Abstain.er

I avoid things too. And maybe that’s my biggest fear – to miss out, to regret, to drift away from the life I want to live. All in the service of a “sacred” goal – to be special, exceptional – a goal that might actually distance us from simple, ordinary, and fulfilling participation in life. This film follows the movements of a person avoiding engagement with life. Narrated by Alon Neuman, and inspired by the ideas of Alfred Adler and the book Jump Into the Water by Dr. Anabella Shaked