The answer is simple...Don't do it. You obviously don't want to do it otherwise you would do it.

Or, the alternative answer is just as simple...

If it means something to you - either from a career or personal perspective - and you want to do it, just do it.

You've given up time with your family to do it and you are wasting time on here or with cleaning, pondering, etc instead. Time you could be spending with your boys and DH. That time will be wasted if you are still working on this when they get home and you need to ignore them in order to write the article.

So, long story short...if you are going to do it, do it. If it's not important to you, don't do it. Go and have lunch with your family instead.

Problem solved