I would travel the world. Australia..France..Brazil. go on some jungles/safaries and stuff. Would love to see all the types of animals and just explore the world.
Also so some stupid **** like...buy all the pants in the world and just burn them. Start over on making pants world. Jokes...
would probably give most of it away, dont care much for having the biggest house and the nicest car. can be put to better use.
Pay for university, travel, etc. I'd want to do something charitable too, but I'd have to think about it. I'd want to actually help with something, myself, like being there. Not just giving money and then being on my way. Maybe I'd expand the SPCA in my town or something. Make it less crowded! Maybe get some of the animals spayed and neutered before they were adopted. But paying for the 10 years of university would be way up too.
in all honesty id carry on as i am now cos im a pretty big cheapskate
id probably buy a nice sports car on ebay for relatively low amount
a nice house which is easy to maintain
and i guess having a lot of money would mean i could get all the latest gadgets that are released witout having to wait for the price to go down. (although id probably still look for the best prices, ok i would)
oh yeah id buy my dad a range rover and my mum a convertable
Get surgery/treatments to end my HH forever. Yeahhh boy.
Go back to college.
Buy a gorgeous wardrobe (not joking), go to some great shows, treat back all the friends who've been good to me when I was financially down.
Buy nothing but expensive organic food.
Donate to some of the nonprofits that I've busted my butt fund-raising for.
Pay off all my debts and past due tickets...
Travel. Everywhere. (Okay, I'm more about culture than wilderness, so I'd rather go to Morocco than climb Mt. Everest or traverse the Amazon. I've never been anywhere but Canada, so this is a big one for me.)
Get an ID...
Party hard.
Micro loans.
Not be tacky.
Basically, I hope that I'd invest in myself and be gracious and have fun all at once.
I'd buy a nice house somewhere. I'd help my sister pay off her incongruous loans. I'd buy my parents all they needed. I'd travel. Then I'd start a new business venture of some kind.
It depends on how much. Personally I don't think I would want to win any huge jackpots. A sudden influx of millions of dollars would cause me way too much stress. I'd have to hire accountants and lawyers and a whole bunch of other stuff just to get going.
I was watching a show where they interviewed people who had won millions in the lottery. Not one of them said the experience was a good one. Once the excitement wore off and reality got to them, they realized just how much over there heads they were in. Some became targets for lawsuits. A few were even kidnapped and held for ransom. Most lost all the money within a few years. I'd rather not deal with any of that.
I would travel all around the world and buy the most insane computer ever!!! But like philly2bits said, I also saw the show he's talking about so I'd be really nervous not to mess anything up.
It depends on how much. Personally I don't think I would want to win any huge jackpots. A sudden influx of millions of dollars would cause me way too much stress. I'd have to hire accountants and lawyers and a whole bunch of other stuff just to get going.
I was watching a show where they interviewed people who had won millions in the lottery. Not one of them said the experience was a good one. Once the excitement wore off and reality got to them, they realized just how much over there heads they were in. Some became targets for lawsuits. A few were even kidnapped and held for ransom. Most lost all the money within a few years. I'd rather not deal with any of that.
The greatness of the opportunities made available by a large sum of money is indeed equalled by the potentially debilitating sh*tstorm.
But I wouldn't want to sacrifice my chances to live my dreams based off of some stories of others. You can be irresponsible, or even unlucky (in the case of the ransomed), but that doesn't need to happen.
Money might not buy happiness but neither does being poor! I like to consider myself a pretty responsible fellow. I'd take my chances with the lottery winnings if it came down to a choice.
Still your point isn't lost on me. It is fun to think about what you'd do with a bunch of cash (other than roll around gratuitously in heaps of dollar bills!) -- but it would really be tough time. Legal issues, and vultures all around waiting to pounce...
The greatness of the opportunities made available by a large sum of money is indeed equalled by the potentially debilitating sh*tstorm.
But I wouldn't want to sacrifice my chances to live my dreams based off of some stories of others. You can be irresponsible, or even unlucky (in the case of the ransomed), but that doesn't need to happen.
Money might not buy happiness but neither does being poor! I like to consider myself a pretty responsible fellow. I'd take my chances with the lottery winnings if it came down to a choice.
Still your point isn't lost on me. It is fun to think about what you'd do with a bunch of cash (other than roll around gratuitously in heaps of dollar bills!) -- but it would really be tough time. Legal issues, and vultures all around waiting to pounce...
I didn't mean I would refuse to turn in a winning ticket if I had one. I was just expressing my concerns if by some chance I won millions in the lottery. I'm sure though that if I did win that show would conveniently escape my memory :😛:
