I say to such women: Write!

Fanny Fern's advice to women who want to keep-off inanition and not become mentally annihilated in "Folly as it Flies" is to: Write! Women bound by "a woman's sphere is home" devote little time to the replenishing of their bodies, souls and minds. Women, often busy with diverse labor intense tasks in the household and in tending the needs for many others, forget to leave some time to devote to themselves and replenish their physical, mental and spiritual energy. This is needed to continue with their lives and if not done it makes women's lives much shorter. Fern advises women to take care of themselves even if no one else will, in order to continue to be alive to take care of others. Women should devote some time to themselves by reading and/or writing. Fern's offers women other practical advice to improve the quality of their lives: take time to rest when tired or sick, take at least 15 minutes everyday for a walk outside the home, go to church on Sunday, have less children, take time to get to know the children by talking to them. Fern must tell women to devote some time to the sustainment and development of their own self and mind because women are trained to think of all others before themselves.