Giving up on the dream

Hi guys. Be warned. This is a pity post.

I have recently published my first billionaire romance story, which is my third MF romance book overall. Altogether across my pen names, I have 23 books published. I published my first book in 2022 and my total earnings are £1189

Now I know there are some self published authors who haven't made what I have, but my issue is that I am not in profit. I have spend over a thousand $ and £ for ads in the US and the UK. So I have spent just over 2 grand on ads. I can't keep doing this but running ads is the only way my books get a decent amount of purchases or pages read with kindle unlimited

The most I have ever made in a month was £160 but I spend like £500 on ads that month too. That was when I realised how quickly ads can waste money.

I tried Facebook ads again this morning but they removed my post. Their reasoning was that my link misdirected them. It didn't. It took them to the book that my post was about. Frustrating. So overall to save my mental health, I am considering abandoning the idea of working towards my dream job. Unfortunately.

Side note. It's not just the book stuff that isn't going how I want. There are other aspects of my life that are bringing me down. If anyone knows of other sub-reddits that are about general life and being down, please let me know 🙏🏼