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=== Assistant: This was a strong constraint exercise. ===
This was a strong constraint exercise. You answered honestly, but you also smuggled volume back in. I’m going to be precise and a bit unforgiving here, because that’s the value.

First, I’ll normalize your lists against the 10-hour rule, then address the intern question, then ask the next interview question.

==== Your KEEP list is still ~25–30 hours/week in disguise. ====

Here’s why:

===== You mixed: =====
# Revenue engines
# Distribution + ops
# Community + identity maintenance

Under a hard 10-hour cap, these cannot all survive.

Let’s separate signal from noise.

==== These survive even if everything else dies: ====
* Job search bootcamp
* Side hustle events with courses attached
* AI events with courses attached

These are your cash-flow spine.

If Albert’s List lost everything else but these, it would still be alive.

==== These are acceptable only if capped and scheduled: ====
* AI job search workshops → Must ladder into bootcamps or courses
* Monthly economic update webinar (1x/month max) → Fixed slot, donation-supported or funnel-driven
* Mock interviews (one-off) → Only if paid, limited slots, no ad hoc scheduling

These are supporting beams, not foundations.

==== These do not survive a true 10-hour constraint unless delegated or automated: ====
* YouTube uploads
* FB community management
* Eventbrite management
* “Basic marketing”
* Bi-weekly emails (depending on complexity)

These are distribution chores, not value creation.

They are not inherently bad — but they cannot live on your calendar.

==== : ====

An intern does not make a reactive system non-reactive.

It only helps if all three conditions are true:
# The content source is finite - Example: clips only from paid or donation-driven events - No original ideation, no trend chasing
# The intern has zero creative discretion - No “what should we post?” - Only “here are the clips, here is the cadence”
# You do not review or iterate - No feedback loops - No performance obsession - You accept mediocrity in exchange for freedom

If any of those are violated, the intern becomes:
* A new manager role
* A new optimization surface
* A new excuse to re-engage emotionally

So: yes, an intern can work — but only after we finish this process and impose rules.

==== Every time we apply a constraint, your instinct is to ask: ====

: 

That instinct is exactly why Albert’s List became unbounded.

We fix this by subtracting first, delegating second, expanding last.

==== If you had to name the ONE thing inside Albert’s List that must become “boring, repeatable, and non-emotional” for the next 12 months, what is it? ====

One item.
No hedging.

This answer will define:
* What gets systematized
* What you personally step away from
* What becomes the core execution list

Answer that, and then we finalize Start / Stop / Continue cleanly.