u/Heavy-Mushroom-9194 — reddlx

I tryied to find some UGC creators using Billo but I didnt find any good creator.

All the creators i found were expensive because of the followers (like micro influencer with an high flat fee) but in my case I was looking for like 5 solid UGC creators with a good experience and portfolio. I've already tested a UGC campaign in the past, but all the creators I hired didn't deliver results, I wasted a ton of money on flop videos that didn't even cover costs, so a negative ROI. That's why I'm looking for creators with a CPM pricing model. Browsing here on Reddit I found some options, but it's hard to find consistent quality, some creators have little experience, others can't speak English well, so the vetting process takes forever.

Asking here: what platforms do you recommend that aren't Billo, since I've already wasted time with that one? Thanks

My wife is one of those people. You know the type.

Her alarm goes off at 6am just one quiet beep and she’s just UP. She’s in the shower by 6:05, having coffee by 6:20, and she’s usually read half a book or cleared her inbox before I’ve even opened one eye.

I watched her yesterday while I lay in bed, drifting in and out of a 40-minute snooze cycle, and it hit me: I think being a morning person is 100% genetic. I asked her how she does it without feeling like a zombie, and she just shrugged and said, "I don't know, the alarm went off so I got up. Why would I stay in bed if I'm awake?"

Meanwhile, I feel like I’m fighting a physical war every morning. I’ve been working for 8 years and I have never felt that natural urge to jump out of bed. I honestly believe that no matter how many habits you try to build, some people are just born with a different OS.

Since I clearly don't have the “early bird gene," I’ve had to stop relying on willpower because mine is non-existent at 6am. The only way I’ve narrowed the gap between my wife's routine and mine is to force myself to do an action in the moment I wake up.

Since I can't trust my brain, I use an app to lock me out of my phone until I physically get up and take a picture of my espresso machine in the kitchen.

My "survival" routine (for the non-genetically gifted):

the forced launch: I set a “object hunt” mission on this app called Wayk. I have to run to the kitchen to kill the alarm by taking a picture of the coffee machine otherwise it doesn’t stop.
the immediate light shock: as soon as the mission is done, I turn on the brightest overhead light in the kitchen. It feels like an interrogation, but it’s the only thing that stops the melatonin.
COFFEE! I don't let myself sit down until the coffee is brewed.

I’m still not happy at 6am like she is. I still don't have that natural glow or the morning person DNA. But forcing the physical movement via the app mission is the only thing that has kept me from losing my job.

Am I crazy, or is the “5am club” just a group of people who were born with a different brain chemistry? Does anyone else have to trick themselves into being a functional human?