Struggles, my old friend

It's funny; when I was thinking about what to start writing a blog about, I struggled. I needed something that someone else could relate to, but my areas of expertise are pretty niech. How do you spell neich? You know the word that means not mainstream. You know you are bad at spelling when even grammarly has no idea what you are going for.

Niche!

Thank you, google.

Back to my expertise. I am a writer and performer specialising in children's comedy. You would not have seen any of my work because nothing has really taken off, not from lack of trying. But I have been able to consistently work in this area full time for nearly 5 years, which I am very grateful for. I worked on my skills on the side for almost 15 years before being able to quit my job at the bank to be able to write full time.

But this is not a blog about how to perform or write for children; it's about the thing I faced when trying to choose a topic for this blog and the thing I face all the time literally. Struggle.

I am a professional struggler. I am just really incompetent at so many things, but I do them anyway, and that is where this blog comes from. I literally looked up the word struggle in the dictionary today for the first time and noticed something amazing. Yes, the definition is pretty bleak, talking about violence and efforts to break free, but it also had this to say.

'Struggle: to strive to achieve or attain something in the face of difficulty or resistance.'

Now that is what we are talking about. This blog is dedicated to trying to achieve or attain something in the face of a lot of difficulties (that are not my skill set) and so much resistance (mainly from myself doubting myself), and I hope that it gets read and encourages you to struggle too.

I really want to finish this with a motivational part like 'come along with me on the journey', but I am struggling.