Describe some detail of your daily routine that would discourage sane people from considering writing as a profession. Routine implies work.
Work implies drudgery.
Drudgery implies pain and suffering. To discover that even writing has its share of pointless, demeaning routine has to be a nasty shock. Maize, or as my people call it, corn. The word was originally used to refer to the chief cereal grain of any area, whether the grain was wheat or oats or whatever. Your Corn Flakes will be as expected whether you're in America or Zaire, so there you have it.