Automate Tasks: Practical Home and Family Automation Projects

Discover practical automation projects for simplifying daily life, from scheduling background image changes in Windows 11 to tracking household chores with QR codes and automating reward payments for kids. Learn how to leverage automation to save time and gamify family responsibilities.

This blog entry will be a collection of tasks I have automated (or want to automate) in my daily life.

Table of contents:

  1. Daily Background image updates
    • Schedule a Python script to run in Windows 11
  2. Scan a QR code to track chores completed by different members of the house.
    • store, chart, and alert when chores are completed
  3. Automate sending electronic payments that can be used to purchase Minecoins or Robux
    • As a reward for kids reading, doing home work, completing chores, etc.