When is it time to call it a day?

I have been doing OF since 2022. It took me a year to get to consistent $1k a month. This summer I consistently got to $4.5k a month but never to my goal of $5k.

Last year I set a target of $5k or I will quit. Well I didn’t make it and now I’m faced with the reality of falling income and not making ends meet, with ever increasingly difficult promo.

What do I do? When do I say this isn’t for me? Is my big break still coming? What am I doing wrong? :(

Context: I am in the curvy girlfriend niche. I have about 250 subs. I promote on 4 IGs (was 8 but 4 had <5k monthly reach for months on end). 8x Threads. 2x Twitter. 2x Bluesky. 2x Facebook. I’m in all the advice groups and discords and follow all the advice I can, just none of it works. I’ve changed up my niche several times. My content is high quality.

Is there anyone that can give me hope that things might change? That I’m not just flogging a dead horse?