After My Breakup, I Used AI to Get a Home in Hangzhou and a 230K Mac | Gut Talk Newsletter #27

✍️ Last updated: September 29, 2026

💔 I got dumped, then disappeared for 118 days

Long time no see! (Really long—so long that I hesitated for days before hitting send XD)

My newsletter has always been written irregularly for those who resonate with it, but this time I was gone for 118 days. Even I think that’s a bit too much QQ

Let me tell you something I’m usually a bit shy to admit: I originally went to Hangzhou to date. And then, I got dumped. (Yes, it’s that dramatic XD)

During that time, I didn’t return to Taiwan. I stayed in Hangzhou alone, attending local AI events every day, piecing myself back together bit by bit.

I didn’t stop; I just changed how I learn! I organized all the diaries I’ve written, the courses I’ve taken, and the Notes I’ve saved over the years, and connected them to AI. Then something magical happened: it understood me better and better, and my work became easier and easier.

💻 How I used AI to turn these into opportunities

Looking back at this past year, here’s what I gained by using AI (I was even shocked when I listed them all out @@):

• Computer: One 230,000new computer
• Housing: A freetwo-bedroom apartment
• Speaking Engagements: Shanghai, Yixing, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Taichung, Tucheng, totaling 6 sessions
• Corporate Training: Taught AI courses to 2 companies in Hangzhou, totaling 5 sessions
• Assistants：19 AI employees working for me every day

But what I most want to share is: behind all of this, there are people who are willing to believe in me.

#01 A 230K computer

I originally ran AI on an 8GB Mac, and the screen kept freezing until I wanted to cry QQ. But I still produced something every day to show my partner. One day, he told me: "I believe your brain is powerful; I'll just invest in this computer for you." My first thought was: Really? Am I worthy of that?!

#02 A two-bedroom apartment in Hangzhou

After an event, while everyone was chatting, I opened my laptop and showed a Taiwanese entrepreneur my AI company (where each AI employee handles one specific task). After seeing it, he immediately asked me to train his company's employees and even let me stay for free in a two-bedroom apartment!

#03 Speaking and Corporate Training

Shanghai, Yixing in Jiangsu, Suzhou, Hangzhou, and then back to Taichung and Tucheng. The session in Suzhou was a last-minute rescue mission where a friend asked me to speak about building a personal IP (stepping in at a critical moment XD). In Hangzhou, two companies also invited me to teach their employees about AI. To be honest, half of these opportunities were ones I actively pursued (haha), and the other half came from people who saw how AI helps me work and reached out to me proactively.

💡 I haven't become better at selling myself.
I just let AI prepare me, so when opportunities arise, I have something ready to present!

I will share these stories in person on 10/1 👉 Free Registration

🌙 How AI Weaves Into My Daily Life

• Morning: I just say "Start work," and it organizes today's weather, emails, and to-do list for me
• Daytime: I barely type anymore; I do it all by speaking! In the past few months, I've spoken 610,000 words, saving 285 hours (I actually calculated it).
• Evening: I say "Good night," talk for three minutes about what happened today, and it writes my journal entry for me. It even sends me a scripture passage related to my day.
• Small Habit: I'm terrible at remembering English names. As long as I say "that foreign mom," it knows exactly who I'm talking about XD

None of this is high-tech. I just fed it my journals, the courses I've taken, and the notes I've saved, bit by bit, and it slowly started to know me.

💡 Even someone who hadn't finished a single extracurricular book before turning 30 can slowly brew what they've learned and lived into their own work.
(Yes, I'm talking about myself XD)

📣 On 10/1, I Want to Share These With You

As I write this letter, I keep thinking of you. Are you also like I used to be:

• Learning but unable to apply it: I took tons of courses and saved tons of notes, but when I actually need to use them, I can't pull them out.
• AI doesn't know you: Every time I open AI, I have to introduce myself again, and its responses are still very generic.
• Holding it all together alone: I have so many things I want to do, yet I often end up exhausted from carrying it all by myself.

If any of these resonate with you, this event is prepared for you!

10/1 (Thu) 8:00 PM, I'm hosting a free online sharing session. I'll walk you through how I stood back up on my own over these 118 days, how I let AI slowly get to know me, and how my life becamemuch easier and much happier, telling you the whole story from the beginning, with live demonstrations!

For those who join, I’ve secretly prepared a little gift 🎁 I’m giving you 2,000 Logos, which you can exchange for the AI tools I use every day!

Feel free to join if you’re interested; it’s perfectly fine if you’re not ✨

If you have any feedback or stories to share with Xiaochang, or if you just want to say “I’m still here,” please reply to this email. I will make sure to write back to you.

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🌭 Welcome back, Gut 🌭

Thank you for reading this letter.

If you are also holding it all together on your own,
Remember, you are amazing.

See you in the next letter.

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