Chasing Trends Will Leave You Broke (And Miserable)

Hello you sexy boys and girls.

2025 is coming up.

And I know many of you are going to be setting new year resolutions (which, we all know, you aren’t going to stick for more than a week.)

Well, if your new year resolution is to start writing online, I can help you with that.

You see, the biggest obstacle people face with writing online is just finding their niche.

“I don’t know what to talk about.”

When I was a beginner, even I didn’t.

In fact, I juggled around quite a few niches:

Productivity

Health

Graphic design

.. and ultimately stuck to writing.

Why?

Because writing was something I was genuinely passionate about.

With all the skills that I mentioned above, the biggest problem was that I was chasing it for the money. I thought to myself:

“Okay, this is trending, let’s try this..”

And eventually failed at all of them.

With writing, I was genuinely curious and passionate about it. I wanted to become a better writer, I wanted to learn all there was about writing.

Which is exactly how I knew that this is the niche I am going to stick to.

How?

Glad you asked.

Here’s exactly how to find your niche(& exactly how I found mine):

Make a list of all your curiosities

Something you’re really passionate about.

There are going to be times when things get tough for you. When you feel like you don’t have the energy to keep going. I’ve had my fair share of them.

At that time, it’s your passion that’s going to come in handy.

You are more likely to go through with if you genuinely enjoy what you’re writing about.

Read 3-5 books on that topic and share what you learn online

You will be a blank slate when you start writing.

And let’s be honest for a second, you won’t have ideas if you don’t consume enough information from your niche. So, make a list of 3-5 books from your niche, read it, make notes and write about those.

Let’s put it this way.

Your car won’t run without fuel.

The information you consume will be the fuel that’ll propel your car forward.

Makes sense?

Join a community for resources + feedback. 

This was a big one for me.

Recently, I invested in Dakota Robertson’s mentorship and it was a game changing investment for me. I could literally just ask him his take on the decisions I was making or the content I was writing.

And again, the community factor comes in handy for times when you don’t feel like going.

Another benefit of joining a community is you get instant feedback on whatever you wanna write about. It can also give you all the swipe files, templates and stuff that will help you with all the writing online things.

Solve problems for your past self with that niche and keep going.

The more you write, the more problems you’re going to face.

So, as you go along, keep a log of all the problems you’ve faced or all the problems you’re likely to face.

Write about those problems and you’re more than likely to attract the audience with similar interests and problems. This was by far, the best hack I ever came across.

Just make a list of problems you solved and boom, you have a bunch of ideas you can talk about.

Easy-peasy.

All right ladies and gents.

That was the ‘finding your niche’ masterclass for today.

As usual, I’m not saying this is gospel. I’m just sharing what worked for me and if you give it a shot, might work for you too.

And remember one thing: Finding your niche is not a marriage decision. You can always switch those.

Try it and let me know if you face any struggles.

Signing off:

Kush.