"Should I go to bed?"

This wheel comes preloaded with your question. Spin it, watch where it lands, and — this is the important part — pay attention to how you feel about the result.

If the wheel says YES and you feel disappointed, that's a clear signal you actually wanted NO. If it says NO and you immediately want to spin again, the wheel just told you what you wanted to hear. The wheel isn't an oracle; it's a forcing function that surfaces the answer you already had.

When this kind of decision wheel works

• The two outcomes are roughly equivalent and the analysis has gone on too long
• You're stuck in a loop where every argument for X has an equal-weight counter for Y
• A friend or partner can't decide either and you both want an external tiebreaker
• The cost of a wrong answer is low (worst case: small inconvenience)

When to ignore the wheel

When the cost of being wrong is high. Career changes, major purchases, medical decisions — those need actual thinking, not a wheel. Use it for should I text them tonight and should I order pizza or sushi, not should I move countries.

What a yes/no wheel is for

A yes/no wheel is a decision aid disguised as a randomiser. It's not actually picking the right answer for you — it can't, it doesn't know your situation. What it does is reveal what you were secretly hoping the wheel would say.

This is a real psychological trick called the regret-based decision test: when the wheel lands on YES and you feel disappointed, that's data. The wheel didn't make the decision — your reaction to it did.

Use it when:

• You're stuck between two options that feel roughly equivalent
• You've spent more than 10 minutes deliberating and you want to break the loop
• You need a tiebreaker for a low-stakes choice (where to eat, whether to text someone, which movie to watch)
• You want a fun group decision-making tool that's faster than discussion

Three modes

• Yes / No — 8 alternating slices (4 YES, 4 NO) so the wheel looks balanced. Always 50/50 odds.
• + Maybe — adds an amber MAYBE option for genuinely ambiguous situations. 1/3 odds each.
• Custom — type your own options ("Yes, No, Maybe, Ask later, Sleep on it") and the wheel partitions evenly.

Why we keep YES = green and NO = red

Those colors are semantic — they communicate the outcome at a glance, no reading required. Even when you pick a wheel theme like Neon or Pastel, YES stays emerald and NO stays rose in the Yes/No and +Maybe modes. The theme only affects the wheel's stroke and glow. In Custom mode, where labels can be anything, the theme palette applies fully.

A word about decision quality

Don't use a wheel for high-stakes decisions — marriage, career changes, medical choices. Use it for which restaurant tonight and should I get a tattoo this weekend. The wheel is a forcing function for small decisions, not a substitute for thinking through big ones.