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Am I the prime example of "chasing the next shiny object"?
Yes.
But, luckily for you, there's no such thing as a perfect business. All businesses have their problems and difficulties. This is lucky for you because the solution is simple.
You must change your expectations. Expect opportunity mixed with difficulty. Lots of people are selling "get rich easy", but the only place that exists is in the lottery. If you are looking for the easy way, you'll start something and give up at the first sign of difficulty.
Your coworkers are right: business is hard. It's hard because (1) it requires you to unselfishly serve the needs of your customers, (2) it requires you to do so profitably (revenue - expenses > 0), and (3) it requires you to compete against others who have been doing it longer.
Right now you're not even close to aware of the kinds of opportunities there are. You think that YouTube and ecommerce are the main ways people make money. I challenge you to open your eyes and put on your "producer hat". Look at everything around you and ask: how does it get here?
Your school is built out of brick (probably). Someone made those bricks. Someone built the school. Someone installed the plumbing and toilets. Someone installed the electricity. Someone put in the floors.
You went to the store recently. What did you buy? How much did you pay for it? Who owns the brand? Who makes the product? How did you know to go to that store? Who owns the building that the store is in? Who built the building? If the store is more than 3 years old and still in business, it's probably profitable. How could that be the case? How long were you in the store? How many people were there? Knowing that, how many people probably visit the store every day? How much do they spend? Knowing this, how much money is the store making per day?
You have an internship at a company. How do they make money? Who buys from them? Why do they buy? What does it cost the customer? What might it cost the company?
Make educated guesses for these questions. Do this for a while and you'll notice opportunity everywhere.
But opportunity is not actually your problem. The problem is that you need to learn how to execute properly. The only way to do that is to try something, fail at it, then try it again but better. Your first attempts will lack the effort and insight needed to be successful, but that's part of it. Just try to do it better.