Most writers don't believe that we should practise extreme-self-care. Instead, we just keep going, regardless of how we feel. We live in tumultuous times. The world is in shambles as we are wiggling out of a pandemic. We push past exhaustion levels that we haven't experienced in decades. Some of us are getting seriously ill. And some writers are quite young and should be at the peak of their writing career. Yet, they are unwell or unable to think let alone write well.

Further, there are more incidents of depression and anxiety disorders among writers today than ever. We are burning out and unable to do our best creative work. In fact, suicide among writers is on the rise as well as mental and psychological illness.

Writers need to develop strategies to take care of themselves so that they can be at their best. They need to set boundaries around their time and create times for solitude and creativity. They should remove themselves from every day forms of stress that they are currently enduring because so much has gone wrong in the world.