Context

The video, presented by Thomas Frank, demonstrates how to create a time tracking system in Notion, despite its lack of built-in features for this purpose. The tutorial is aimed at Notion users who want to enhance their productivity by tracking time spent on tasks.

Key points

• Thomas Frank introduces the common complaint among Notion users about the lack of a built-in time tracking feature and explains the benefits of time tracking for productivity.
• He demonstrates a basic setup in Notion where each task has a start and end button, allowing users to track time manually by setting start and end times. 1:07
• Frank explains the use of Notion's formula feature to calculate the duration between start and end times, using a simple formula to display the time in minutes. 2:27
• He introduces the concept of using buttons in Notion to automate the process of setting start and end times, reducing manual input and increasing efficiency. 5:53
• The video covers the creation of a second database to track individual work sessions, allowing for more accurate time tracking across multiple sessions for a single task. 12:05
• Frank explains how to use relations in Notion to link tasks with their corresponding work sessions, enabling the aggregation of time spent across multiple sessions. 16:41
• He demonstrates how to use Notion's formula capabilities to sum the duration of all related work sessions, providing a total time spent on a task. 21:03
• The tutorial includes a detailed explanation of how to create and use buttons to start and end work sessions automatically, ensuring no overlapping sessions. 27:03
• Frank discusses the importance of adding guard conditions to prevent errors, such as starting a new session without ending the previous one. 32:11
• He concludes by highlighting the flexibility of Notion for building custom systems and offers a template for viewers to use, along with a discount code for his Ultimate Brain template. 35:02

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