FreedomMoore

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  1. Sounds like a real problem. I am an extreme introvert who needs uninterrupted time to work on my writing. Luckily, I married another introvert who really understands that I need to be able to concentrate. Even so, it took some time to set boundaries. It worked, we have been married 24 years now. I tried letting my very extroverted friend rent the spare room for a while. This meant that I had to work in the dining room for the duration. And he could not find a way to stop interrupting me. One morning he interrupted me. I reminded him for at least the third time in 10 minutes that if my hands were on the keyboard, that I was working and please stop interrupting me. Then he actually interrupted me to tell me he was going to stop interrupting me. Then he interrupted me at least a few more times that morning alone. My friend interrupted me that many times every morning just getting out the door to work. We both realized that it was best we did not live in the same house. Especially since I did not have an office with a door to close if he was sleeping in it. He only stayed with me for about 2 months and we are still great friends. I just made sure not to try to work on anything that required concentration while he was home during those 2 months. And since he is an extreme extrovert, he was not often home. It looks like you are trying to do work that requires concentration in the same room as an extreme extrovert. You need to find a quiet place to do your work uninterrupted. One trick is to get some work done while everyone else in the house is asleep. Stay up late or get up early. Noise canceling headphones might help. You may need to find another place to work with a door that you can close. Or you will have to get your girlfriend to leave the house while you are working. Maybe she could get a full time job outside of the house or enroll in some classes or spend time visiting a friend while you are working. You do not seem to be able to work in the same room as your girlfriend any more than I could work in the same house as the friend that stayed with me for a couple of months. This does not mean you do not care about each other or that you cannot live with each other. You just can't work in the same room. This is why offices were invented.