Day 18 - Cold Emails, Clean Floors, and a Cricket Win

Late start, a great cold email response, and India wins the 2nd Test
Author

Shashank Hosahalli Shivamurthy

Published

July 6, 2025

Day 18 - Cold Emails, Clean Floors, and a India Test Match Win

Woke up super late and super lazy.
Just feeling completely exhausted today.


Started the day by watching the final day of the 2nd Test match between India and England.
And India absolutely dominated. Lessssgoooo 🇮🇳🔥


Freshened up, made some coffee, and sat in front of my computer like every day.

  • Made a lot of changes to my resume
  • Created different versions for different types of jobs
  • Cleaned it up and organized everything
  • Wrote a cover letter
  • Applied to a few jobs

Also reached out to a couple of folks on LinkedIn and sent out a cold email.

To my surprise, I got a response back almost immediately to one of the cold emails.
It felt great, I realized the email was genuine and not just asking for a referral.
The person appreciated it and even offered to schedule a call.

Really excited for this, I think there’s a lot to learn from them and looking forward to the chat.

This is where I thought that with the right intentions and without expectations, everything falls in place.


Later, did some regular chores:

  • Cleaned my room
  • Swept and mopped the kitchen floor
  • Wiped down the kitchen top

Then took a shower and spoke to my family for a bit.


Had dinner, then went for a short walk with my roommate, just casual end-of-day conversations.

Before sleeping, made a quick task list for tomorrow.
Feeling clear and organized.


Felt really good before bed.
One of those days where things just felt in flow. Niceeee, I guess