You've stacked up 12 hours of work, but your real availability is 8. That's a 4-hour overflow — something has to be handed off or cut.
Overload signal · RED — loaded to 150% of capacity. Grab it all and one thing will definitely blow up.
| Task | Est. time | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| Draft proposal for A | 3h | Do (deadline near, only you can) |
| Weekly report | 1.5h | Do |
| Write up new research | 2h | Can't -> next week |
| Deck for B meeting | 1.5h | Delegate -> split with a teammate |
| Update internal wiki | 2h | Cut (not urgent, fine to skip this week) |
| Small replies & admin | 2h | Do (fills the gaps) |
Real plan for this week
- Must-do (6h): A proposal, weekly report, small replies. Fits inside the 8h.
- Delegate: don't hold the B deck alone — draft the outline and let a teammate carry it.
- Next week: the research write-up has no deadline, so delaying it causes no harm.
- Cut: the wiki fails "who's hurt if undone?", so it's off this week's list.
One line
It's not that you can't shrink the list — it's that you never named the "doesn't need doing" pile. Just creating one Cut slot keeps this week from blowing up.





