One Cold Email. One Big Break.

From bank balance panic to a $10K/month job — here's how one honest AI prompt flipped everything.

Credits: Lexica

I won’t sugarcoat it.

I was drowning, not in water.

Not dramatically. Just in the quiet, soul-sapping kind of misery that doesn’t make headlines — but makes you question everything.

You probably know the type.

It’s the 2 AM job board scroll. The fake smile when your friends talk about their promotions. That bitter “f*ck this” you whisper every time your inbox loads one more rejection — or worse, silence.

I have been getting frustrated with the rejection on Substack with very few paid subscribers for the last year.

Then something snapped.

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The Breakdown Before the Breakthrough

It was a grey Thursday. For lunch, I had microwave noodles again—the sad kind where even guilt about your health doesn’t bother to show up anymore.

My laptop sat open, taunting me with rejection after rejection. One company had ghosted me after three rounds of interviews.

Rent was due. My bank balance stared at me.

I didn’t throw anything. I didn’t cry. But inside, something boiled.

Out of pure desperation, I opened ChatGPT.

No, this isn’t an AI love story. I didn’t expect magic.

I just typed one frustrated sentence:

“Write me a cold email to land a content writing job that doesn’t sound fake or desperate.”

That’s it.

No overthinking. No marketing buzzwords. Just a digital scream into the void.

And what came back? Blew my damn mind.