Relationship Tracking
Most journals treat entries as isolated text. Pensio understands that your life is about people.
Benefits
One Page per Person
Add someone once. From then on, @Mom in an entry links to her page, and the page collects every entry she is in.
Rich Profiles
Name, aliases, 8 relationship categories, birthday, tags, locations, and notes per person.
Mention Tracking
Every mention is logged. See all entries where you wrote about someone — and how you felt.
Emotional Patterns per Person
Ask Explore "How do I feel about Sarah?" and get an answer grounded in months of your own writing.
People
Track the people in your life and how you feel about them
Everything you have written about someone, in one place. A name in your writing becomes a page, and the page shows what the entries say.
An example
“Sofia woke me up at 8 AM saying ‘we’re going to the farmers market and I’m not taking no for an answer.’”
- Mentioned in 22 entries
- Category Partner
Her page lists the twenty-two entries that mention her, newest first, the five feelings that come up most when you write about her, and the themes those entries share. Tap a feeling to see only those entries.
What you can do
- Add someone
- A name, a category, aliases, a birthday, notes. The category decides which circle the person sits in.
- Connect a person while you write
- Type @ and the name. It matches people who already exist; to add a new one from the composer, pick them in the list and it asks you.
- Read everything about someone
- Every entry that mentions them, the feelings that come up most, the themes, and what the last thirty days say.
- Filter their entries by feeling
- Tap one of the five feelings on their page.
- Edit or remove
- Only people you added here. Removing someone leaves every entry exactly as you wrote it.
- Bring people from Obsidian
- A note in your People folder with a relationship in its front matter becomes a person here, synced by the plugin.
How It Works
Mention people naturally
Add a person, then write @Mom or @Sarah anywhere in an entry and it links to them. In Obsidian, [[David]] creates the person on sync.
Profiles build over time
Each person accumulates mentions, emotional context, and tags. You can add categories (family, friend, partner, coworker), aliases, birthdays, and notes.
See emotional patterns per person
View how you feel about someone over time. Which emotions appear most when you write about them? Has the relationship improved or strained?
Ask the AI about relationships
Type @ in Explore to reference a person. Ask "How do I feel about Mom?" or "When did Sarah last come up?" and get answers grounded in your writing.
Use Cases
Relationship tracking adds a social dimension to your journal — because your life is about people.
Relationship journaling
Track how your relationships evolve over weeks and months. Notice patterns in how you feel about key people — and whether specific situations consistently trigger conflict or connection.
Family dynamics
Journal about family interactions and let Pensio show you the emotional patterns. Gain perspective on recurring dynamics that are hard to see in the moment.
Professional relationships
Track interactions with colleagues, managers, and mentors. See which professional relationships energize or drain you — useful for career decisions.