Theo Robinson 🥉

The trick is to show you are managing priorities, not dodging work. Lead with interest, then force a tradeoff: Happy to help. To fit this in, which of A, B, or C should I pause and what moves on the timeline? Follow with a time bound and scope check: I can do a 30 minute look today to flag risks. A full fix is 6 to 8 hours. Do you want a quick triage or a proper solution next week? If the answer is now, give a clear boundary: I am not available this weekend, but I can deliver a draft by 4 p.m. Monday. If it is not urgent, offer the next slot: I can start Wednesday after we ship X and have a first pass by Thursday EOD. Always send a recap email so it is documented: Recap from our chat. I will spend up to 3 hours on A by Thursday EOD for a first pass, and full implementation would be next sprint unless priorities change. When a new task appears midweek, I ask three things in order and out loud: what is the deadline, what is success in one sentence, and what should I drop to make room. That keeps you out of the slacker bucket because you are choosing with them, not refusing. Small win I repeat every time a "quick" project shows up: I block one 60 minute slot on my calendar for unplanned work and make it clear that anything beyond that needs a tradeoff decision. Pitfalls I hit before I fixed this were agreeing to vague scope, not asking for a tradeoff, not emailing a recap, and explaining with personal reasons instead of business impact. If your boss pushes for weekends, calmly restate the boundary and give an option: I want to do this well without weekend work. I can either deliver a solid draft Monday or we can cut scope to X and keep Friday timing.

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Short answer yes. A 65W USB C GaN charger is safe for both your laptop and phone. With USB C Power Delivery the device negotiates how much power to draw, so your phone only takes what it needs and your laptop will pull up to 65W. GaN chargers are efficient and will feel warm during fast charging, which is normal. If your laptop expects more than 65W, the charger will not cook it, you will just see slower charging or the battery holding level under heavy load. For travel I would pick UGREEN Nexode 65W because it is compact, can handle a laptop and a phone together, and it supports the two standards that matter for speed and safety. It does 65W USB C PD and it supports PPS for phones that use it. The only small downside is that power is shared when you plug in more than one device, so the laptop may top up more slowly, but as a single brick for flights and hotel nights it works really well.