The best option is rarely the option with no downside.

Looking for the option with no downside means waiting for something that does not exist, and in the meantime the decision makes itself by default. Real choices come with costs attached; the work is choosing which costs you would rather live with, not finding an escape from all of them.

With a decision you have been circling, list the downside of each option plainly. Then ask which one you could carry for a year without resentment. That question resolves more than any further search for a clean answer.