Yeah, the problem with the million dollars thing is that, after taxes, let's say that you'll have $500,000. That really truly doesn't go that far, but it will definitely open some opportunity doors. I really want to take cooking classes, cake decorating classes, glass blowing classes, oil painting classes, ballet classes, private ballroom lessons, and French classes--in France. I want to swim with dolphins, and see fairy tale castles in Germany. I want to like all the clothes that I own, and have them fit and be flattering. I want to cut down on how much I work, so that I can have more time to actually put my creative writing degree to use. I want to buy shiny appliances and pretty furniture. I want all my debt gone, and considering that I'm 24, I really don't even have that much--about $30,000, and that includes student loans, car loans, and credit cards. I want to own good pots and pans and a pizza stone. And I want to own the place where I live, so that I can do whatever I want with it, and half of all the money I get in a month doesn't go to someone else. I want to feel like I'm planning for my financial future instead of just feeling like I'm barely making ends meet. I want LASIK and laser hair removal--I mean, just think of all the time you'd save after having those done. I want to be able to afford the vet with no problem.
And I want all of that to happen right now. Do heads up pennies grant that kind of wish?
Well, crap. The party I'm going to today, that I thought started at 5 pm? Starts at 2. I guess I won't be bringing a homemade blueberry pie, after all, since I haven't even gotten it assembled yet.
Woops.
oOOOH. I have leftover pie in the fridge downstairs that I was forgetting about. Soon, pie all gone....
Ooo, a million dollars after taxes . . . pay off all debts, buy a house, buy a car, sock a bunch of money into a medical bills fund, then travel. Hubby's been wanting to show me Monterey and Germany, and I want to show him western Pennsylvania.
Thanks! Yep, it's my birthday, the big 3-4.
Just a baby! Happy birthday, Nora. You share a birthday with my little sister.
I just now realized that the reason why I'm feeling grumpy and loserish is probably because I'm getting a cold. Oops.
Yeah, the problem with the million dollars thing is that, after taxes, let's say that you'll have $500,000.
I've decided that even if I won as low as $300K in the lottery (lottery winnings are taxfree in Can.) I would quit my job. Not forever, but the win would let me pay off my mortgage (my only real debt besides a little bit of credit card debt) and live for a couple of years and maybe go back to school or start a little business. Once the mortgage was paid off, I don't need a lot of money to live modestly. It wouldn't give me a life of leisure, but it would get me out of the rat race.
It wouldn't take much money for me to quit my job! Although if it were like $100K, I'd have to get a new one pretty quickly, after paying off debt and etc.
