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I've built this Notion freelance system to keep track of my sessions and payments – and calculates due balance.
It features:
- automatic naming into a [date-time-value] format
- quick session and payment input per client/project
- automatic session value calculation based on hourly rate
- real-time unpaid balance per project
- clear views for tasks, sessions, and payments
- fully integrated inside a central Projects dashboard
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