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Relationships shouldn’t depend on memory under stress

Birthdays, how each relationship feels, catch-ups, and person-linked tasks — a lightweight relationship hub for humans you care about, not a sales CRM.

You don’t need a pipeline for your friends — you need signals when someone’s slipping off your radar and tasks that respect real life.

People module

You’re not “bad at keeping in touch”

You’re overloaded. People slip when life gets loud — not because you don’t care. A tiny system beats heroic memory every time.

What fades first

Birthdays. Follow-ups after hard conversations. The cousin you meant to text after the job change. The mentor you owe an update.

What Build Momentum holds

Signals that say “check in soon,” logs that prove you showed up, tasks tied to real humans so “call Mom” isn’t a guilt blob — it’s a task with a face.

What you can track

Start minimal — name + one signal — and deepen over time. The goal is sustainable care, not database perfection.

People

👥 Your relationship hub

Contact fields, relationship health, catch-up history, and tasks linked to a person — so “stay close” becomes concrete actions on your board.

  • Contact details — phone, email, location — one search away
  • Birthdays — surfaced before they ambush you
  • Relationship pulse — strong / fine / needs work / check in soon
  • Catch-up log — what you talked about, when; optional follow-up dates
  • Task links — “send thank-you,” “book dinner,” live beside work tasks
  • Filters — narrow by location, type, or who needs attention now
  • Weekly review friendly — “who felt neglected?” beats guessing from guilt
Birthdays Catch-ups Task links Filters

Who this is for

Parents juggling extended family, founders who forget which investor they promised what, remote workers whose social muscle atrophied — anyone who wants intention without turning friendships into OKRs.

  • Caregivers — school + relatives + friends; birthdays and check-ins stop depending on heroic memory
  • Operators — investors, partners, key hires: follow-ups become tasks with history
  • Anyone rebuilding social habits — pulse + catch-up log beats vague anxiety
  • Not for — enterprise sales forecasting; use a CRM when revenue stages matter more than care

Compared to contacts & CRMs

Apple Contacts holds numbers. Salesforce holds deals. BM holds relationship reality next to the rest of your life.

Phone + reminders

  • Fragments across apps — no pulse or catch-up story
  • Birthdays often missed unless calendar gymnastics
  • Tasks about people don’t live beside work tasks

Sales CRMs

  • Built for pipeline $ — heavy for family and friends
  • Doesn’t integrate your habits, budget, or weekly review
  • Emotional labor isn’t a “deal stage”

✅ Build Momentum

  • People + tasks + goals in one place — “call Mom” next to “ship deck”
  • Pulse + birthdays + catch-ups — lightweight, humane fields
  • Filters that answer “who needs me this week?”

One engine for how you actually work

When your habits, tasks, projects, money, and people share one system, reviews stop being theater and start changing behavior. No credit card to explore the core — upgrade when you outgrow the free limits.