Monday, January 8, 2018

Blog 25 - Monday, January 8, 2018

If you won THE LOTTERY (imagine lots of $$$) what would you do with the winnings?

Explain.

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  1. If I won the lottery, I would instantly book a flight to the Caribbean. I would do anything to escape the cold and land on a beautiful blue beach. I would also make sure that I buy myself MOST of the things I had always wanted, since who wouldn't take the chance if they had all of that money. Most importantly, I would share the money with my family, and ensure that a portion of the money gets donated to charity.

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    1. A flight to the Caribbean sounds awesome. Great blog!

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    2. I would also do anything to get away from the cold. great blog

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    3. thats very nice of you! excellent blog.

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  2. If I won the lottery, I would give a portion of the money to my family. This way they can pay for things in the future, pay off their mortgage of the house, car, etc. I would also use some money to buy myself a vacation to Paris, the place I've always wanted to go and buy myself some things I've always wanted like some books, clothes, etc. I would also put some money aside for my education in the future and so I have some money to start myself off when I live on my own. Then lastly, I would give a large amount to charity because they need the money more than me.

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    1. I agree with you, donating money to charity is an excellent thing to do.

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  4. It depends on how much I win but I would do things like finishing helping a little village named Kalthana which is in northern India by making it sustainable. This village is so important to me as I have have raise money to build a school there. I would take my parents and brother on a trip to someplace the really want to go. The last thing(s) I would do is help my family members financially and put the money into savings. There is no particular order to what I would do.

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    1. you'd certainly be putting the money to good use!

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  5. If I won the lottery, I would give some to my parents, and I'd donate some, and i'd travel. I'd probably travel because there are so many really cool places I'd like to see. I'd also put a bunch into savings, for later on in life, for college, practical things like that, I'd rather save it and use it later on for meaningful things in life.

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  6. once i would get the money i would go and buy lots of property and rent it out. that way i would have an income every month. then i would put the rest away and plan out everything i need for the moment and the rest would be for the future. i would want the money to last much longer than my lifetime. i don't think i would make any crazy purchases. the most expensive thing i would by would be a house and car. they wouldn't be to lavish either. once the new money would start coming in i would only life off it.

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    1. smart dont spend all of it

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    2. Smart; don't spend all of it

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  7. If I won a considerable amount of money through the lottery, I’d first get myself checked for shock. Then I’d consider hiring a financial advisor to help me decide what to do. But if it was up to me I’d set myself a goal to donate a considerable portion of the money in time, but invest the majority of it immediately into bonds and such to generate even more profit. The portion I’d have for myself would go to paying for a nice, clean home, not large, since I think the only time I’d even consider buying a lottery ticket would be during the time that I would live alone or with my parents. I don’t need a big place for just me to stay in. I’d get myself a nice practical car to get around without issues during the Canadian winters. I’d be able to buy people gifts myself instead of needing to share the cost with another person or needing to create my own gift, although creative gifts are still gifts to consider. I think I’d continue to maintain a job of some sort, because I wouldn’t just sit at home all day with nothing to do. I don’t really know what else I would do with that much money, and haven’t had much time to think about it, since I don’t plan on ever winning the lottery.

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  8. If I won the lottery, there would be many things I would want to do with it. There are a lot of dumb things people do when they win the lottery, which is spending it all without investing to make more. The first thing that I would do s do research on something that can make me more money, using the money that I won. Only after I start making more money I would start to spend it on larger items. Like for example, I would like to help my parents out by paying off any dept and their morgage. I would be smart with my money, I don't want to end up all broke. I would help out the people in my life who need the help the most. For example family and close friends. I wouldn't buy a big huge house with all the little extra cool and expensive things, I would buy a resinoble house and make new modern renovations. I would do all this because I know how some people can be stupid with their money and I don't want to end up like that. I want to help and give back to my family and community but also live a nice life.

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    1. there was once a case where a family won 4 million dollars are finished it in a couple of years ( HOW? AND WHY?)

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  9. If I ever won the lottery, I would definitely take it in annuities. I’d pay off any debts from university and stuff, then travel a whole lot. There's so much of the world that I haven't seen, and I just really like the idea of learning about the world from experience instead of sitting and reading or looking at photographs. I would settle down once satisfied and find myself a nice place, and find another way to have a steady income. I would probably invest some of the money as well, since that's apparently the best thing to do or something.

