We cherish our privacy, but when you become a public person—especially the kind who makes himself available to the public, as opposed to celebrities who though public can maintain a distance from the public—you cherish your privacy even more, because you have less of it, and it is harder to get away. Therefore, when the apostles returned from a mission trip, Jesus sought to give them private time,

And the apostles, when they had returned, told Him all that they had done. Then He took them and went aside privately into a deserted place belonging to the city called Bethsaida. But when the multitudes knew it, they followed Him; and He received them and spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and healed those who had need of healing (Luke 9.10–11).

I have found that this is the most frequently quoted reason as to why some men will not preach, they fear losing their private lives. They fear being “on call,” all the time.

However, while I have had to deal with that issue, I have managed to work things out for having private time, and people respect it.

Respect people and their time, and most often, they will respect you and your time.