Eeek! I have won a million dollars! Now, time to stop jumping around and let's talk about how we're going to spend it.
Okay, let me be Captain Obvious here for a moment and give a wee little disclaimer: I am not a financial adviser. This post is just for fun. If you win one million dollars, please do not interpret any of this post to be any form of financial advice from me. For the love of GOD, please see a financial adviser.
Now that is out of the way, let's continue. Woo-hoo! I've won some dollarydoos! Bonza, mate! Now, how to spend one million dollars...
I have never been overseas. My initial instinct is to say that I would pay off my mortgage and travel with the rest. That sounds sensible and fun. But if I think a little bit deeper, I can come up with the following:
Buy a boat and sail around the world - I'd probably get seasick, and I can't sail, but hey, it sounds like a thing that a millionaire would do. The seas await!
Throw a biiiiig party - Like, a massive one. Hire a fancy venue, get all dressed up, have a huge tab, drink cocktails with gold leaf in them, and dance with the masses... Yeah, this is SO not my thing. I'd make a crappy celebrity. The only photos of me that the paps would get is me drinking coffee in my Oodie on my back porch, and the only scandal you'd read about is how many days I've gone without a shower lol.
Buy some fancy artwork - I could hang it in my hallway for the kids to knock down on their way past. One of them would probably bluetack their own drawings over the top or add mustaches to the faces. Priceless.
Invest in shares - Now this sounds a little too sensible, but I also could lose the lot, so maybe it's just the ticket. It's really just a socially acceptable gamble, right?
Buy a racehorse - This could be fun. I'm not sure how, seeing as though watching horses is not fun, and then someone would have to look after it, train it, clean up poo, oh and actually ride it. So, it'd end up being a big money hole and a lot of hard work. But hey, it's an option.
Open a bookshop - Yes please! With brightly coloured walls and couches, lots of little reading nooks, new and secondhand book sections, a coffee machine, and regular community events, author talks and writing workshops. Oh yes! This option sounds perfect.
Give it away - I'd love to be the sort of person who would win a million dollars and go "Eh, I don't really need it, but so many other people do," then just give it all away to people in need. I like to think that I'd give at least some of it away. But I definitely think that I would struggle giving it all away.
Buy a shack in the bush and become a hermit who lives off the land - Yeah, this is much more my style. I'd love this option, but I have a family to consider, and I'm not sure that they'd love this option. Sadly. Sob. Goodbye, sweet shack.
Surgery - Goodbye, mum tum and saggy boobies! Hello, what's the point because I'm never naked enough in public for anybody to actually notice so it would really just be a waste of money. Hah!
House renovations - This would definitely be one of the things that I would seriously consider. My kids would nag for a pool. Would we get a pool? Probably not. But maybe. A certain Simpsons episode comes to mind lol.
Education - I could study to become whatever I wanted and end up with no debt at the end of it. Truth is, I don't want to study anymore. So maybe I could just tuck it away for my kid's education. This is also a much too serious option.
Property - Yeah, the classic property option. Buy houses and live off the rent. Not exciting. Also, there are tax implications, and things keep breaking, and tenants keep complaining. Boo.
Retire and move to Greece - Retirement might seem appealing to some people, but I'm only 40, I've still got a lot of contributing to society to do, and I'd get bored. Unless you chuck in a retirement destination like Greece. Now that sounds lovely, but I'd probably still write, so I wouldn't really be retired, I'd just be moving. Would I just pack up and move to Greece and write books? Nah, but I'd travel there. Damn me and my practical brain. Won't even let me retire. Grumble.
Okay, okay, my silly brain just won't let me think of outrageously lavish options, it's too practical and throws me too many objections. This activity sucks. I don't even want a million dollars anyway!
(I'm sorry I said that. I know The Secret. I really do want a million dollars. No. I WILL HAVE a million dollars. I am manifesting it right now. It's happening. It is in the process of coming to me. The universe wants me to be a millionaire. I am those people in the GIF. I am a millionaire. Woo!)
... What would you do with one million dollars?
Love,
Marley xx
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