Comments | lotus_bright: Stupid Money Question Time

lotus_bright

Stupid Money Question Time

Apr 09, 2010 17:55

I've talked to some of you about this before via other mediums, but now I'm opening it up to the field. Time for an easy conversation question, brought on by reading about the plight of lottery winners (many of whom end up broke within a few years of hitting it big ( Read more... )

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shellazure April 9 2010, 22:27:22 UTC

Lawyer up, have him/her collect the money for you under an alias, and invest invest invest. After paying off all debts, and my parent's house. I think it's smart not to have any hardcore lifestyle changes. Keep working but maybe switch to something I like doing if I'm in a job for the money,

lotus_bright April 10 2010, 03:07:13 UTC

- $10,000: Dent in student loans, give some money to my parents, put the rest in savings/use it to further my goal of moving and finding a job somewhere else. (And probably a few hundred dollars for something fun.)
- $100,000: Pay off student loans, pay off parents' debts and house and send them to Europe, move, take a few hundred dollars for something fun, put the rest in savings/invest.
- $1,000,000: Pretty much the same as $100,000.

I THINK THIS MEANS I'M OLD.