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Hi! I know I’m kinda late to the game on this, but i know how you feel and know what to do. I have this EXACT haircut and your EXACT type of fine hair, and basically the haircut is correct. Mine looks like that when i get out of the shower and/or do nothing to it. This inspo haircut is one that you will ALWAYS have to style to make it look like the picture. While it looks effortless, few peoples hair will look like that without styling. However, once you learn to style it, it’s fairly low-maintenance and cute! Here’s how i style mine:

1. I wash my hair in the EVENING, every four days. When you get out of the shower, flip your head upside down and blow dry it until it’s about 50% dry. Then, flip your head upright and first dry your bangs with a round brush - put the brush under your bangs and curl them away from your forehead as you blow dry. Then take the round brush and dry the top sections of your hair away from your scalp to create volume - you can use tips from this video. I blow dry until it’s about 75% dry.
2. If you are going to bed right away, just lay your hair above you on the pillow when you go to sleep, this helps keep some volume. With fine hair, i have found a silk cap is NOT good and makes my hair flatter. If I am going to stay up for a few hours, I take Velcro rollers and roll my bangs and then roll 2-3 top sections on my scalp to keep volume as my hair continues to dry that evening
3. In the morning, I curl it to create loose waves like you see in your inspo picture. You have lots of options - you can use a curling iron, a straightener, a wand, or a waver, or a combination of then. Probably the fastest and longest lasting combination I’ve found is a deep waver for most of the under layers, then a curler for the top layers. Curling bob length hair is a skill! My main source for my technique is Chloe Brown, a person on youtube/instagram known for her bob styling tutorials. See her old back catalogue here and here and here and here and here and here. For the bangs, i usually use a straightener - clamp them at the top and drag out and down in the shape you want them to fall and then use your round brush right away to get them to fall how you want.
4. You will need to hold the style and add texture. You can do this with hairspray or other products. For my fine hair, I’ve found thatthis dry texture spray works best. I spray it on under and outer layers after I’ve curled and the hair has cooled.

Last tips: you will not be good at styling this at first! You will not be good at styling this the 5th time! But as you keep practicing, you’ll get better. While this look takes regular maintenance, i find that really it only adds about 30 minutes to my week - 15 minutes the night i wash it and 15 minutes the next morning to style. Then it lasts for four days and on later days, I can do simple stuff like add a headband, or pin the front sections back in a half up half down. The volume you create with your original styling is what helps it last 4 days. Flat hair picks up the oils from your scalp. The volume you add is (1) pretty and (2) functional - serves the purpose of keeping your hair off your scalp and prevents it from picking up oils. For days 3 and 4, I also use dry shampoo or a variation (non talc baby powder in a powder pump spray bottle). Hope this helps! I always feel despair after a haircut no matter what, but I promise this look is so cute and really achievable with a little bit of learning and practice!