What it's like becoming rich

A number of years ago I started a lawsuit that I thought would be over quick, it always looked like it was about to end. During that time, I fantasized about the day it'd end, when I'd have all the money to do whatever it is I want with my life. In doing so, I delayed my life plans and just sat in a holding pattern, dreaming of better days.

Well, the day finally came. Just a few weeks ago the lawsuit ended, favorably for me, and justice was served. I now have more money than I know what to do with. But receiving it was totally anticlimactic, I was floored by the responsibility of it all and I had no idea how to spend it or what to do with my life. I know I haven't been "rich" for that long so it's hard to see how the money will affect me, but from what I can tell so far, it doesn't affect my day-to-day life very much. I'm the same old anxiety-ridden person. I know it's totally cliche, but the best things in life really are free. I guess there's some comfort in that.

 

i guess it was not the best idea to think that money alone was going to improve your life very dramatically..as you said in your original post, some of the best things in life are free.

I have never really had a shit load of money like you say you have, but i have also, thankfully, never been very hard up. Really, it kind of hard to think of having more money than i could think what to do with...haha really difficult indeed.

Best of luck with everything..

 

well i'm happy being a peasant lol but being rich sure would get me up earlier in the morning lol

 

I wouldn't know, but I would probably put it in the bank and go on with my life.

Slowly deciding things that need to be done, like a new roof on my house, for example.
I'm just not a fancy person.

 

it would make a huge difference in my life. i am impoverished, and have basic needs that aren't fulfilled. i'd imagine after i got done traveling the world, everything would become ordinary again.

 

I'd be going back to school that's for sure.
Also, investing like a madman.

 

I would never buy a generic product again as long as I lived.....the disappointment in my sons eyes when I can only afford ''fruity o's'' instead of 'fruit loops'...I tell ya its heartbreaking...and dont get me started on 'no name bologna'

 

lol...I buy Fruity-o's and no name bologna...

 

He'll be a better man for it.

 

Id buy a large property and have a small eco-friendly house built

then Id start a small company to keep me busy..probably something car/scrap/junkyard related and invest the rest...live off the interest

 

I'd take a chunk and travel the world for a year, invest another chuck and the rest would be put into building a house and purchasing enough land to prevent having neighbors.

 

I love the sound of that .. neighbor prevention :2thumbsup:

 

I'd buy my neighbor's house so I could tear it down and have our view of the lake again.

 

Id buy me a tractor with box trailer, turn it into a traveling grow room and help the sick and dying people.. Then Id buy me 2 refurbished Blackhawk helicopter, and hire a couple retired combat vets to make sure we didnt have any problems doing so..

 

the dollar collapse is eminent. diversify yo bonds

 

buds and bullets never lose their value..

 

Buy silver.

 

were wolf?...

 

*points*

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