Objective state
Current functioning, stability, repeated behavior, resources, commitments, and external outcomes.
The ARDA method
Ratings you can understand and question.
ARDA is designed to provide a credible outside view of your life without pretending to know you perfectly. Its conclusions come with evidence, rules, uncertainty, and a path to correction.
01 · Build the picture
Start with a Life Audit.
The Life Audit is a guided assessment with ARDA present. It collects the minimum useful information about your current reality, what matters to you, recent direction, and the three areas that most deserve attention.
Different questions use different controls. A number should not become a chat prompt, and a complicated goal should not be forced into a checkbox. ARDA asks adaptive follow-ups only when the answer could materially improve the result.
Important: You do not see a rating until you can review the material facts ARDA plans to use.
02 · Explain the conclusion50% 30% 20%
A domain rating combines three different judgments.
Personal alignment
How well the current reality matches your chosen goals, values, responsibilities, and desired direction.
Trajectory
Whether the relevant evidence is improving, stable, deteriorating, mixed, or still too uncertain.
The example is illustrative. ARDA uses domain-specific anchors and evidence rules rather than treating every area of life as the same kind of problem.
03 · Show uncertainty
Confidence is not part of the score.
A rating and confidence answer different questions. The rating asks, “What does the current evidence suggest?” Confidence asks, “How dependable is that conclusion?”
HighCurrent, specific, and sufficiently complete evidence.
MediumUseful evidence with meaningful gaps or mixed support.
LowIncomplete, stale, contradictory, or largely self-reported evidence.
Missing information should lower confidence before it silently lowers a person’s rating.
04 · Keep it honest
Evidence changes ratings. Engagement does not.
What can move a rating
- New accepted evidence
- A repeated behavior pattern
- A durable change in current conditions
- A completed external outcome
- A correction to an inaccurate fact
What does not count by itself
- Opening the app
- Positive language
- A plan without execution
- Buying a product or course
- Disagreeing without new evidence
Correct the fact
Accepted evidence can be edited, corrected, or deleted.
Review the interpretation
ARDA separates factual disagreement from methodological disagreement.
Preserve the history
Corrections are linked instead of silently rewriting the record.
05 · Keep the context
Eleven available life domains.
Not every domain must be active for every person. ARDA uses your roles and choices to determine relevance while keeping priority selection separate from scoring.
- 01
Financial
Cash flow, obligations, debt, savings, stability, and the ability to fund the life you want.
- 02
Career and Work
Employment, direction, capability, external results, stability, and advancement.
- 03
Business or Venture
A company, product, practice, serious project, or independent venture you are building.
- 04
Education
Formal education, credentials, training, skill development, and progress along a chosen path.
- 05
Health and Physique
Physical functioning, energy, sleep, movement, nutrition, body goals, and sustainable behavior.
- 06
Mental and Personal
Mood, attention, stress, coping, self-understanding, and the ability to manage daily life.
- 07
Social
Friendships, community, support, belonging, and meaningful contact.
- 08
Dating and Relationships
Dating, partnership, intimacy, communication, stability, and chosen relationship patterns.
- 09
Living and Independence
Housing, safety, privacy, autonomy, household functioning, and practical independence.
- 10
Discipline and Time
Follow-through, routines, focus, distractions, commitments, and use of time.
- 11
Purpose
Meaning, values, identity, contribution, and whether your actions connect to what matters.
What the method cannot do
A useful outside view is still only a view.
ARDA is not a clinical assessment, diagnosis, therapist, physician, financial adviser, lawyer, crisis service, or substitute for professional care. Its ratings describe available evidence within the product’s method, not your worth, potential, morality, or future.
When safety or urgent professional judgment matters, the right next action may be to leave ARDA and contact a qualified person or emergency resource.
Launching September 2026