Hi, my name is Alex.
I'm the founder of CantDecide.org.
I created this small website around a very simple idea: sometimes, when a choice feels heavier than it should, you can flip a coin.
And yes, you can absolutely use it just for fun. Open it with friends, ask a simple question, refresh the page, and get a random Yes or No. There's something light and playful about that.
But for me, there's also a deeper purpose.
Our lives are built on decisions—small ones, big ones, everyday ones, and life-changing ones.
I'm almost forty years old. Some people call this stage of life a "midlife crisis." I wouldn't describe it that way, but I can honestly say that over the past few years my attention to decisions, uncertainty, and the way we make choices has become much sharper.
I was born in Ukraine.
Over the years I've lived in several different countries, adapting to new cultures, new languages, and new realities. Today I live in a large country on the other side of the planet, far from home.
Originally, moving abroad was a deliberate decision my wife and I made together. But after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, circumstances changed dramatically, and returning home is no longer something I can freely do.
I'm also at an age where life has brought not only change, but loss. Both of my parents are no longer with me.
I mention this not to dramatize my story, but simply to give you some context. Life has asked me to make many difficult decisions and accept responsibilities that I never expected.
And despite all of that, I genuinely believe that life is beautiful.
We live in an extraordinary time. We have access to science, knowledge, the internet, artificial intelligence, and more information than any previous generation. The challenge is no longer finding information—it's learning how to use it wisely and how to distinguish reliable evidence from noise.
That belief is the reason this website exists.
I sincerely believe that we often make decisions more difficult than they need to be simply because we don't fully understand the nature of things.
A simple example is a bottle of water.
Before we learn the basic scientific fact that water expands when it freezes, putting a glass bottle into a freezer seems perfectly reasonable. Once we understand that one simple fact, we naturally stop making that mistake.
I believe the human mind works in much the same way.
The better we understand how our brains process information, uncertainty, emotions, habits, cognitive biases, and decision-making, the easier it becomes to navigate everyday life.
That is why I encourage you to visit the Decision Science section of this website.
I'm carefully building it as a collection of scientific research, verified studies, and trustworthy sources that have genuinely helped me better understand myself and the way people make decisions.
My hope is that they will help you as well.
Thank you for taking the time to visit CantDecide.org.
If this website makes even one decision a little easier, helps you understand yourself a little better, or simply gives you something interesting to think about, then creating it was worth it.
And if you enjoy it, I'd be grateful if you shared it with your friends—whether it's for a laugh over a random Yes or No, or as a place to explore the fascinating science behind how we make decisions.