Shoo away the post-holiday blues with a home in Spain

Your holiday memories may seem distant, but with a home in Spain they'll feel much closer

We’ve all experienced the holiday hangover, the back-to-work blues and that Monday mourning feeling. It’s impossible not to think back to ‘this time last week’, when your desk was a sun lounger and the water cooler was a swim-up bar serving all-inclusive cocktails.

A recent survey by Sunshine.co.uk has found that of the 1,254 people it asked about their last holiday, a massive 82 per cent said that they had experienced post-holiday blues, while 68 per cent said that they were not happy to be home at all…

So how do you combat such feelings? The easy answer is: win the lottery. The not so easy truth is: you can’t ever eradicate them fully, not really. After a week or a fortnight sunning yourself, relaxing, indulging, reading, enriching the mind and soul, or even simply just being away from work, it is inevitably depressing to get back into the routine of old.

But while you cannot escape the necessities of life – a purpose, a reason to get out of bed in the morning, the earning of one’s crust – you can make it less of a drudgery.

A home in Spain is a great way to soothe the sharp pain of post-holiday blues. Now, you may well have just returned from Spain, or are heading there soon. If so, you will surely have had your head turned by the beautiful climate, the stunning beaches, the friendly locals, the amazing food and drink, and the varied scenery. You might even have uttered that famous phrase: “This is the life!”

Well, it is, and those are healthy thoughts to have. We encourage those thoughts of course, and would love to have you come browse our selection of properties for sale on the Costa del Sol. But we say so with a few home truths as a caveat.

Life in Spain is much more enjoyable than in the UK, but it’s not one long holiday. You may still have to work, and a Monday morning commute can still sink the spirits even if it is a short stroll along the beach.

You will still have to apportion your time between Sun-Thurs sobriety and Fri-Sat debauchery. This means reasonable hours on a school night, resisting the manifest temptations all around you, and going easy on the inexpensive but excellent local vino.

It requires self-discipline, and the ability to delay gratification. But it’s a far better bet than returning back to a gloomy UK, with its out-of-town business parks, strip-lit offices, bus delays and pale colleagues whose conversational topics rarely stray far from last night’s TV.

Just something to think about. Now, where did I put my post-work lilo?