Fork it before you live it.
See both paths. Surface hidden costs. Leave with a 30-day next step.
Private, structured reflection for major life decisions. Adults 18+.
A preview of what FORKS creates for a career decision. Side-by-side comparison, hidden costs, regret risk, and a 30-day action plan.
Stable job at $110k with health insurance and predictable hours. Feeling boxed in by slow promotion path.
Freelance consulting with $35k savings runway. More autonomy but income instability and loss of benefits.
The mental load of never being fully off the clock — client acquisition pressure is not just time, it's the psychological weight of constant selling.
- 1Line up one freelance project before quitting
- 2Agree to first 30 days alongside current job
- 3Validate through one real client before full jump
Built for people navigating career changes, relocations, and major life decisions.
“FORKS gave me a language for a decision I had been avoiding for months. The regret-risk framing was the piece I was missing.”
— Product manager, career change
“I ran it for a relocation decision. The hidden-cost section caught expenses I had not modeled, and the 30-day plan got me unstuck.”
— Engineer, cross-country move
“Life Lens was uncomfortably accurate about how I make decisions. It is not therapy — it is a mirror.”
— Founder, repeat user
Should I move to a new city?
A focused relocation fork for the biggest geographic decision most people make.
Career
Quit, stay, or pivot
Relocation
Move cities or countries
Relationships
End, repair, or commit
The part you can't see yourself
Beyond the simulation, Life Lens is a private pattern audit for better decision-making. It reveals the hidden forces shaping your choices so you can decide from clarity, not habit.
Core identity
Synthesizes the values and formative forces driving your decision-making.
Pattern map
Surfaces recurring themes in where you thrive, where you get stuck, and why.
Blind spots
Names hidden assumptions and overlooked factors that may be shaping your choices.
Path forward
Converts insight into prioritized, concrete next steps grounded in your input.
Why not just use ChatGPT?
ChatGPT is great for brainstorming. FORKS is built for decisions you can't afford to waffle on.
🤖 ChatGPT / Claude
- — Generic pros and cons list you have to prompt for
- — Each conversation starts from zero
- — No regret-risk, hidden-cost, or 30-day plan structure
- — Easy to spin in circles and never decide
- — Can sound confident without surfacing your blind spots
🍴 FORKS
- ✓ Built-in structured intake for major decisions
- ✓ Saves your decision, inputs, and later outcome
- ✓ Regret risk, hidden costs, and 30-day next steps
- ✓ Compares what-if scenarios with clear sliders
- ✓ No predictions — just a clearer view of the trade-offs
Get the Decision Clarity Checklist
A 7-step printable checklist for career, relocation, and relationship decisions. No spam.
How it works
Fork the decision
Describe your current path and the path you're considering.
Compare the trade-offs
FORKS weighs your inputs to surface hidden costs, regret risk, and upside.
Leave with a next step
Get a 30-day plan and a clearer view of what to test or decide.
How scores work
FORKS does not predict your future. It weighs your inputs across areas like money pressure, timeline, risk tolerance, emotional cost, upside, downside, stability, and uncertainty to create a structured side-by-side comparison.
The scores and labels you see are structured reflections based on what you told us — not guaranteed forecasts, professional advice, or statistically validated predictions. They are designed to help you see trade-offs you might miss, not to decide for you.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why not just use ChatGPT?
ChatGPT is great for open-ended brainstorming. FORKS gives your decision structure: two paths, trade-offs, hidden costs, regret risk, upside, downside, and a concrete next-step plan. You don't have to remember what to ask.
Can FORKS predict my future?
No. FORKS does not predict outcomes. It weighs your inputs to create a structured reflection of trade-offs and blind spots. You stay in charge of the decision.
Is this therapy or advice?
No. FORKS is not therapy, counseling, financial advice, legal advice, or medical advice. It is a structured reflection tool for adults who want to see their options more clearly.
What do I get for free?
Core forks are free. You get a side-by-side comparison, hidden costs, regret risk, and a 30-day next-step plan. Life Lens is a one-time upgrade for a deeper pattern audit.
Who is FORKS for?
FORKS is for adults 18+ navigating a major life decision — career, relocation, relationships, business, or any fork where the trade-offs matter.
Used by people navigating career changes, relocations, and major life decisions.