Should I do it?

How this wheel picks

The wheel has eight slices, four DO IT and four SKIP IT. When you tap Spin, your browser’s random number generator picks where it stops, so it’s a fair 50/50.

We ran this wheel’s math a million times: DO IT came up 50.06% of the time and SKIP IT 49.94%. We tested our yes or no wheel the same way.

The wheel has no memory, and you never type your question, so we never see it.

If it says DO IT

Start within the next five minutes, before you talk yourself back out of it.

Make the first step tiny. Put on your shoes. Open the document. Find the phone number. Once you’ve started, finishing is usually the easy part.

If it says SKIP IT

Skip it on purpose, today, and let that be the end of it for now.

Then give it a place to land. Put it on tomorrow’s list, or decide it can go. Either way, you’ve stopped carrying the question around.

Listen to your reaction

Watch your face the second the wheel stops. If SKIP IT made you a little sad, you wanted to do it. Go do it anyway. If DO IT made your shoulders drop, that’s worth a second look too.

Good questions for this wheel

• Should I go for a run tonight?
• Should I clean the kitchen now?
• Should I call my sister back today?
• Should I sign up for the 5K?
• Should I start that book tonight?

When not to use it

Don’t let a wheel decide anything about your health, your safety, your money, the law, or someone else’s wellbeing. Showing up for work, taking your medicine and keeping a promise belong on that list too.

Which wheel to use

Use this one when the question is “should I do this, right now?” For a plain answer to any question, use the yes or no wheel. When the timing is the real question, try the Yes, No or Maybe Wheel. When you can’t pick what to do at all, try What should I do today?

Questions people ask

Is DO IT as likely as SKIP IT?

Yes. Each one covers four of the eight slices, and our million-spin test came out within a tenth of a point of an even split.

Why does it say DO IT instead of YES?

“Should I do it?” is a question about action, so the answer tells you what to do next.

What if I spin again and get a different answer?

Then you’ve learned which answer you were hoping for. Go with that one.

Do you save my question?

No. You never type it, and every spin happens in your browser.