Shut the Door

I need a quiet place to write. I'm sure most of us do. Most of the offices I've worked in have been loud. It's always difficult to write or edit when your office-mates are loud. While they were fun environments, they made it very hard to think. Now that I work from home, I feel guilty shutting the door. After all, (I think) how loud can a teenager, two dogs, and a husband be? Very, it turns out. The dogs always want to be where I am and preferably on my lap, the sixteen-year old always needs to go somewhere or eat something. The husband needs a lot of attention too. Usually, where is this or that since we just moved. I've decided to dedicate an hour a day to writing. Will it work? I hope so. Writing is cathartic for me. My mind needs time to rest from the craziness of life. I'm overwhelmed. We should all shut the door and take an hour a day. If you need to go outside or in the basement next to the washing machine so be it. Just do it!