It is not always by plugging away at a difficulty and sticking to it that one overcomes it; often it is by working on the one next to it. Some things and some people have to be approached obliquely, at an angle.
It would be nice to have radio support, not that we've ever had that much trouble with it.
I have always been drawn to child-related causes. I find that people listen to me more when I advocate for children now that I have my own.