Decision making worksheets to weigh hard choices calmly on paper

Decision making worksheets for anyone facing a difficult choice who would rather reason it out quietly on paper than keep replaying it in their head. Inside this undated 26 page workbook you will find a weighted pros and cons list, a scoring matrix, a values check, the 10-10-10 rule, prompts on future regret and six one page worksheets saved for later choices. Download the PDF instantly in US Letter and A4, with no physical item sent.

Whether it is a career decision, a move or a big purchase, the pages give your thinking a clear path with a real finish line.

How these decision making worksheets end the back and forth

You begin by rating the choice on seven short scales. That tells you whether it is a quick decision you could easily reverse, or a big one worth slowing down for. Next you write out all your options, give each pro and con a weight from 1 to 3, score as many as four options on ten criteria and set upfront cost, monthly cost and weekly time next to each other.

Pages on gut vs head, fear vs fact and best, worst and likely outcomes let your feelings speak without running the show. Once you feel ready, you record what you decided, your first steps and a date to review it. Later you can look back and learn how you make decisions.

Who this decision workbook helps

• Anyone facing a big life decision, like moving, changing jobs, taking a relationship step, returning to school or making a large purchase
• Overthinkers and indecisive people who keep switching sides and want a clear process that actually ends
• People weighing a career decision who want options, costs and values laid out together
• Anyone who would like a decision journal to learn from past choices

Design and printing

• Elegant and minimal: white pages with soft blush pink accents that save ink
• Wide margins on every page, so home printers do not cut anything off
• Portrait format in US Letter (8.5 x 11 in) or A4 (210 x 297 mm)
• Undated, so it works in any year
• Six blank decision worksheets you can print again for every new choice
• Use it in a binder or on a clipboard, or have it spiral bound at a print shop

Inside the decision making worksheets: 26 pages

1. 1Cover page with an index of all pages
2. 2Start here, a six step path (name it, weigh it, feel it, ask, decide, review) linked to the pages for each step, plus space for the choice you are facing
3. 3What kind of decision is this, with seven scales from 1 to 5 running from easy to reverse to hard to reverse, two-way door vs one-way door, the deadline, who it affects and who actually gets to decide
4. 4Name it and list options, where you phrase the decision as one clear question, explain why it matters right now, list up to 8 options and mark both the one you lean toward and the one you are scared to look at
5. 5What I need to know, a research table with 8 rows (question, the person or place to ask, due date, done), facts set against assumptions and a firm date to stop researching
6. 6Pros and cons for Option A and Option B, with 7 of each per option, a 1 to 3 weight for every line, totals, anything that surprised you and what the result is telling you
7. 7Weighted decision matrix comparing as many as 4 options on 10 criteria, each weighted 1 to 5, with totals, a filled in sample and a final gut check on the top score
8. 8Values check, with 30 values to circle, a table that holds your top 5 values against three options, and the value a choice would force you to give up
9. 9The 10-10-10 rule, where you imagine how Option A and Option B would feel after 10 minutes, 10 months and 10 years
10. 10Best, worst and likely case for a pair of options, plus a 1 to 10 rating of how probable the worst outcome is, how you would cope with it and how you could make it less likely
11. 11Gut vs head, showing where the two agree and clash, a body check for every option and the coin toss test
12. 12Fear vs fact, a table with 8 rows where you write each worry, decide if it is fact or story and list the evidence on both sides, then note what you would say to a friend and one small action
13. 13Ask for advice, with four useful questions, room for three people (name, why you trust them, what you asked, what they said), and advice you will take or leave
14. 14Cost and time worksheet setting three options side by side over 10 rows, covering upfront and monthly cost, weekly time, energy, what you lose and what you gain, plus the cost of not deciding
15. 15Regret minimization, six questions, for example which path you will be thankful for at 80 and which regret would sit more lightly with you
16. 16Making the call, with I have decided to, because, what you are releasing, a 6 step action plan, who you will tell, support for moments of doubt and a review date you sign
17. 17Decision log of 14 rows (date, decision, what I chose, why, review on), patterns you spot and choices still waiting
18. 18After-decision review, comparing what you expected with what happened, what worked, what you would change, a 1 to 10 score and lessons for the future
19. 19Quick decisions, four small cards for daily choices, each with option A, option B, decide by, the factor that matters most, what your gut says and what you chose
20. 20Decision worksheet 1 of 6, one page that holds the whole process: the choice, two options with their upsides and downsides, your priorities, your fears, gut and head, a ten year view, the final call and a first step
21. 21Decision worksheet 2 of 6, the same single page layout ready for another choice
22. 22Decision worksheet 3 of 6
23. 23Decision worksheet 4 of 6
24. 24Decision worksheet 5 of 6
25. 25Decision worksheet 6 of 6
26. 26Lined page for extra thoughts and notes

Files you receive

• Decision Making Workbook, US Letter PDF (26 pages)
• Decision Making Workbook, A4 PDF (26 pages)
• Read Me First, a short PDF guide to printing

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Good to know

• These pages are a print-ready PDF and not a hyperlinked digital planner. You can still import the file into most note taking apps and write on it.
• This is a digital product. No physical item is sent.
• Colors may appear slightly different on paper than on screen.
• The files are for your own personal use. Please do not share, resell or pass them along.
• Digital files cannot be returned. If a file does not open or print correctly, email us and we will help right away.
• Use this workbook to reflect and get your thoughts in order. It does not offer therapy, and it is not financial, legal or medical advice. For major money, legal or health choices, a qualified professional is the right person to talk to.

How this was made

Designed and written by PetiteDiary. AI tools helped draft parts of the text, and some background scenes in the preview images were created with AI. Every page was designed, reviewed and checked before release.

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