This question is about feeling happy and content with the decisions you have made to buy the house you did. I suspect that my perception and experience if different than many of you but I am sure you can relate on some level. I say that because I live in an area where there is constantly new construction and model homes on display. I also ask because for myself since buying this house, its like I never really ever stopped the search of looking. Of course I decorate and remodel but I also always look at pictures of houses that come on the market and often stop by open houses in my area. This can be good and bad. Bad in that it makes me long for all I dont have and wish I could afford to put into my house and good in that it does give me ideas to use in the future. But I suppose I will always be this way and hope and wish and strive for improvement or what I perceive to be more beautiful and functional and basically better. At what point do you allow yourself to just be happy for what you do have, a house, a pool, a safe neighborhood,great weather,etc? And how do you work towards improvement when you dont have tons of money to spend and when the path to your dreams seems unattainable, yet also be content and happy with what you do have now?