Research suggests that when torn about a major life decision, choosing change leads to greater happiness.

Studies on regret show that over time, the actions we didn’t take weigh on us more than the ones we did.

Waiting to feel ready before making a leap often means waiting forever; readiness arrives after we begin.

Do you ever find yourself frozen at the edge of a decision? Hovering over the "send" button on the application? Rehearsing the hard conversation for the fourteenth time? Waiting for one more sign, one more guarantee, one more scrap of proof that the leap will work out before you agree to take it? I know that freeze well, which is why I didn't expect my latest lesson in decision-making to come from the front door.

This spring, a bird built a nest directly into the wreath hanging there; that entrance became off-limits—for weeks. Guests were rerouted. Deliveries were retrieved like covert operations. In short, we became the self-appointed security detail for a family we'd never officially met. And we took only careful peeks—first at a clutch of tiny speckled eggs, then at hatchlings that looked, frankly, like tiny aliens—all beak, no........

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