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?

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[firecat]

Assuming I didn't have any partners or dependents with their own ideas or restrictions on what I could do, I might:

--hire a concierge whose job it was to arrange completely comfortable travel for me, then travel to places and people I'd like to visit.

--buy some land (and if necessary, politicians/officials) in Half Moon Bay and start an animal shelter.

--start some kind of art school (film? writing? music?) with lots of funding for people who don't traditionally get to go to art school.

If you add "time is no object" into the fantasy, then the list gets way, way longer.

[trixtah]

Heh, I was thinking about one of the advantages of uber-amounts of dosh would be the ability to hire local guides for just about anywhere you'd want to go. I find not knowing even a smattering of the local language incredibly stressful, so there are plenty of places I'd be keener to go to if I had someone trustworthy to translate.

And I like the idea of funding scholarships and education in interesting areas.