This idea is as old as writing itself! Here’s an app from the 2000s that did this sort of thing. https://timesnapper.com/. - Source: Hacker News / 5 days ago

Looks like it's available for macOS as well: https://timesnapper.com/. - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

A recent comment here on HN pointed me to https://timesnapper.com/. It takes screenshots across your entire workday and you can go through a video of what you were doing. Total gamechanger for me, I absolutely love it. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

I used TimeSnapper for a long time. It screenshots your desktop at an interval that you define, allows you to markup with notes on the screenshots, builds your screenshots into a gif of your day, tracks active window, allows you to delete irrelevant screenshots, log database and screenshots can be password-protected, etc. The developer was quick to reply to questions about the software and how to take advantage of... - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

This looked interesting but my antivirus didn't like it as it detected "SWF.Exploit.Kit.Rig.tht.Talos" when downloaded from http://timesnapper.com/. - Source: Hacker News / almost 2 years ago

A morning and night routine, which I suck at following so I use this app to optimize my routine and make sure I don't forget any step. https://tinygain.com/. Source: over 2 years ago