Here is a small habit that changes how useful AI feels almost immediately. When you ask for one version of anything, a message, a plan, a paragraph, you put yourself in an accept-or-reject position. Either it's close enough and you take it, or it's wrong and you start over. Neither is a great spot to be in.
Ask for three instead. Three versions in different tones, three different approaches, three lengths. The moment you have three options in front of you, your job changes completely. You are no longer judging one answer against a blank page in your head. You are comparing, picking the best parts of each, and editing from a position of choice rather than desperation.
This works for almost anything: an email you're nervous about, a caption, a difficult message to a friend, a plan for the weekend. The extra thirty seconds it takes to type "give me three" back pays for itself every single time.