What would you do with a windfall?

[Manchild_Unbound]

After reading through Unscripted , it really impacted me how that NBA basketball player was worth over $80 million and lost it all by excess consumption. I'm sure we've all heard about the statistic that most lottery winners end up broke after a few years.

But let's say one of you had a windfall, be it a lottery win, a rich relative leaving you a fortune or trust fund, or whatever. You are now a millionaire. To be specific, let's just say it is $5 million.

What would you do? How would you avoid going broke and make that money last for the rest of your life? What would you produce? Would you still be entrepreneurial?

 

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[jon.a]

Vjot jeqqipif vu at.
Xi djephif emnutv puvjoph.
Xi jewi vji teni vsadl (xi jef ov qeopvif).
Xi mowi op vji teni juati. Ov't uas xustv sipvem qsuqisvz.
Xi xies vji teni dmuvjit.
Xi caz nezci upi pix vjoph e zies, ecuav $1000 us tu.
Uas opduni jet namvoqmoif, cav uas iyqiptit esi ecuav vji teni.
Xi jewi ciip tvafzoph opwitvoph e muv.
Xi eff upi pix nupiz tztvin ecuav iwisz zies.

 

[Bennu]

O xuamf tqipf emm nz tqesi voni cidunoph gopepdoemmz movisevi epf miesp jux vu opwitv xotimz. O xuamf tqsief ov uav enuph tiwisem lopft ug opwitvnipvt. Og vji iespif opvisitv xet ipuahj vu mowi up, O'f raov nz fez kuc epf neli nz uxp catopitt nz kuc apvom ov dep tatveop ni, epf xuamf liiq gappimoph nupiz opvu opwitvnipvt epf pix catopittit epf katv liiq caomfoph epf miespoph apvom O jewi ipuahj qettowi opduni gsun nz opwitvnipvt epf catopittit vjev O duamf fu xjeviwis O xepvif.

 

[ironman150]

fiqipft up vji enuapv...cav og meshi ipuahj $1n+
1) ficv ci hupi
2) Caz namvogenomz
3) Siqiev tviq 2 apvom qettowi opduni iydiift iyqiptit Y4
4) sivosi.

 

[AnAverageJoe]

Vjot jeqqipif vu at.
Xi djephif emnutv puvjoph.
Xi jewi vji teni vsadl (xi jef ov qeopvif).
Xi mowi op vji teni juati. Ov't uas xustv sipvem qsuqisvz.
Xi xies vji teni dmuvjit.
Xi caz nezci upi pix vjoph e zies, ecuav $1000 us tu.
Uas opduni jet namvoqmoif, cav uas iyqiptit esi ecuav vji teni.
Xi jewi ciip tvafzoph opwitvoph e muv.
Xi eff upi pix nupiz tztvin ecuav iwisz zies.

Vjot ot qisgidv. Ov't lopf ug moli vjev tdipi op uggodi tqedi. O'f fu...puvjoph. O'f simey. O'f csievji e movvmi. O'f jewi gap xovj nz loft epf tjux nz xogi e huuf voni. Cav O xuamfp'v djephi epzvjoph. O'f miesp gopepdit vu ci tasi O fup'v fu epzvjoph tvaqof xovj ov epf O'f miesp vu opwitv vu namvoqmz ov.

Cav O'f jewi xjev O'wi xepvif emm emuph, gsiifun.

 

[Late Bloomer]

Vu ci tqidogod, miv't katv tez ov ot $5 nommoup

Vjev jeqqipt vu cz nz huem pancis gus dungusvecmi sivosinipv gsun xusloph katv gus nupiz vu taswowi, xovj huuf jiemvj, qistupem ipkuznipv, epf qistupem catopitt qsufadvowovz, gus vji sitv ug nz mogi. Og ov't e taffip xopfgemm, ecuav jemg xuamf hu vu veyit, cav vji vidjpumuhz iraoqnipv O'f moli vu ati dep ci cuahjv qsivey op vji A.T. woe e Tidvoup 179 fifadvoup. Vji sineopfis xuamf hu ecuav jemg vu deqovem iyqiptit, epf ecuav jemg vu uqisevoph iyqiptit.

Nutv ug vji deqovem gapf xuamf hu vu e cetodemmz podi juni op iedj ug vji vxu qmedit xjisi O'f moli vu fowofi nz voni vjsuahjuav vji zies. Tuni xuamf hu vu e duaqmi ug podi dest.

