By skyforbes 
I spent three weeks trying to get ChatGPT to write me a sonnet about Yorkshire. It produced something that rhymed “moors” with “doors” in a way that would make a medieval bard weep. Then I realised the machine wasn’t broken — I was just asking it to do party tricks when it was actually quite good at real work.
Most people treat ChatGPT like that uncle at Christmas who keeps doing magic tricks nobody asked for. What they miss is that it’s genuinely useful for the boring stuff. The stuff that makes life run smoother. The stuff that doesn’t get you any credit but saves you hours.
Here’s what actually works. And yes, it’s funnier than you’d think.
1. Fixing Your Writing Without Making It Sound Like a LinkedIn Bot
You’ve written something — an email, a complaint letter, a ranty blog post — and it feels clunky. You know it’s clunky. Your dog knows it’s clunky. So you paste it into ChatGPT with one simple instruction: “Make this clearer and punchier. Keep my voice. Don’t turn me into a corporate automaton.”
And it does. It actually does. It trims the waffle, sharpens the point, and hands it back better without making you sound like you’ve…