Commitments
I'm having buyer's remorse. I'm still on real estate mailing lists, so I see new options every day. And often I wonder if these other options wouldn't be better.
But big purchases like homes and cars should be looked at as a commitment -- more like a marriage. Prior to getting married, you should look around all you want. Explore every option. But when you finally make that commitment then, as the usual vow says, you're in it for better or for worse. Looking around and considering your options at that point is foolish.
The hard part about a house, though, is that it doesn't remind me of how much it loves me, how wonderful life will be together, or how much I love the way the sun beams into the windows perfectly at 7am. It just is. And instead of thinking about all the reasons I bought it in the first place, I think about all the other options and how much better they might be.
I need to see it as a commitment. To be cherished and not to brpe thought around. Having a partner around to be excited with me would probably help.
