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Field Notes
A project and client tracker for solo studios. One database, three views, and a weekly review page that actually gets used.
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Field Notes started as my own tracker and stayed that way for a year before I cleaned it up. It is one clients database, one projects database, and a weekly review page that rolls both into a short list.
The point is that you do not need twelve linked databases to run a small studio. You need one place to see what is open, what is blocked, and what you promised someone this week.
Everything is a native Notion database with relations and rollups, so nothing breaks when Notion ships an update. The status field has four states and I refuse to add a fifth.
I use this every Monday morning. If a project has not moved in two weeks it shows up in red, which is the entire feature.
The details
Requirements
- A free Notion account
- Notion desktop or web app (mobile works but tables are tight)
Version history
- 2.1.0
- Fixed table sorting on the project view — 2026-03-02
- 2.0.0
- Rebuilt around one database instead of three — 2025-11-18
- 1.4.0
- Added weekly review page — 2025-06-01
- 1.0.0
- First release — 2024-09-14