Standing in it is the part people skip. The dinner gets cooked, everyone says it was lovely, and the cook spends the last hour of the evening at the sink with their back to the room.
Making something good and being inside it are two separate acts, and the second one takes a deliberate stop. Sit down at your own table. Stay in the water another five minutes. Let the record play to the end of the side.
What you built doesn't do very much for you from the doorway.