Top Workflow Automation Ideas for Efficiency

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1. 12 July 2026 · corrected by Emir Baycan

   2 corrections applied: Per xkcd 1205 (5-year horizon), daily task saving 5 min is worth up to ~5 days of build time, not three hours | Per xkcd 1205 (5-year horizon), weekly task saving 5 min is worth up to ~21 hours, not 19 minutes

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   if you do a task once a day and automation would save you 5 minutes, it is worth spending about three hours building the automation. If you do the task once a week and it saves 5 minutes, the automation is worth about 19 minutes to build.

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   if you do a task once a day and automation would save you 5 minutes, it is worth spending about five days building the automation. If you do the task once a week and it saves 5 minutes, the automation is worth about 21 hours to build.

   Why: Content already correctly fixed on the page (verified: 'about five days building the automation' and 'about 21 hours to build' both present, matching the xkcd 1205 5-year time-value table; no stale 'three hours'/'19 minutes' figures remain). FAQ field checked, no related content. Backfilling before/after for the record.

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