21 years old, been trying online business for 6 years. Win And Lost and need advice from people Please read my history!

Honestly, the thing that stood out to me is that you've actually made money multiple times. A lot of people spend 6 years online and never make a dollar. Making $2k/month and then losing it sucks, but that's different from never succeeding at all. To me it sounds less like you can't make money and more like you haven't figured out how to keep and grow what works. I'd spend less time looking for the next opportunity and more time figuring out why the previous ones died. You're only 21. Most people don't even start trying until that age.
 
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haspamm said:
Honestly, the thing that stood out to me is that you've actually made money multiple times. A lot of people spend 6 years online and never make a dollar. Making $2k/month and then losing it sucks, but that's different from never succeeding at all. To me it sounds less like you can't make money and more like you haven't figured out how to keep and grow what works. I'd spend less time looking for the next opportunity and more time figuring out why the previous ones died. You're only 21. Most people don't even start trying until that age.
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There were some people who used to tell me that all the time. And even in this thread, people are telling me, “Why don’t you keep doing what was working?” And I don’t know how to answer that my brain just can’t come up with an answer. Maybe it’s because I’m addicted to quick money and quick opportunities? Maybe. I worked on the Roblox website for a few months making that money. But now that it doesn’t work anymore because it depended on a channel it seems like I’ve given up, just like ALL my other projects. But that did make me think, yes.
 
xploadercpm said:
I was really hyped about making a bunch of websites. But I ended up giving up on half of them.
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And that's the paradox of running your own business. No boss means freedom, but it also means freedom to ignore the boring parts.
 
Stavro said:
And that's the paradox of running your own business. No boss means freedom, but it also means freedom to ignore the boring parts.
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Yes, in that sense I never gave up. It's been 6 years and I'm still here at 21. And I hope I never give up.
 
xploadercpm said:
Yes, in that sense I never gave up. It's been 6 years and I'm still here at 21. And I hope I never give up.
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Staying in the game isn't the same as sticking with the project. That's the part I'm talking about.
 
I really like your life story, because it has a lot in common with mine. Maybe there comes a time in life when you need to know yourself.

I also want to start a family but I can't, because I have lost so many things that don't allow me to settle down. Brother, you know a lot, be it good or bad.

The problem is, you don't have the money you used to have. Earlier you used to make good money from your small business, but now even after working for so long, you can't make the same money as before.

In my opinion, you take the good and the bad together and work in such a way that only the good side is in front. Take it for the long term, the bad for the short term, so that it can change.
 
hellobuyer said:
I really like your life story, because it has a lot in common with mine. Maybe there comes a time in life when you need to know yourself.

I also want to start a family but I can't, because I have lost so many things that don't allow me to settle down. Brother, you know a lot, be it good or bad.

The problem is, you don't have the money you used to have. Earlier you used to make good money from your small business, but now even after working for so long, you can't make the same money as before.

In my opinion, you take the good and the bad together and work in such a way that only the good side is in front. Take it for the long term, the bad for the short term, so that it can change.
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Let's see how it goes... I'm not saying I'm out of time, but I am saying that a lot of time has passed and I've suffered for many years trying to make it work. My parents constantly tell me to get a job and that this isn't real work. I've been hearing this for six years, ever since I left school. And they only valued me when I had money. Now that I've lost everything, it's started all over again.
 
xploadercpm said:
Yeah, I get it!. In my case, I refuse to work a regular job. It’s not that I want to be a bum far from it but my perspective has always been different. I’ve come close before, but oh well… I keep trying and trying and trying, but my brain is getting more and more fried.
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Never say no to anything. In current times, you need to be as much flexible as possible.
 
I've been making money online for many years, and I've gone through situations like yours several times. The key is that I never gave up. I kept working hard, stayed consistent, and eventually got back on track. Today, my business is stable again.
 
Kome said:
I've been making money online for many years, and I've gone through situations like yours several times. The key is that I never gave up. I kept working hard, stayed consistent, and eventually got back on track. Today, my business is stable again.
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You depend on just one business at the moment or have multiple ?
 
xploadercpm said:
Hey guys, I'm 21 years old from Portugal. I've been trying to make money online for around 6 years now. I've done a bit of everything websites, SEO, dropshipping, affiliate ads, content sites, automation, and many other things. A few years ago I went down the wrong path and got involved in fraud. I'm not proud of it. I got caught, dealt with the consequences, and since then I've been trying to build things legally. The problem is that legal business feels 100x harder. I know some people will say "good, it should be harder", and I get that. But I'm being honest here. For the last few years I've been constantly building projects, learning new skills, testing ideas, failing, trying again, failing again. Recently I built multiple SEO websites. Invested money, time, content, domains, hosting. So far the results are disappointing. Make like 2k month but the site is died and that's what bothers me the most everything I do that starts to go well dies after a few months or days. I don't know what kind of bad luck I have. Now I'm at a point where I feel completely stuck. Not because I don't want to work. Actually the opposite. I work every day. I think about business all day. I can't even relax properly because my brain is always trying to find the next opportunity. What I'm missing is direction. I also feel extremely isolated. Years ago I always had someone to brainstorm with. Today it's just me sitting in front of a computer trying to figure everything out alone. I've been talking to AI tools a lot recently because I genuinely ran out of people to ask. But honestly, I don't want another AI answer. I want answers from real people who have actually built something.
So my questions are
  • Have you ever reached a point where you felt completely out of ideas?
  • How did you get out of that phase?
  • If you were 21 today, with decent SEO, marketing and technical skills, what would you focus on?
  • Would you double down on one thing or keep testing opportunities?

    I'm not looking for motivation. I'm looking for honest advice from people who have actually made money online and survived the ups and downs. Thanks.
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I have the same problem and that happens because you are smart and you can do many things; it's called paralysis analysis. Just stick with something, make a firm decision and go with it. Find something that is paying you the most for your time; the rest you can outsource to VAs from Pakistan or the Phillipines.
 
Nikolaos said:
I have the same problem and that happens because you are smart and you can do many things; it's called paralysis analysis. Just stick with something, make a firm decision and go with it. Find something that is paying you the most for your time; the rest you can outsource to VAs from Pakistan or the Phillipines.
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thanks for your comment bro!
 
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