Since this is a free forum with no ability (or desire) to demand any task from you greater than those which you have set before yourself, I can only assume it's because you already understand the value of working from life (else you would not have felt compelled to comment), which all I would want to make sure of if I could.
I hope you don't feel that we require you to change your methods or make excuses? Certainly not, especially in the off-topic threads. We can suggest and hope, but that isn't the sort of thing you need to feel pressured by.