About Cheese
Creating tools to make life a little easier
Hi, I'm Gerald, I'm the creator behind Cheese.
Cheese was started in the summer of 2025 with a simple idea: the system we use every day shapes the way we spend our time and our life. Whether it’s managing money, building habits, staying organized or working toward a personal goal, having the right system can make the journey feel clearer and more achievable.
I want to create Notion workspaces to be more than simple trackers. Each template is carefully built to combine thoughtful design, practical organization and motivating features that will help people like you to become someone who is proud and happy.
From financial dashboards that change your view on spending to habit systems that make consistency easier, Cheese focuses on creating tools that fit into real life and not systems that become another thing to manage.
My goal is to make productivity and action feel less overwhelming and more meaningful. Because at the end of the day, it's not about filling another checklist but it's about making better use of the limited time we have and creating a life you enjoy living.
The journey
How Cheese got here
Summer 2025
Cheese started
An idea that the systems we use every day shape how we spend our time, and that they could be built to feel worth coming back to.
August 2025
Time2Win finds its first users
The first Cheese template goes live, gets its first users, and receives its first review. What started as something I was building becomes something other people are actually using.
October 2025
The first paid template: Money is Time
I put my first paid system out into the world. It wasn't a huge launch, but it was the first time Cheese became something people were willing to spend money on.
September 2026
Cheese gets its own home
The Cheese website launches at madebycheese.com, bringing the templates, resources, guides and everything I'm building together in one place.
September 2026
100 reviews
A hundred voices behind the systems, and a much clearer sense of what to build next.
Now
13 templates, and still building
Finance, school, habits, fitness, family, and business. Each one built around the same idea, and still being improved.
How it's made
Built one idea at a time
Cheese is still just me. I design the templates, build the website, test stuff, fix things and maybe improve your day.
I started Cheese because I like making things. Whether its the template, resources or the website, I genuinely enjoy turning ideas into real things. A lot of what you see here started with something I wanted to build for myself or a problem I ran into that I thought could be better or solved. Cheese is just a passion project that I've slowly been growing alongside school and everything else.
I do use AI as one of the tools I have available. I mainly use it for things like coding, debugging, research and sometimes just working through an idea when I'm stuck. It lets me do much more on my own and saves me a lot of time but it doesn't control Cheese. The products, writing, ideas and decisions are still mine and I go through everything myself before it becomes part of Cheese.
There's still a lot I want to build and I'm excited for the unknown future.
Transparency note. This website is built using AI-assisted development tools. AI-generated code and suggestions are reviewed, tested and edited before they're used, and the products, content and creative direction behind Cheese come from me.
What we believe
Four ideas behind every template
Built with intention
I don't add features just because I can. Everything should have a purpose and make your system genuinely better.
Made for real life
Plans change. You miss days. Life gets messy. Your system should adapt to you, not the other way around.
Progress over perfection
Small wins matter. I build systems to help you keep moving, even when things don't go perfectly.
Your system, your way
I build the foundation, but you decide how it works. Everything stays editable and yours in Notion.
Want to see it for yourself?
Browse the full library or tell us what you need built.
Say hi
Questions, ideas, or just want to talk?
It's just me back here, and I read every message myself. Whether something broke, you're stuck on a template, or you've got an idea you'd like built, I'd genuinely like to hear it.
Email me
cheese.notion@gmail.comWhen I'll reply
Usually a day or two. I'm a student, so occasionally a little longer, but I do get to everything.