Notion Automation

Why is the visualization updated daily?

The purpose of this visualization is to know where I am in my life cycle. It is similar to a compass, providing clear footprints and guiding me in the right direction. It also helps me to push myself every day. Since the days are graded, it encourages me to aim higher total percentage than the past grades. For example, if I had received 65.2% the day before, I would aim to live high 60's or even over 70% by finishing one more to-do list, waking up earlier, and so on.

This visualization is slightly different from the evaluation plots shown in Data Recording or Evaluation Analysis. As shown below, some features are added to the graph that works as a catalyst to push me further.

This visualization has been the first and the last thing that I see every day. It has worked beautifully to maintain healthy habits and get rid of the bad ones. Below is a simulation of how my schedules and the visualization are daily updated.

Automated Visualization Sample

Key Points:

Rise Streak & Total Streak: This feature was inspired by the "Snap streak" function in Snapchat. Snapchat implemented it to acquire and maintain more users. The streak feature is a psychological strategy that keeps the users coming back to continue their ongoing streak. Similarly, if the rise time continues to be lower than the listed time and the total percentage continues to be higher than the listed percentage, the number will increase by one each day. Also, the standard time & percentage will fluctuate depending on the past 30 days of data.
This step is fully automated. Every time I turn on the laptop, and when the time hits 20:00, the Evaluation plot will automatically update as simulated below.

Video Simulation (Original Version)

Automation Guide

Log in to my notion page
Schedule my to-do lists for the day by reading every block(tasks) in the database
Change the number of the Total to-do list
Open Evaluation page where all my past evaluations are stored
Download the CSV file for the visualization & delete the unnecessary file after replacing the existing one
Run the python script that creates and saves the plot
Update the current image via Notion API

Video Simulation (Updated Version)

Automation Guide

Since the original automation took too much running time, I have found a better automation approach that solely depends on the Notion API. Now, it does not utilize the selenium module but instead reads every single database directly with a simple Notion API. This modification has cut down more than 1min 30sec of the running time.

Notion Automation

Why is the visualization updated daily?

Automated Visualization Sample

Video Simulation (Original Version)

Automation Guide

Video Simulation (Updated Version)

Automation Guide

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