Move analysis

I need a resource that can teach me how to analyze my potential moves before I make them.  Currently, I play my games and look at the results from chess.com's computer analysis and get a number of mistakes and blunders.  Sometimes I can understand the suggested lines and sometimes I don't.  Basically, I feel like I play blind folded, not certain if the move I am about to make will be good or bad.  Can anyone suggest any tools that I can use to better understand the relative merits of my moves before I make them.  I am NOT looking for a chess engine to tell me the answers, I am looking for something to teach me to evaluate the ramifications of my possible moves in advance.

What you need is a THINKING system - a mental checklist to go through for each move. Many people develop their own, but here is a pretty common framework:

1. What is my opponents plan?
- Did he make any tactics threats I need to address?
- Do I need to prevent his strategic plan? 

2. Are there any tactics on the board?
- Can I win material?
- Are there any loose/hanging pieces?
- Is my opponent's king weak?

3. What are the positional imbalances I can create/use?
- Pawn structures
- Improve piece positioning (open files, knight outposts, trade bad pieces) 

4. What are my best candidate moves?
- Top moves to meet tactics or strategic objectives
- Calcualte your opponent's best responses to those moves 

5. Double check your best selected move
- Re-look at it with fresh eyes
- Check any tactics
- Take a deep breath

6. Move! 

Thanks for the great response!  I feel that I do this, although not as formally as you have suggested. I will begin to faithfully follow this checklist to the best of my ability. 

However, I also think there is more to it than this. A friend made reference to hanging squares and I had never heard the phrase before, so I assume there is a great deal more that I don't know.  Is there a basic primer on chess analysis where I can start to learn about all the potential pitfalls? 

You should be studying the positional courses in Chess Mentor. Then you will have a more nuanced understanding of strategy and plans. www.chess.com/chessmentor

Erik,

Great!  Thank you!