I do not consider your experience a “failure”, but rather learning about what worked and what didn't. Also, kudos to you I'm for shamelessly sharing your blogging experience. You are brave to be vulnerable.

I have a new blog that is 5 months old. davidonu.com. I am still struggling to generate good traffic. But, I am fairly consistent, have an email list and have narrowed in to “relationship and marriage” niche after analysing engagement and surveying my readers.

Did you do any of the above?