No, she didn't say she wants to retire or that she doesn't want her views back. On the contrary, she said she would prefer to make ASMR videos forever, but she knows a time will come when that well will run dry. Some of you like to call Sharon dumb, but I think she in many ways has a good head on her shoulders.
Just as she is correctly self-aware about her physical strengths and weaknesses, she is also aware that the vast majority of her viewers/supporters are men, and she also tracks what content doesn't perform and then makes fewer of those kinds of videos. It is clear from her behavior that she does want views—she is mindful about not dedicating her time, energy, resources, and platform to content that has proven not to do well—but every now and then you have to send out feelers and test the water.
Because she knows her ASMR career can't last forever, her aspiration would be to find success as a writer. But while she is hopeful about her book, she is also somewhat realistic. She knows how slim any author's chances are of getting a foothold in the first place, but she faces additional hurdles. The publishers weren't receptive of what she submitted, and she knows her writing ability and command of English prose aren't up to par. She is banking on the story standing on its own, and also on the fact that she has an existing audience who might serve as an initial baseline of support.
The issue is that her audience doesn't care about her writing. They ostensibly care about ASMR, which doesn't share much overlap, but moreover they are interested in Sharon because she is attractive. If her ASMR audience isn't showing support for her kids channel, why would they show support for her book? Logically, we can expect even less support for that. Not only is it further removed from ASMR, her attractiveness won't come into play on the written page. The book is understandably very personal to Sharon, so though she is aware of all these things, she still doesn't see the big picture as clearly as the rest of us. The book will fail. It is certain and inevitable. (As an aside, like others have said, the small number of views on her kids channel are from a niche group of guys who like to stroke it to a 30-year-old Sharon dressed like a little girl. Her audience is predominantly men, and that is just reality.)
A lot has been said about Sharon being a prude, but the truth is that she has been open to trying certain things. She has extended some olive branches and thrown some bones to the coomers, albeit under cover of plausible deniability, and she has been rewarded in those instances with greater activity and popularity for those videos. Just check the "most replayed" section of some of them. I think what's holding her back is not necessarily her personal views on propriety, but rather what she fears society will think of her, how it might limit her potential opportunities, and also what it might mean if she ever becomes a mother. But firstly, we are living in a new world now. A lot of this stuff is becoming pretty normalized and accepted. Secondly, spicy content is her most realistic and concrete avenue to not only financial security, but extreme financial comfort. So long as she comports herself with honesty and doesn't rip people off, she will be beloved, and once you have that kind of money, that tends to remedy most of the other concerns. As harsh as it is, I don't see her finding success in anything else.
If she took a hard look at herself, she would have a decision to make, and she would have to make it sooner rather than later. She can't wait until everything else fails. She has her looks right now, but there is a finite window on that just as there is a finite window on her ASMR channel. She has to make the move while she is still popular and attractive, because that is a career path that absolutely will transfer with her established audience.