being ready for what to do there. And this, revealed his crux. A long time ago, a British colleague said to me, save your energy. He came to Shanghai on a business trip for just two days, and he didn't have much in-depth contact with him. His casual reminder actually cured me. 10 years of trouble. Like Brad, I'm used to going through the future in my head. It seems like this can reduce the burden, and it seems like this can make things better, and it takes a lot of energy without knowing it. As a result, not only did he fail to change the status quo, but he was also framed in his own "planning", wasting every moment in a daze and meaningless. This isn't a mid-life crisis, it's a long-term rush, not finding myself. Fortunately, he was awakened by a song, and suddenly found that the real world still loved him. Music is indeed an outlet to find one's own rhythm, because music itself is a kind of rhythm, the key is to hear the echo. When a person dances to the music, the body responds to the music. And Brad didn't find himself because he didn't get a response. Position, money, success, etc. are the responses, but he doesn't. The wife who is easy to satisfy in his mouth is the opposite. The difference between the two is that his wife can easily recognize the response of life to her, so she is easy to be satisfied. Brad, on the other hand, sees success as a response and turns a blind eye to other types of responses. Mind you, Brad's entire midlife crisis started with insomnia. Sleep is a measure of a person's ability to concentrate. Think about what you were doing with your full attention last time? Imagine why the roller coaster is exciting? Is it because I can't hold a little extra stuff in my head? Was that one minute of preoccupation cool? Is this what Brad is missing?

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  • Brad Sloan: [narrating] Her friend, Maya was equally captivating, equally compelling. I suddenly felt a deep grief... for all the women I would never love and all the lives I would never live. I imaging running away with them both and starting again and what that might look like.

  • Troy Sloan: When we were walking around today and you embarrassing me, I kept thinking, like, you know, if I go to this school, everybody here's gonna remember this and I'm never gonna live this down. But... you know, they're not gonna remember. Because, everybody's just thinking about themselves. You know? Nobody cares. Like, the only person that's thinking about you, is me, so... the only person's opinion that you should really care about is mine.

    Brad Sloan: Yeah. What's your opinion?

    Troy Sloan: Well, I love you.

    Brad Sloan: Thank you.