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Weekly Workload Cap
A weekly workload cap is a preset limit on deep work or training hours—forcing tradeoffs so every week cannot stay temporarily maxed out.
A weekly workload cap is a hard limit on deep-work hours, meetings, or training sessions—written before the week starts, not negotiated away when Monday feels ambitious. Caps force tradeoffs: one extra client call means one fewer interval day.
They prevent slow-burn burnout where every week is temporarily intense. Review caps against sleep and mood, not only output pride.
Adjust up only when leading indicators stay green two weeks.
Common questions
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What is a realistic first workload cap?
Set ten to fifteen percent below last week’s actual logged hours. If you never hit the cap, it was too loose; if you breach daily, shrink scope or renegotiate deadlines.
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