your will power article was very good. eye opening.
You said it takes a lot of time to research an article and create one. Well, you are not going to make money overnight. Even if you can write 75 articles like that in 1 year... you'll have golden content. And with a bit of optimization... you could make decent money and keep growing. And then in time, you'll have good steady traffic.
The main thing is it takes time and growth is always exponential. So I would say stick to it... and commit. This is what i've read and learnt. Good luck.