Seven Ways to Disappear
The Book within the Book
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Want to disappear from your life? Of course, you do. Otherwise, you wouldn't have picked up this book. There are many reasons for wanting to disappear. Maybe you feel trapped in a job you don't want, but, because you have mountains of bills to pay you stay. Maybe you're trapped in a relationship you loath, but you need love and stability, so you stay. Maybe the trappings of family life have gotten you down, but you're committed to your partner and kids, so you stay and feel your soul dying a little bit every day. Maybe you're trapped by the boredom of your humdrum life, wishing you could reverse every decision you made that led you to this point in your life of wanting a new one. Whatever the reason, you've probably had enough and are ready to disappear.
Disappearing is easy. We do it all the time. We disappear into ourselves, or into our vices; into our jobs, or into our relationships; into our fears, or into our hatred; into our depression, or into our dreams. We also disappear by packing up and leaving others, with the goal of leaving our troubles behind.
In the end --- disappearing --- like living --- takes courage.
I've compiled these 7 Ways to Disappear to give you hope and direction --- to give you something I didn't have when I wanted to disappear. Think of this list as a guide to help you to achieve your goal. My disclaimer: How you choose to disappear is up to you. You must live with and accept the consequences of your decisions and actions. You can't blame me.
As I sit alone in my warm, dark apartment filled with freedom and enlightenment, I present you with 7 Ways to literally, metaphysically and symbolically disappear:
1. Reinvention of Self
2. Withdrawal Into Yourself
3. Drugs and Alcohol
4. Isolation
5. Sleep
6. Invisibility
7. Death
Decide for yourself which way, or any combination thereof, best fits your need to disappear.
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About the Book
After the events of September 11, 2001, four disconnected friends in Los Angeles are overcome with feelings of hopelessness and despair. They want to choose a way to literally, metaphysically, and symbolically disappear. But as they are about to discover, disappearing—like living—takes courage.
In a unique guide based on an unpublished story about those friends, André Wade presents seven ways to disappear from life that include encouragement to reinvent self, withdraw into self, isolate, sleep, create invisibility, and more. While reminding others that they must live with the consequences of every decision, Wade also offers empowering suggestions on how to create a clear plan, shun a former existence, and utilize thoughts and imagination to transform into the truest versions of themselves.
Seven Ways to Disappear is a concise guide that offers creative insight on how to employ multiple methods to reinvent ourselves and a path forward in life.
About the Author
André C. Wade was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada. He fell in love with writing after taking two semesters of African American Literature at the University of Nevada Las Vegas that also led him to taking on a minor in English. Ever since then he’s wanted to write in some form or fashion. Seven Ways to Disappear: The Book within the Book is his first published work of fiction. He has had numerous Op-eds and articles published in magazines and newspapers advocating on behalf of social issues.