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How much money would you need to win before you stop?
I will get back to the usual topics soon, but seem to be overflowing with holiday thoughts still. Someone told me a hilarious line about lotto the other day. “New Zealand’s top savings/retirement strategy is to win lotto, it is also the least likely to give you any results.”
We also seem to have had an influx of newspaper articles about lotto winners and how happy they are that they are ‘set for life’ (Does this mean sales are falling and they are launching a big PR campaign?)
It got me thinking about winning lotto (which I think would be difficult given the lack of a ticket).
When you are on holiday these philosophical questions can entertain you for hours. I did a lot of research, asked around, figured what I’d do with what amount of money and decided that the most I would be happy to win is a million.
Any more and I suspect I would get lazy. This was confirmed by my lack of excitement over facing a computer again. I also think I would feel weird about getting a lot of money I didn’t earn. Every dollar so far has been gained through blood, sweat and tears. I think I would not cope if a lot was just given to me for nothing.
Some woman in Britain once never told a soul, not even her husband, and invented bonuses every year that paid for her family holidays. She was terrified that free money would change her family so she never let it.
With a million I would by a nice old house like the one I currently live in and nothing much else. So I would have the security of knowing that I have some stability in this often crazy life, but not enough to stop. Still don’t think I’d actually buy a ticket though.
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January 9th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
I think I’d invest a million and let it keep paying me the rest of my life…
January 10th, 2008 at 4:58 am
What the #$%#!
The more the better. I do not need a job or a business to give my life purpose. To my mind there are so many more important things that I would like devote myself to – family, friends, the environment to mention just a few ideas.
January 10th, 2008 at 3:37 pm
totally agree Colin, neither do I, but to devote yourself to family and friends is still not enough and to really do some good with anything else, you need to focus and work hard. I am yet to see an example of someone who has won or inherited a large amount of money and actually does anything with it. People who earn large sums seem to keep dong amazing things, so I figure that’s different.
I would hope I would be the same as you, but wonder if the allure of doing nothing and getting used to living the high life would win over?
January 12th, 2008 at 12:19 am
I agree about work hard and focus. It is just that I would focus on other things other than work. For instance – I would be happy to stand outside a supermarket and give away reusable shopping bags. I would be even happier to try and get corporate support from the supermarkets to get rid of plastic bags entirely. I would also be very fulfilled trying to get corporates on board to support child health research. So in short, I think I would be very busy – albeit that some may call me a nut case but thats ok to…