Clarabeam Focus is a Notion system for freelancers with ADHD. Three databases. Five minutes to set up. Built to survive the weeks you don't open it.
Works on Notion's free plan. No subscription. Yours forever.
Every system you've tried assumed the same thing: that you'd keep it up.
So they start you with a blank page. They hand you eleven databases and a 40-minute setup video. They never once plan for the week you stop opening them.
The blank page problem
You had to build it before you could use it.
The complexity tax
Keeping it accurate became another thing you were behind on.
The no-recovery problem
You came back after two weeks and saw 200 overdue items.
A normal to-do list shows you everything and asks you to choose. That's where you freeze.
Today shows you what you've assigned to today. Nothing else.
The rule: three things. Add a fourth and you're back to a to-do list.
Each task carries an Energy tag β High focus, Medium, or Autopilot. On a bad day, filter to Autopilot. Those are the tasks you can still do when you have nothing left.
If you work for three clients and all their tasks live in one list, opening that list is like walking into a room where three people are talking at once.
Projects groups by client. One column each.
Each project leads with Next step, not "status" β because the next step is the only field that actually moves work forward.
It also tracks what you're owed, so "am I going to be okay this month?" takes two seconds, not an accounting session.
Dump anything here. No categories, no formatting, no pressure.
Every other system tells you to empty your inbox. This one doesn't. It can stay messy forever β that's not a failure state.
You will stop using this. Everyone does. That's how attention works, not a character flaw.
Most templates punish you for it: you come back and see every task you missed. So you close the tab and never return.
Here, "Today" only ever shows today. When you come back, it's empty.
Nothing piled up. Nothing is judging you. There's a page called "I'm back" with one instruction: pick three things, give them today's date.
Projects groups by client, one column each. When you're working for one client, collapse the other columns.
Your 40 open items become 12.
One-time payment. No subscription. Notion's free plan is all you need.
Today and Inbox, plus the "I'm back" recovery page. A complete system for you and your own work.
Get the free versionEverything in the free version, plus:
If it doesn't work for you, email support@clarabeam.com within 14 days and we'll refund you. No forms, no questions.
No. Clarabeam Focus works on Notion's free plan. Everything you see in the screenshots runs on free.
Yes. Setup is three steps and takes about five minutes. The template comes with a "Start here" page written for someone who has never opened Notion before.
Today and Inbox work for anyone. Projects is built around clients β if you don't have clients, you'd be paying for a third of the system you won't use. Start with the free version and see.
Free templates work fine. The problem is they're built assuming you'll keep them up. This one is built assuming you won't β and that changes every design decision in it.
Email support@clarabeam.com within 14 days and we'll refund you. No forms, no questions.
Every other system was built for a brain you don't have.