I feel like I have absolutely no grasp on whether I'm making wise, well thought out decisions anymore. I feel as though I've basically had it drilled into me that any decision I make is irrational and that I'm incapable of making well thought out/will stick to my choices. I always end up changing my mind, or it goes badly. Everything I do as an independent lately has gone terrible. 

Now to the decision I'm trying to make. 

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I've wanted to go to cosmetology school for years. I haven't because my parents and I have instilled in me that I MUST go to a 4-year university or I won't make it or be anything. I'm in crazy student loan debt over this with absolutely nothing to show for it except an awesome feeling that I can't finish anything I set out to do with a side of depression and anxiety. Now after a year of poor choices/circumstances and a horrific experience moving with an ex out of state (for him to isolate me and sabotage me) I'm trying to get back on my feet and reclaim myself. I want to go to cosmetology school and there is a small mom and pop school literally across the street from the house I am living in. I toured today and it's nice enough, however I'm worried that it might not be "enough" once I move back to the Seattle area. I'm worried that I will need to have one of the big-name schools, Aveda, Gene Juarez, etc. but this one is RIGHT HERE. And with the time I'm taking to get back on my feet, isn't this a good time to get a certification and have something to show for myself? Or is this me making another impulse decision that will end with me regretting it?

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How do you determine if you're making a wise decision, and how do you go about making large decisions such as this?