A wee survey

[trixtah]

I found myself thinking yesterday, as I was walking past a newsagent trying to pimp lottery tickets, just what I would do if I unexpectedly came into millions of dollars, in terms of my own life (take for granted the part where I'd pay off everyone I know's mortgages yadda yadda).

I decided I would immediately ditch my job, go to London and study osteopathy at the BSO for 4 years, ensuring I studied cranial osteopathy. Then do a post-grad course in animal osteopathy in Wantage (near Oxford). Then I'd go home and do animal osteopathy part time.

It kind of surprised me.

Anyways, if money were no object, what would you do with your life?

Comments

[serene]

I would keep my job, which is, after all, The Best Job Ever. I would pay off my mother's house. I would go about my life pretty much as I do now, but I would never have to worry if strawberries are too dear. I would buy whatever food struck our fancy, and never have to worry that if one of us lost our job, we'd be in deep shit. And when someone in my family got sick or needed dental work, we'd just go get it taken care of rather than waiting until there was enough money.

I love my life. I really wouldn't change much.

[trixtah]

The interesting thing is when you read about lottery winners, they often tell the doom and gloom stories about the ones who go off the rails and piss it up a tree in a matter of a few years. The majority, however, enjoy their money. And there has been more than one study that shows that the wealthier that people are, the happier they also are. Being free of the constant stress of worrying about paying for fundamentals counts for a lot.

Having said that, here's hoping healthcare reform keeps moving in a better direction for you all - it still croggles me how people have to run about to get money for life-saving medical care.

[filkferengi]

It's because the money the government extorts at gunpoint goes to bail out their corporate cronies [who're doing things like tripling interest rates and cancelling people's insurance for pre-existing conditions, like breathing], so there's none left over for healthcare. :(

Fun question, btw. We don't buy lottery tickets either, but speculations have included creating scholarships, taking friends to Worldcon, adopting local parks, & travel, including tours of all the baseball stadiums [& sampling food in same].