I finally turned my freelance Notion system into a template 🤍 After nearly two years of tweaking...

I finally turned my freelance Notion system into a template 🤍 After nearly two years of tweaking...I finally turned my freelance Notion system into a template 🤍 After nearly two years of tweaking...

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Cara Ellis

max

• Jan 14

I finally turned my freelance Notion system into a template 🤍

After nearly two years of tweaking and refining, this is the workspace I use to manage: • clients • client-facing portals • tasks • documents • planning

It’s designed to feel calm and low-maintenance, with everything linked automatically so you’re not constantly organising Notion instead of doing the work.

If you’re a freelancer who wants one place for everything (without a complicated setup), you can check it out here:

https://contra.com/products/6n9LF0se-freelancer-workspace-or-notion-template

So excited about this!!

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Akinkunmi Ayo

pro

• Feb 25

Love this 🤍

Turning two years of real-world refinement into a template is powerful especially when it’s built to feel calm and low-maintenance. That “stop organizing Notion and start doing the work” angle hits.

This is the kind of system freelancers actually need.

Ismel Figueroa

max

• Jan 14

love this @Cara Ellis 😍

Cara Ellis

max

• Jan 15

my entire brain lives on notion!

Kristine Vilnite

max

• Jan 15

Its really cool to see what digital products branch out from creators main services here on Contra. Interesting that a lot of them are systems / processes rather then ready to go mockups / templates.

Cara Ellis

max

• Jan 15

digital products are going to be huge for sure! i'm really interested in sharing some design templates in the future... definitely interested to see which the community gravitates more towards as the feature grows

Aleksandrs Prohorovs

pro

• Jan 15

This is amazing! Thank you for sharing, I'm sure it will help a lot of people around here to get well organized and get more productive 🙌

Cara Ellis

max

• Jan 15

thank you, it's definitely been my saving grace!

Samuel Taiwo

• Jan 15

amazinggg.. super easy on the eyes, great command of white space🙌

Chavi - Brand Designer

max

• Jan 15

This looks super cool Cara! 😍 Is the digital product shop still not open for everyone on Contra?

Jeremie Lasnier

max

• Jan 16

Congrats!

Julia Spong

max

• Jan 16

Oh I love this!! Notion is my freelance life line lol

Julia Spong

max

• Jan 16

And congrats on your digital product, that's so exciting!

Lynne

• Jan 20

Love this. A calm, low-maintenance Notion setup is honestly the dream 🤍

Muhammad Yousaf

• Mar 1

I decided to join the Contra x Figma challenge! What if design feedback was instant, with no waiting and no “Thoughts?” left hanging? Pixlume lets you upload your work, get structured insights, and refine immediately. Less waiting. More refining. Just clarity when you need it. It’s not just feedback — it’s an experience. So I built interactions around it. Pixlume interactions include swipe-based navigation, click-and-hold analysis triggers, dynamic score animations, live feedback transitions, and responsive UI states that react in real time. It doesn’t just respond. It feels like it’s thinking with you.

Check it out here: https://paste-linked-56018776.figma.site/

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Anita Autorino

max

• Feb 27

The Freelancer balancing a 9-5 Starter Pack 💼

Since 2020 doing both, full time job and freelancing, and these are my NON NEGOTIABLE:

• A contract that protects my work and mental health. 📝 • Motivational Spotify playlists that help me get through the working hours. 🎧 • A pricing sheet that answers before I overthink. 🤑 • Brandbook and presentation templates to deliver fast without reinventing the wheel. ⚡ • ChatGPT trained on my pricing sheet and my tone to write emails while I do my laundry. 🧠

Freelancing for me is boundaries, saving money for personal goals, and switching Slack accounts like it’s a personality disorder. 🤭

What’s in your freelancer starter pack? What tool or habit keeps you sane?

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