Avoiding Cabin Fever by Enjoying the Outdoors

Whether you're in a mansion or a cabin, follow this basic rule of thumb: always try to get outside! Enjoy the sun. Enjoy the air. After all, your body needs that oxygen! What happens when you don't get those basic necessities: cabin fever.

The Scientific Study of "Cabin Fever"

Yes, this is a real thing. Not a movie. Not anything involving issues with "The Purge" and some apocalyptic universal one-day-in-a-year-crime-is-legal mentality. There have been cases of people going basically stir crazy in their homes due to a claustrophobic reaction resulting from isolation and small spaces (something to watch out for in a tiny Maine house? Maybe not.).

Interestingly enough, this phenomenon called "cabin fever" first recorded and studied back in 1838 isn't so much about the space as it is the options available to pass the time away. When you think about it like that, the extreme irritability, paranoia and restlessness typical of someone suffering from cabin fever's a no-brainer as far as the antidote -- you need to get out, man!

Walk out of the door. Into the sunshine. And explore, for crying out loud. After all, the outdoors even benefit marketing campaigns, and that's for people who are actually at work! We humans were meant to be outside; just ask Adam and Eve.

This doesn't mean, though, that you can't live on a boat, or a cabin, or a small mobile home for a lengthy period of time. You can. You just need to bring the outdoors into your daily living as well. The tiny isolated home you live in then just becomes an extension of your lifestyle.

This largely is supported by the fact that you can still go stir crazy even in a massive mansion (I'd venture to say that you can go crazier with all that space).

Home Isn't Just a 'House'

You, therefore, when approaching the H.O.P.E. Program for the prospect of getting a zero-down mortgage, don't worry so much about square footage. Just a thought. Think function versus trend or satisfaction. Happiness comes from within, and then with that happiness, you make the home. You don't make the home with an in-ground pool, trendy curb appeal, and a spiffy mailbox (although that could help a little, I guess).

Why the Guardians of the Galaxy Might Be Investing in Real Estate Soon

Just ask Star-Lord. He's all about opportunity. And Groot's just Groot. However, even in the wide array of the Milky Way Galaxy, the Guardians can see that real estate technology can be the wave of the future and a virtual black hole of possibilities ensuring that everyone's supercharged for the next best battle on the home front.

Real Estate Technology at Its Best

Out of all real estate trends for 2015, this stands as the one people are probably the most excited about. Even a talking racoon would be excited about this. Let's just hope you don't pimp out your home with streamlined costs in cloud-controlled security cameras to beef up your protection.

Additionally, you can check to see if the Rocket Raccoon's making moves with motion sensors built in around your home. And with all the security at your fingertips, you just might not need to worry about having Gamora and Drax the Destroyer on call to whip some burglar tail in your home.

Technology Makes Home Living That Much Easier

But before you do, visit H.O.P.E. to Own to get in on the fast track with a zero-down home. Who knows -- you, too, just might be a "guardian of the galaxy" -- or a collaborating member of the Avengers, maybe? -- after hitting your 640, getting the keys to your house, and moving in faster than light speed.