Are you the lucky person holding the billion dollar lottery ticket? If so, your life is about to change in ways you might not have imagined when you decide to use your car payment to buy tickets. At least that will be paid off. Or will you just trade it in for a top-of-the-line Maybach? Probably for one for every day of the week.
I’m not so certain winning that amount of money is such a good idea. Maybe the home that you love and have lived in for a long time will have to go. Unscrupulous people will camp out on your lawn. You might have to hire security to guard your home and follow you around. Your spouse might leave you, taking half the money (not that they aren’t entitled). Maybe the happiness that you have been experiencing in your life will suddenly turn into worry and fear. If the government can’t manage a billion dollars, how can you?
Some people are good at managing money; I hope you are one of them.
A billion dollars can make a difference in many lives. South Carolina was recently affected by the hurricanes and is in the process of recovering and rebuilding. Maybe the winner will provide some community support, not saying that they should give away all or any of their winnings. But what do you really do with that much money? Many banks have an insurance cap of $250,000. Think of how many bank accounts you would need to shelter those dollars, and the corresponding number of passwords you would have to remember. I can barely remember the few I have. It’s still hurricane season, so that trip to the Cayman Islands might have to wait.
I wish you well, whoever or whoevers you are.
Me, I don’t play the big lotteries. Too much responsibility and disruption. Winning the lottery for me would be to lessen my responsibilities so I play the smaller state version. Then I can pay off my house and be able to pay people for services that make my life easier. I just want the freedom to determine what my day is like, and not be on someone else’s time clock. To have fun and enjoy life. To create and follow my passions. That doesn’t take a mega amount of money.
Maybe just some minor-madness.
Loving Your Sh*T 