Shall I buy the new camera?
Give big decisions time before you say yes.
Add the thing you want. The app makes you wait, checks in on how you feel, then hands your own reasons back to you when it's time to decide. Whatever you don't buy, you keep.
Shall I, Shan't I
Today
Kept, not spent
£4,280
about 6 weeks of work
Check-in due
Shall I buy the new camera?
Day 9 of 60. Last time you said Very much.
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- Shall I buy the new camera?60-day wait
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- Shall I get the new car on finance?60-day wait
- Shall I buy the noise-cancelling headphones?7-day wait
- Shall I book the trip of a lifetime?60-day wait
- Shall I get the new sofa?30-day wait
- Shall I buy the games console?7-day wait
- Shall I buy the e-bike?30-day wait
- Shall I take the new job?30-day wait
- Shall I add another streaming service?7-day wait
- Shall I get a puppy?90-day wait
- Shall I sign up for the gym?7-day wait
- Shall I move to the bigger flat?60-day wait
- Shall I go part-time?30-day wait
- Shall I buy the house?90-day wait
- Shall I lend my brother £2,000?30-day wait
How it works
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Capture it
“Shall I…?”, what it costs, and one line on why you want it. Share a product page straight in. Your reason is locked from then on.
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2
Wait
Bigger decisions wait longer. £5,200 is about 7½ weeks of your work, so the camera waits 60 days. Saying no is allowed any time.
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3
Check in
A few quick taps while you wait: still Desperately, or only Quite a bit now? Watching the want fade is the point.
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Decide
Your own words come back: is that still true? Imagine it went wrong. Then I shall, or I shan't.
I shan't
One tap, any time. Dropping something early isn't failure; it's the app working.
I shall
Only once the Wait is over, and after a short Reckoning with what you wrote at the start.
Every no adds up
£4,280
kept, not spent: about 6 weeks of work
A month after each decision the app asks how it turned out, yes or no. Over time you learn which waits paid off, and how your wanting really behaves.