does it matter? no one that wins 100 million in the lottery really deserves it. But life throws its financial cards differently at everyone. And everyone plays those cards how they want.
how generous would you be?
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does it matter? no one that wins 100 million in the lottery really deserves it. But life throws its financial cards differently at everyone. And everyone plays those cards how they want.
Get up and drag yourself to work everyday to support your family. Do your job (this also applies to house wives) to the best of your ability while you are underpaid, under estimated, and under appreciated. Raise children. Put others needs before your own (ie mothers and fathers). Taking care of your parents instead of just tossing them into a home. Taking care of a sick spouse and never getting to go/do anything.
There are lots of things we do everyday that would qualify.
Get up and drag yourself to work everyday to support your family. Do your job (this also applies to house wives) to the best of your ability while you are underpaid, under estimated, and under appreciated. Raise children. Put others needs before your own (ie mothers and fathers). Taking care of your parents instead of just tossing them into a home. Taking care of a sick spouse and never getting to go/do anything.
There are lots of things we do everyday that would qualify.
That is nothing different than the person next to you is doing. Americans really hold themselves in a higher regard for doing things that they are supposed to be doing.
People who do those things, do deserve some of the guilty pleasures .. if they win that kinda money.
You'd be suprised to know how many people lead you to believe they are doing that stuff, when they actually aren't.
I know mothers and fathers who will sit at work and gab on and on about how they do this and that for their child and they never do anything for themselves .. and how much time they spend with their kids and never have time to do anything they want to do. And constantly talk about how broke they are because of all they buy for their kids.
Then you notice the same mom come in with 3-4 new outfits (that she can't afford) and a new piece of jewlery every week talking about how much fun she had shopping and going to the health spa ... and you over hear the same dad talking to some of the fellas in another departmentabout all the golf he played over the weekend with his buddies. Yet, the kid(s) never get mentioned in weekend activities.
And don't get me started on dead beat daddies ..
You'd be suprised to know how many people lead you to believe they are doing that stuff, when they actually aren't.
I know mothers and fathers who will sit at work and gab on and on about how they do this and that for their child and they never do anything for themselves .. and how much time they spend with their kids and never have time to do anything they want to do. And constantly talk about how broke they are because of all they buy for their kids.
Then you notice the same mom come in with 3-4 new outfits (that she can't afford) and a new piece of jewlery every week talking about how much fun she had shopping and going to the health spa ... and you over hear the same dad talking to some of the fellas in another departmentabout all the golf he played over the weekend with his buddies. Yet, the kid(s) never get mentioned in weekend activities.
And don't get me started on dead beat daddies ..
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See, these two statements illustrate something. April's is fairly much 'how to get rich, and stay that way,' Hydro's is "why almost every american, no matter how much they earn, has too much debt."
Earn $80k, act like you earn $30k kekeke
That is the best way to retire early. If you earn a good amount of money fucking live below your means. No one NEEDS a brand new car, no one NEEDS selfish purchases.
Invest that 50k wisely.
There are better ways to get credit than buying brand new off the lot. Building your credit for 3-4k (because you bought new instead of a couple years old) isn't worth it!
at the time, I needed a reliable car with warranty and used cars weren't really offering much in that regard then...now you can buy used cars with 100k warranty if you look around a bit
community investments and i'd start some non profit organizations.
maybe sponsor some kids for college.
maybe sponsor some kids for college.
I have an aunt in NYC that did both...she started her own non profit that deals with giving kids in NYC college scholarships
That's pretty freaking awesome. Giving back at that magnitude must be a cool feeling.
she's a great lady...she's been like a 2nd mother to me for my whole life in lieu of the 1st one not really being there for me
well in that context i see what you mean, and actually reminds me of a show i watched about the lives of people that won millions in the lottery.
One redneck won a shit ton of cash and blew it on absolute garbage he didnt need. Hundreds of thousands of dollars on crap like some ancient carving some Tibetan monk made hundreds of years ago and jusnk like that. I mean WTF.
When you first get that kind of cash, splurge on some nice things that youve always wanted. Useful things like a nice house out in the country on a decent plot of land, a nice new car, some new clothes... things like that. But dont blow it all so you're back where you started.
If you're earning the cash (which isnt really the topic of the thread), then yes. Always save lots and save often. Never live outside your means.
I'd probably be about as generous as I am now...which means first I'd take care of my kids and myself, buy some extra goodies for all of us but not go crazy with it, people I know who need help would get it (preferably without them knowing who it came from), then some would go where I would donate now if I had enough extra money-the local library and their adult literacy program. Yeah, I know, bo-rrrrring, right?
dang it I forgot about the library..source of my book addiction.I'd probably be about as generous as I am now...which means first I'd take care of my kids and myself, buy some extra goodies for all of us but not go crazy with it, people I know who need help would get it (preferably without them knowing who it came from), then some would go where I would donate now if I had enough extra money-the local library and their adult literacy program. Yeah, I know, bo-rrrrring, right?
I don't know the story, but maybe the Tibetan carving was worth something as an investment?
All I am saying, is if people come into a lot of money don't flip and go hog wild spending it. It will not be there forever and there are ways of stretching it. Save it and live off the interest... viola! No money worries ever again.
(speaking of libraries...my old hometown one loves donated magazines because they sell them for profit. that's an easy way to recyle your old magazines and help your library at the same time!)