How to Build a Time Tracker in Notion (Template Included)

Notion doesn't come with time tracking by default. Today, I'll show you how we can build it ourselves.

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⏱️ Timestamps:

00:00 - Introduction 00:19 - Why Notion needs time tracking 01:06 - Time tracking demonstration 02:27 - Building time tracking at the simplest level 04:31 - Improving our time tracking 06:00 - Adding button properties 09:09 - Updating time spent display 11:20 - What true time tracking requires 14:00 - Adding a second database 16:30 - Connecting the databases with a relation property 20:55 - Tracking totals across separate work sessions 24:00 - Building better buttons for managing work sessions 33:00 - Adding handling for edge cases and user errors 35:00 - Conclusion