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  10. I guess that everybody wants to say that they’d give most of the money away, but I genuinely feel like I wouldn’t want to have anything to do with excessively copious amounts of money. I think I would save some of it to be able to live comfortably and maybe make a few crazy purchases, but I really think that i would split the rest between charities that are close to my heart and my family. I think that being super rich, especially without really working hard for it, would make me, personally, feel sort of depressed. This was kinda emo

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    1. It ends up being sad because you can't even think of everything you would spend it on and you realize that you might just end up sitting around doing nothing with a pile of money that could be put to use.

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  12. If i won a large amount of money, the first thing i would do is obviously share with others. I would give around 40% of the total to my family, and 10% to the charities. I would do this because I would feel selfish for keeping all the money and I also wouldn't know what to do with it. I would also definitely go on vacation to all the places i've never been because i would like to explore all the different cultures and people.

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    1. very kind of you to donate. great blog

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  13. If i won the lottery when i was a little bit older i would automatically quite my job and move into a mansion. I would buy tones of different luxurious cars. I would also give some of the money to the parents because they have payed for almost everything i have gotten for many years. I would also buy a very large cottage in the middle of nowhere to go live with my family because we had a cottage when i was young but it collapsed and we did not have the money to rebuild it.

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    1. sounds like a fun non materialistic lifestyle

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  14. If I won the lottery the first thing I would do is buy a plane ticket to somewhere that it is not cold, and I would bring some of my friend with me. If I won the lottery I would buy a bigger house, but I would still get my job if I really love the job that I would be doing. Oh and I can’t forget to give some money to my parent because they do everything for me. But even if I won the lottery I would only spend like half of it because I would use the rest of that money for when I need it the most.

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    1. I agree that winter in Montreal is super cold and that some days I would like to get out of here too. Great blog!

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  15. Depending on the amount of money I won, I would do different things. If it was a million, I would put it all in my bank to gain interest and wouldn't use much of it. If it was 10 million, I would give 2 million, to charity 3 million to my parents/family, 4 million in the bank to gain interest and 1 million to spend in the next 5-10 years. I would make sure to not let the money get to my head and go off spending it on luxurious cars and mansions. I would live a minimalist lifestyle comfortably while travelling with my friends and doing activities that make me happy.

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  16. if i won the lottery i would most likely put it in the bank so that i ca make even more money off of it with the interest that the bank pays. with all that money I would love to travel the world before its to late. I would like to go to every country and have crazy adventures around the world. I would also like to get a home somewhere in whistler so that I could go snowboarding 24/7.

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    1. That sounds like a wonderful plan, I love travelling and visiting places Ive never seen before in person! The world is so big and there are so many different cultures present everywhere.

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  17. When I think about the lottery and winning lots of money, my first reaction to using it would be to put 3/4 of the total in a savings account. Then I would use the rest either shopping for clothes, spending it at the movies or get ITunes cards. Lots and lots of iTunes cards. I might even do all three of those things because they aren't really expensive unless I bought a hugde amount. While I am spending the 1/4 of my lottery winnings I would also be aware of how much I would be spending because, even though it might not really affect my total if I go on a consuming rampage, since I grew up with money I earned and the occasional allowance (which wasn't very much) I ve never had the chance to be able to spend so much on clothes or iTunes cards so I will probably not get confortable spending all that money all at once. By the way, in this scenario, the lottery that I won was gigantic.

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  18. definitely going to buy some apartments and rent them, if you gain a large sum of money, you can invest them into the market as well. If I'm good enough in the stock market then I can make a living of the lottery money instead of blowing it all in a couple of years and getting rich lagged( or whatever you call the feeling of going from rich to poor) . And yeah thanks to the lottery and my wise use of it, i'll be set for life the rent will pay for itself and i'll get surplus from it and live a hardship-less life and just relax and enjoy it instead!

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    1. That sounds like a really good idea!

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  19. If I won the lottery I would obviously share it with my family. A lot of people had said the same thing but it's true. I would want to give a lot of it to my parents because I feel like they deserve to have some if that makes sense. I would also give some to charity because I'm already happy with what I have and I know that there are others in the world that need things. I would though go shopping because I would still want to use some of the money for myself.

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  20. If I won the lottery I honestly wouldnt know what to do with the money. I would probably share it with my family to help with bills and stuff but other than that I dont think I really have a need for it. Of course there are trinkets and gadgets that would be fun to have and buy or some hardcover books that I’d love to have but I probably wouldnt buy lottery tickets just for those. Another thing I could do is donate some to charities and save some for college or to help pay for a house in the future. Once again, I dont really feel the need to be rich or have a lot of money so I probably wouldnt do much with it.

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