The press coverage of the giant lottery prize today is kind of interesting. It really seems to capture imaginations.
Like anyone else, I certainly have ideas about what I would do with that kind of money, and undoubtedly, I'd mostly give it away. I know some people think about how they'd have people wipe their ass for them, but other than picking a new place to live (or two), I'd have to figure out how you use the money you have to best benefit the world. Every person can have meaningful impact on the world. I know this because I've seen the fruits of my labor. What money buys you is scale.
That said, I also don't think a lot about landing some random windfall sum of cash. It happened to me once, when someone randomly decided to buy popworld.com from me for $100k. Two things came of that. First, I realized how little money that actually is. Second, and this is strange, you treat cash differently when you don't earn it.
And that might be why I don't spend a lot of time dreaming about hitting the lottery. I think more about how I'm going to get to a certain level of financial stability, earned, and see what I can do as I go along. I tend to get the most satisfaction from things that intrinsically motivate me.
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