I think a lot of us online can relate to this Ian. People that don't work online think we are just amusing ourselves; that it's nothing serious. They just don't understand and no amount of explaining seems to help....lol. So yes, I too tend to go with the flow when there's a knock at my door. You're in good company.
Hi Caroline, thanks for your comments. Yes, we all need to make offline time available to our loved ones and other distractors.
If you have something really important to be done, then perhaps schedule time for that task when you have historically fewer distractions. The best time is often first thing in the morning, preferably before anyone else gets up if you have live-ins. That's why CTP has "get up 30 minutes earlier" as one of the random 3 steps to success.