After you've purchased you plane, keep browsing and looking for the 'other' one you want. That way when you destroy your current model you can at least look forward to the next one.

It follows that you should position yourself in such a way (financially, time, etc.) as to be ready for the next one BEFORE you even fly the one you have.

Then the stress is reduced because 'you wanted something else anyway.'

By all means do not fly it if you aren't prepared to lose it. Remember too, that most of the time you are only going to lose the airframe, which is financially, not as bad as the entire plane vaporizing along with your $1000 worth of 'other stuff.'