Wishful Thinking: What Would You Do With A Million Dollars? (VIDEO)
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Thanks for reading and checking out Good Enough Mother every day – I just love hearing from you and watching our little community grow!
As you know we’re always on a mission to expand the GEM world so we figured it was high time that we started shooting some video for the site – to go alongside our postings and podcasts. Yep, you’re going to be able to see a lot more of me here at Good Enough Mother in the coming weeks and months…
With that in mind we’re launching a new strand here on the site called Wishful Thinking!
As you know we’re big believers in hopes and dreams, so in this feature we’re going to throw out a question on a ‘dream’ related topic, I’ll give you my take and then I want to hear your answers… simple, eh!
Check out our first question in the video below and start sending over your thoughts… cause remember you have to keep dreaming!
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This is pillow talk ALL THE TIME for me and my husband. Thanks for letting me dream out loud, Rene!!!
1. Give to our local church and other charities before any other money is spent.
2. Take mini-staycation just to pay off debt…. and get my kitchen updated! (I’m such a housewife!)
3. Take a real vacation. Debt free and vacay- aaahhhhh!!!
4. Find and open a good interest bearing savings for our 3 children, future grandchildren, and charitable giving.
5. Buy my mom a new car…. she is already retired.
6. Hire a temporary nutritionist/cook to show me how to cook healthier meals.
7. With the leftovers…. more savings… continuing education… you know… just living! My kids are preK-4th grade so saving is major right now. Kids like and need activities. Having the extra available money would help pay for that as they grow.Oh, yea- #8. We only have one car… finally my wonderful husband can get his own.
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Oh yes! I would definitely have some fun escape with the family. Walt Disney World would be my destination and then some quiet time in a nice beach house, gulf-side. A month away would be great!
I would also, pay off debt. And this might be the only way my student loans ever go away. I would give money to my family and my favorite charities…but after that? Just for me…
I’d buy a new home…in a wooded area, with a pond (or 2) and a clearing with an orchard, a greenhouse and plenty of space for organic gardening.
My home has an awesome sunroom/office where I can blog, play with my photos and network. Off limits to the rest of the family.
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I would pay off debts, put some money aside for my dear sister & brother for AFTER they get out of college (what I like to call the “oh crap I have to take care of myself” years), travel with my husband, and buy and move into our “forever house”. I would keep working because I actually love what I do, but that could change….I may just be having a good day!
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First I would tell my husband to politely bow on out of the military…and take a break! We would go on a much needed vacation…def pay off the handful of bills we have.
Second, make sure my kiddos are taken care of as far as school is concerned.
Pay for my mom and his mother’s house.
Give back and then just sit back and relax!
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Personally, my list would look something like this:
1) More funding for our KidsTalkAboutGod.org ministry.
2) College money to all the six nieces and nephews.
3) Dream vacation with hubby to Greece (and maybe other places, but that’s number 1 for both of us!)
4) Get a bigger home. We LOVE where we are (on the beach), but space is very tight with two of us in about 600 square feet! Even just having a second unit in the same building would be great… one for office/guest room, one for home.
5) Little luxuries like having my hair done more often, getting facials and massages, etc. Reality is, we’d probably have to invest much of it to prepare for a future of probably being in charge of paying the 24/7 nursing costs for hubby’s sister, who is completely disabled. So the list above is truly just a wish list.
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Great question!
1. I would take a short trip by myself.
2. Take a short trip with my husband.
3. Take a short trip with my husband and the kids.
4. Get a house that is right on the water, not necessarily the beach, perhaps by a river and by a small boat.
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1) Get a Passport and travel for a month. Europe, Hawaii ( I know I don’t need a passport for Hawaii) Africa, and maybe China or Japan or Indonesia. Or all of them.
2) Pay off college loans for me and 2 kids and put away enough for the other 3 to go to the college of their choosing.
3) Buy a small house on a beach somewhere.
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- A million bucks? Because I am SO responsible, I’d cancel my debt. All of it. That’s roughly $20K. LoL!
- Then, I’d set aside $100K to evenly distribute to my nieces and nephews because I’m a great frikkin’ aunt. They can only have it for college, tho. Or when they turn 25.
- Give my mom like $25K
- Pay my dad back the money I owe him with a lil’ “interest.”
- About $5K to each of my siblings
- Set aside $250K to pursue a dream
- I’d take three-month trip to Africa. I want to see South Africa, Egypt, Kenya and Guyana before I kick the bucket.
- Whatever is left will be split amongst the American Diabetes Association, Susan G. Komen Foundation, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Make-A-Wish Foundation and the American Red Cross.
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Hm, #1, change my panties (be it a miracle a mistake that it’s in my bank account, will be a panty-wrecker)
#2, so the happy dance, then call my mama, then my hubby, then my BFFs (or figure out how to do that conference call thing w/o cutting anybody off – dream on)
#3, quit current job to concentrate on writing the Great American Novel (helloooo, delusions of grandeur)
#4, pay off debts, establish college funds for the kiddies, make several charitable contributions.
I think that’s a pretty good start.
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Thanks for keeping me honest…
– I would have some fat sucked off my thighs,
– Go on an African safari, and
– Return home energized, inspired and motivated to pursue my social entrepreneurial idea for changing the environments, thoughts and lives of young African-American mothers and their children.
– OBTW, I need many pairs of shoes to embark on this journey.
LuvU&UrHair,Lady! =D -
I would no doubt retire like most people would want to do if they had won a million dollars. Do some traveling too! Buy a home, and do lots of shopping also. Maybe spread the wealth to some unfortunate folks. After all that, I don’t think I’d have a million dollars left though…LOL! Wow, thats a good question…
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Awesome!!! What a great afternoon in the neighborhood!!! Love the hair Rene!!!
what would I do with a million dollars
The first thing I would do is take an extended vacation with the hubs….probably would put about 50 places on post it notes and have each kiddo in our home pick out one…also I would give back to others in some way….I wouldn’t start a cause for there are so many great nonprofits out there that could use funding…