My rational, list-making mind wants the pros and cons list to work, but it doesn’t. I go with my gut. The reasons come after the decision is made.
I can use the plus-and-minus method to decide minor things such as which roofing contractor to hire or which mattress to buy, but when it comes to big things like quitting a job, moving across the country, getting married, and accepting a job offer, I have to trust my sense of the Gestalt and not try to enumerate all the particulars. You’ll never get them all, and even if you did they would not add up to the real whole picture.
Sometimes it does help me to talk to someone, not for advice but just for help quieting all the noise that keeps me from hearing my own inner voice.