Not all problems are big, dramatic ones. Some are quiet, persistent, and sneak into your life a few minutes at a time. Mine was simple: I couldn't make small decisions quickly. And I didn't realize how much it was draining me until I built something to fix it.
Every day, I'd find myself stuck on what should have been a trivial choice: What should I eat? What should I wear? Which task should I do first? Which color T-shirt should I buy? These aren't life-altering decisions—but I'd spend way too long thinking about them.
I wasn't indecisive in general. I could make big career or life decisions fairly confidently. But these small ones? They tripped me up. I'd open a food delivery app, scroll endlessly, close it without ordering, then repeat the cycle again an hour later. I'd like two or three options equally, and just couldn't pick one. The fear of missing out or making the “wrong” choice—even when it didn't matter—held me back.
Eventually, I started noticing a pattern. I was wasting real time and mental energy every single day on things that didn't deserve it. These weren't decisions that needed careful analysis—they just needed to be made. That's when I thought: I need something to decide for me.
It hit me during a particularly annoying debate with myself over whether I should eat biryani or noodles. I liked both. I had no strong preference. I wasn't craving anything specific. I just didn't want to choose. What if I could just type both into something and have it pick randomly? Done deal.
So I built a tiny website that would take a list of choices and randomly select one. That's it. No fancy logic. No weights. No bias. Just clean randomness. And you know what? It worked beautifully.
If you're struggling with small decisions, try out my Easy decision maker. Type your options, click a button, and let it choose for you.
The first time I used it, I typed: "pizza, sandwich, dosa". It picked dosa. I ordered it. No guilt. No second guessing. I realized I didn't need the “perfect” answer—I just needed one answer.
Since then, it's become my go-to tool for anything where I like more than one option:
I no longer waste time debating between equally appealing options. I just enter them and let the tool decide.
We live in a world of infinite choices—apps, food, clothes, content. And somewhere along the way, we started treating every decision as if it needed optimizing. But not every choice deserves your attention. Some just need to be made so you can move on.
I built this as a personal tool, but what I discovered is that a easy decision maker is freeing. It removes the burden of trying to “get it right” and replaces it with a feeling of motion. You're not stuck anymore.
More importantly, it helps preserve decision-making energy for things that actually matter. Why burn mental calories choosing a lunch item when you've got deeper problems to solve or more creative things to do?
The tool isn't groundbreaking. It doesn't use AI. It doesn't learn from your behavior. It doesn't try to predict the best choice. That's intentional. It's just a fast, clean, and reliable way to end a loop of indecision.
And in that simplicity lies its power. It's helped me feel less mentally cluttered and more in control. Ironically, by surrendering the decision, I've gained back a bit of mental clarity.
Try the easy decision maker now. It's fast, no login needed, and actually useful.
This wasn't some grand startup idea. It was a weekend project born from annoyance. But it's turned out to be one of the most useful things I've made for myself—and surprisingly, others have found it useful too.
If you're someone who overthinks simple things, or just wants a faster way to break a tie between equally good choices, maybe this helps you too. Sometimes the best decision is the one you don't have to make yourself.