Face it - buying a house is stressful. This process completely takes over your life and changes many things about it. You start giving up activities you used to be engaged in, the priorities change and you need to be aware of that to get your life back to normal.

Here is how to keep your sanity:

Find funny sides of it - make jokes about the houses you see, the estate agents, and your own experiences.

Keep doing sports - I found myself skipping my swims week after week (of course there were always excuses, but they don’t change the fact that I was “wagging”). Sports are a great way to discharge bad energy off your body.

Don’t skip the walks - make sure you walk the dog or your partner at least once a day. Fresh air makes a lot of the bad thoughts disappear.

Go to bed before midnight - I found that if I went to bed even 15 minutes before the midnight I felt much more refreshed in the morning than other days when I fell asleep after midnight. I can not explain this fact but many friends I spoke to about this felt the same way.

Take one step back – remember, there is no such house that you “must have” at any cost. If it becomes a worse deal than you thought, give it up, walk away - you can always find another one and who knows, maybe it will become your dream home.

P.S. It is funny how all the people in the world go through similar experiences. After posting this article, I found another one on the same topic - so here is more about dealing with stress of buying a house.

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