REDFORD made it look so easy.

After nearly a week of Movember, my mo has started to slowly take shape but it’s no picnic.

Prior to this week, I liked to maintain (in the loosest possible sense of the word) a short growth all over which I buzzed over with clippers.

Now, every morning I go through a groggy game of ‘Where’s Jim going to cut himself today?’ Will it be the neck, the bottom of the chin, the side of the chin or that poor tortured mole? One day it was all of the above.

And then there’s the shaping, which is hard enough given how patchily the sprouts are growing. Not surprisingly, this is the first time I have attempted to grow something ridiculous on my face and it’s tough. The third morning I scythed the left bit too thin so now I’m uneven until it grows back out.

On November 1, I went on a night out to celebrate a colleague leaving (yes, Alan, if you’re reading this, I do mean celebrate) and I was chuffed with how the pictures looked the next day.

Now every time I look in the mirror I think, ‘Oh god, you d**k’.

One of the reasons for growing this thing, according to the Movember site, is that it is a conversation starter about men’s health. It has been more of a stare garner.

Even though I have had the difficulties, I haven’t had much Mo Money to go with my Mo Problems, with just the one donation coming in so far. Thanks Suzanne. So come on guys, share your Mo pics with me and chip in for charity.

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Find out more about Movember at movember.com

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