How would you spend (or save) your winnings? Here’s my list:
- Pay off our student loans.
- Pay off any debt on my side of the family and Mister Redhead’s side. Student loans, credit cards, whatever–we’d pay it off.
- Buy an apartment in New York, a house in Minnesota, and a condo in downtown Des Moines. Gotta cover all the bases!
- Take that honeymoon we haven’t gotten around to taking yet.
- Give back. How, exactly, I don’t know. Maybe I’d give money to a bunch of different charities, or maybe I’d start a scholarship fund, or maybe I’d support research to find cures for cancer, AIDS, Alzheimer’s, and so on. Or perhaps I’d go live in a third-world country and build hospitals or help women start businesses.
- Go back to school and only take classes that really, really fascinate me. Maybe I wouldn’t even get another degree; I’d just take completely random courses.
- Buy motorcycles. I’ve never been on a motorcycle, but I think I’d like to have one.
- Save a bunch of the money. Like, enough to live on for the rest of my life. I wouldn’t want to be one of those lottery winners who’s broke in three years! This may involve reining in my above plans a bit, but I’d rather be reasonable with my money than blow it on fancy cars and houses.
How about you? What would you do with millions of dollars?
