Jerome Salinger. The writer has left behind a modest literary legacy: one novel and 17 short stories. The faster the success of Over The Abyss In Rye grew, the more the author moved away from the world. In 1965, he stopped publishing and closed in his mansion in the town of Corniche, New Hampshire. There he joined the Eastern spiritual practices, non-traditional medicine, wrote exclusively for himself and occasionally broke the silence, to besiege through lawyer's next biographer or a copycat. ⠀ Emily Dickinson. For the last two decades of her life, she has not left the family nest, talked to visitors through a closed door, treated neighbors' children in a basket through the second-floor window, and listened to her father's funeral without leaving her bedroom. Of the 1800 poems she wrote during her lifetime, eight were published. Most friends knew Dickinson solely by correspondence. ⠀ Marcel Proust. From the age of 9, Proust had severe asthma and, after deterioration, almost stopped leaving home, dedicating himself to writing. He locked himself in a studio that did not let in any sunlight. With the help of tightly closed casements, he fought against the disease. The walls of his bedroom, upholstered with corkwood, did not allow a single sound from the street. ⠀ I am writing these examples to keep your hands on the ground. People have created works for centuries sitting alone, far away from the world. A lot of people panic after watching the news and statistics; the house is dull and sad. It's essential to get a grip on yourself, to get down to business. Perhaps something you like very much, but what you didn't have enough time for before. Fill your free time with useful things. Maybe someone will now see for themselves new opportunities that will bring them success in the future.