I used to run a small business from a home office. I didn’t end up like that guy but my problem was that I brought the business home when I was a widower and when I remarried my new wife wouldn’t stay out of my hair and let me run the business. When I closed the door to shut out noise and distractions she couldn’t stop coming up with excuses to stick her head in, apparently she thought I was trying to make a date with another woman or something.