ChatGPT Changed Her Life

If you'd told Christine a year ago that she'd be chatting with an AI assistant on her lunch breaks, she would have rolled her eyes and gone back to folding jeans at the store. Tech just wasn't her thing. She worked full-time at a bustling clothing store in the city, juggling customer service, stock rotation, and unpredictable shifts. Her days were long, her time was precious, and the idea of figuring out how to "talk to a robot" just felt like another thing to worry about.

But what changed?

Well, it started with something small. Christine had a Saturday off—rare, golden. She wanted to plan a relaxing day but felt overwhelmed. “I don’t even know what I want to do,” she sighed, opening her phone. Scrolling through Instagram only made it worse: everyone seemed to have their life perfectly curated. She remembered a friend once mentioning ChatGPT. "You can literally ask it anything," her friend had said. Christine, sceptical but curious, typed: "Can you help me plan a chill Saturday?"

Within seconds, she got a gentle, tailored suggestion: sleep in, start the day with a walk and coffee at her favourite café, followed by a few thrift shops she hadn’t explored in ages, and then some downtime with a movie she’d been meaning to watch. It felt oddly personal. So… she tried it.

That day went better than she expected.

The next time she needed to organize a grocery run, she asked ChatGPT to help her create a shopping list for a week of healthy meals. Then she asked for recipes. Then she asked for quick ideas for meal prep on a Sunday afternoon.

Soon, it wasn’t just about shopping lists or time planning—it was about reclaiming mental space. Christine began using ChatGPT to draft texts she didn’t know how to word, to help her brainstorm small gift ideas for coworkers, even to write down the thoughts that swirled in her head late at night.

She still worked at the store. She still had busy days. But she no longer carried all the pressure in her mind. “It’s like having a really patient, judgment-free friend,” she now tells people, whenever they ask about how she’s so organized lately.

What Christine learned is that you don’t have to be tech-savvy to make technology work for you. You have to start.

She did. And it changed everything.