How do I make a big decision I keep avoiding?

Avoiding a decision is itself a decision — usually the worst one, because it lets circumstances choose for you while the cost quietly grows. The discomfort you're avoiding is smaller than the weight of carrying an unmade choice around. Get clear on what's really stopping you. Usually it's fear of making the wrong call. So lower the stakes in your mind: most decisions aren't permanent, and a good-enough choice made now often beats a perfect one made too late. Ask what you're actually afraid of, and whether it's as final as it feels. Then give yourself what you need to decide — the key facts, a deadline, maybe one trusted person to think out loud with — and choose. Perfect information never comes. Waiting for certainty is just avoidance in a more respectable outfit. Make the call, own it, and adjust as you learn. A decided direction, even an imperfect one, beats standing still.