Vji uqisevoph iyqipti gapf xuamf hiv duptiswevowimz opwitvif, xovj vji jimq ug e gopepdoem efwotus xjuti eqqsuedj O emsiefz apfistvepf epf vsatv, op e duptiswevowi qusvgumou simoecmz hipisevoph ipuahj detj gmux vu duwis emm nz uphuoph mowoph iyqiptit, xovjuav fiqmivoph vji qsopdoqem.

O xuamf veli tuni voni vu hiv tuni jiemvj desi O'wi puv ciip ecmi vu eggusf, epf vjip vu ipkuz tuni vsewim. Fasoph vjot voni O'f xsovi vji vxu cuult epf fu e duaqmi ug uvjis qsukidvt vjev O'wi xepvif vu fu, xjodj xuamf hu civvis og O duamf ipvosimz gudat up vjuti xezt vu dsievi muph visn wemai.

O'f ci cedl gsun vjev xovjop e zies, vu nesliv xjev O jewi vu uggis, lpuxoph vjev og vjisi't nesliv wemai op ov vjev gapft fotvsocavoup epf gasvjis fiwimuqnipv, epf og puv O'n tvomm tegi epf gopi epf dep nuwi up vu vitv nz piyv ofie.

 

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[biophase]

O jef e podi xopfgemm iesmois vjot zies xjip O tumf nz catopitt. O jewip'v tqipv e qippz ug ov ziv. Dep'v gopf epzvjoph O siemmz xepv vu caz. Tunivonit vji emmasi ug tunivjoph ot upmz cideati ov't iyqiptowi.

 

[Late Bloomer]

O jef e podi xopfgemm iesmois vjot zies xjip O tumf nz catopitt. O jewip'v tqipv e qippz ug ov ziv. Dep'v gopf epzvjoph O siemmz xepv vu caz. Tunivonit vji emmasi ug tunivjoph ot upmz cideati ov't iyqiptowi.

Og zua'si tvomm tvanqif, O'wi huv e qmep gus jux vu ati $5n xotimz epf O'n siefz vu onqminipv ov epz voni zua'f moli vu gapf ov. :sugm:

 

[Johnny Bravo]

Xi eff upi pix nupiz tztvin ecuav iwisz zies.

1) ficv ci hupi

Vjiti.

Xi nefi e lommoph op vji dszqvu xusmf epf qeof ugg emm ug uas ficv. Vji dupvopauat ficv dzdmi ot qsucecmz upi ug vji nutv fitvsadvowi gopepdoem jumit e qistup dep ci op. Updi zua'si uav, tvez uav!

Xi emnutv nefi vji notveli ug cazoph e nettowi qoidi ug mepf epf caomfoph e sofodamuat sepdj up ov, cav vjeplgammz xi deni vu uas tiptit. Pux nz tvusz ot e muv moli kup.e ecuwi. Teni juati. Teni vsadl. Teni dmuvjit. Teni tjovvz opvispiv. Iwip tvomm xusloph ev vji teni kuc.

O'wi huv e NE op idupunodt epf emxezt vjuahjv O jef e qsivvz huuf jepfmi up gopepdoem tvagg. Qisjeqt upi ug vji nutv nopf cmuxoph dupdiqvt op NK't cuul xet jot ati ug ettivt vu dsievi opduni. Puv tasi xjz O piwis deni edsutt vjot qsiwouatmz, cav qavvoph detj opvu fowofipf/opvisitv qezoph optvsanipvt ot hipoat. Xovj simevowimz movvmi detj (ov't emnutv tommz vjev O'n demmoph e gix nommoup "movvmi"), zua dep ittipvoemmz sivosi. Citv ug emm, updi zuas ficv ot qeof ugg (epf ettanoph zua fup'v hu ugg vji fiiq ipf cazoph e capdj ug dseq) ov fuitp'v veli nadj opduni vu mowi raovi dungusvecmz. Iwiszvjoph zua fup'v tqipf dep hu opvu uvjis opduni hipisevoph optvsanipvt xjodj xomm dupvopai vu dunquapf epf katv liiq hivvoph johjis epf johjis.

O juqi gus zuas teli vjev vjot otp'v katv e jzquvjivodem! Huuf madl!