675. Trying Automations Again (Spoiler: Nope)

Recorded on: Sunday, August 24, 2025, 11:16 PM

Episode Summary by AI

I played around with episode titles tied to song numbers and calculated how far away episode 1738 is. I worked for PT Dom for just under four hours, tracking my hours and projects as I near fifty for the month. I continued building my business expense tracker in Notion, adding recurring expense charts, yearly projections, and category breakdowns. I also tested automations in Make.com to sum data across databases but got stuck. Ended the day with an iPad purchase.

Notable Quotes From This Episode, by AI

• "I'm not going to sell a piece of shit product that doesn't calculate correctly."
• "For these automations to run, it's going to give me data for every single day ever automatically, and that's going to be the most valuable thing ever in this whole system."
• "I just want this to make sense. I just want it to look clean. I want it to have all the information that they could possibly need right there in front of them."

Funny, Out of Context Quotes, by AI

• "Gabriel Pete Thomas, actually."
• "It's not a Lambo, brother."
• "Take a screenshot. Put it in. That's what she said."

My Thoughts & Feelings for Today - Summarized by AI

I felt productive working on PT Dom and my own systems, but frustration hit hard when Make.com wouldn’t cooperate. I kept getting close but not quite there, and that’s draining. Still, I’m proud of how the expense tracker looks and functions. I get nervous seeing others in similar spaces, but I remind myself I’m not competing as a coach, just delivering strong systems. Even with the struggles, I know what I’m building has value.

What I Did Today - Summarized by AI

Worked PT Dom for almost four hours, tracked hours in spreadsheet, refined business expense tracker in Notion, designed donut charts and projections, attempted Make.com automations for database syncing, researched someone named Dawson’s Systems, got frustrated with automation errors, looked at Fiverr automation help, bought an iPad.

Business Revenue Tracker (Since 12/20/24)

Income Today: +$540

Total Income: $20,742