🟡 I Almost Gave Up

Hey friend,

Just had a memory come back of when I first got started with faceless AI content.

It was 3 AM, sitting at my desk, red-eyed, editing another video that would probably get...

40 views.

42 views.

39 views.

Video after video, the same pathetic numbers.

That night, two thoughts were battling in my head:

Thought #1: "This is all a scam. Everyone online is just a scammer. Go back to playing video games and be 'happy'."

Thought #2: "But I just saw another 15-year-old making $10K a month from faceless content..."

That first voice was comforting.

Blaming "the algorithm."

Blaming "oversaturation."

Blaming "gurus."

But deep down, I knew something uncomfortable:

Those were just excuses to make myself feel better.

The truth was harder to swallow:

I was exactly where I deserved to be.

I hadn't taken consistent action.

I hadn't pushed through the failures.

I hadn't proven to the world I wanted this badly enough.

Coming from a “self improvement“ journey for the past couple years prior I had learned one big thing…

The people who blame external factors never feel the need to change.

And if you don't change, nothing around you will either.

Was I sad realizing it was my fault? Absolutely.

But that deprivation became my motivation.

For months, I'd been living this double life:

Either waking up at 5 AM to create content before school...

Or staying up until 3 AM, bleary-eyed, trying to figure out why nothing was working.

TikTok was a disaster for me.

But instead of quitting, I got obsessed with learning what worked for the others ahead.

So I decided to give it all a second big try and moved to Instagram.

Applied everything I'd learned from those failures.

And then it happened.

My first video hit 100,000 views.

Then 500,000.

Then millions.

Today after helping hundreds of students this last year, I've noticed a pattern:

The people who hate their current situation the most are the ones most motivated for change.

Because true motivation doesn't come from blaming external factors.

It comes from acknowledging where you are, owning it, and deciding it's not good enough.

Deprivation → Motivation → Action → Results

That's the formula.

I know exactly how it feels:

• When your content flops over and over

• When you see other people blow up right past you

• When you wonder if you're just wasting your time

That moment of doubt comes for everyone.

The difference is what you do next.

If any part of this story resonates with you...

If you're in that phase where you're questioning whether this is worth it...

Let's talk.

Because the only regret I hear from my students is that they didn’t start and get help sooner.

-Stay awesome💪

Melvin Hagström (AI Volve)