Thread: If you won the lottery, would your life be better or worse?

Being filthy rich would make life easier and less worrying at times.
But I do believe it will not make you a happy person, that,s a personality trait and you can,t buy it! It comes from the people around you and how you view life and the world

No matter how much money i have I feel proportionately satisfied by what I spend it on. If I have $500 to spend and I buy a $250 I'm just as glad to have it as I would a $500 if I had a grand to spend. Roughly what I mean but not the exact concept.


I'm too tired to be posting.

More money would give me TIME to do more of the things I love.
I'm living a fairly comfortable life now, but it would be nice to complete a Ph.D. and maybe teach a little, for fun, not for money. It would be nice to have the time to travel more, maybe spend a year or two sailing around the world and write a book about it.

Better. Freedom from financial problems would be a good thing even if many who have achieved that seem to replace them with other ones. When more well-heeled acquaintances/friends of mine bemoan the burdensome state of having relatively large amounts of money I always invite them to allow me to take it off their hands. For some reason they always look at me quizzically and never take me up on my generous offer. I think that there is nothing intrinsically wrong with being financially rich or poor (or as we, ie my family, are, somewhere between the two states given our cultural context) but please, don't moan to me about having too much money (not that anyone on this thread is doing that)..

I don't necessarily think it would be better, just different from the point of view of having freedom. You wouldnt have to get up and go to work each morning and sit on a train for hours to get there. You'd be able to make your own decisions about the lifestyle you led, more travel to foreign climes, where to live, what car to drive, where to send your kids to school. You would know that whatever happened you would have a roof over your head and you could afford to eat.

I dont think having money makes you a better person though. If you're an @$$hole before you won the lotto, afterwards all that makes you is a rich @$$hole. I think its always important to keep grounded and humble. And I know if I didnt keep my head out of my posterior my girlfriend and family would kick the aforementioned posterior..!

If I won the lottery I'd start a charitable foundation to help people get into music and to give music lessons to kids who might not be able to afford the lessons/ instruments themselves.

hmmm, well if I were lucky enough to win the lotto I'd definitely buy a house. Something small, 3 bedroom/2 bath. I'd get rid of a bit of debt that i have, less than $1k, do a bit of traveling since I'm young, and I'd get more equipment that would really benefit me in my career. Odd to spend money on stuff so you can work more, but I'd definitely do it.

I mean, what else would you do with yourself if you're not working on something. Work can be pleasure too

and of course I'd indulge in some really great shavers I've seen on here

My life would be different. The variables are infinite, it's impossible to say if it would make my life better or worse.

However, money brings choices. If I won the lottery, and made the right choices, there is no reason to think I wouldn't have a high standard of living. The ripples in the pond that would inevitably affect my family, friends, children (if I had any) are absolutely immesurable - they don't have to be bad though.

I believe it would be much better. (I don't play the lottery either). I know I wouldn't have to worry about how I'm going to put gas in the truck or pay the Dr bills. I do know that I would indulge a bit in a new ham radio and probably take a trip via Amtrak, maybe a travel trailer so I could resume camping, which I absolutely love to do, but because of physical limitation can no longer camp in a tent. The very first thing I would do though, is give 10% to my Church and get back on the insulin pump.

Having been out of work for over a year now I am very worried about the financial situation. There is no money in any bank account with my name on it. I am grateful for the help and patience of my girlfriend but my pride has me slipping into depression as I realize my retirement plan is basically to drop dead. Perhaps a stroke because of my blood pressure will end it mercifully for me. But I don't want to sound too blue. All is not yet lost. I do have a plan I am putting into effect this afternoon. However, the lack of money is still my biggest stressor. I am not talking about lambo-bucks. I am talking about the daily phone calls from bill collectors and the IRS bill increasing by 18% per year. I am talking about the lien on my car and the fear of eviction from the new crib. I would love to be rich but more than that I would love to be able to sleep at night, just one night.

Someone said, "Money can't buy happiness." That may very well be true. However, a few bucks in the right places might make my misery a lot easier to bear.

Originally Posted by icedog

Having been out of work for over a year now I am very worried about the financial situation. There is no money in any bank account with my name on it. I am grateful for the help and patience of my girlfriend but my pride has me slipping into depression as I realize my retirement plan is basically to drop dead. Perhaps a stroke because of my blood pressure will end it mercifully for me. But I don't want to sound too blue. All is not yet lost. I do have a plan I am putting into effect this afternoon. However, the lack of money is still my biggest stressor. I am not talking about lambo-bucks. I am talking about the daily phone calls from bill collectors and the IRS bill increasing by 18% per year. I am talking about the lien on my car and the fear of eviction from the new crib. I would love to be rich but more than that I would love to be able to sleep at night, just one night.

Someone said, "Money can't buy happiness." That may very well be true. However, a few bucks in the right places might make my misery a lot easier too bear.

Hang in there. It's been 3 going on 4 years since I last worked. After the employer shut down the production line, my Dr advised me to file for disability, since I was for all intents and purposes "unemployable". I've been fighting the system ever since. From what I've been told, Social Security turns people down time after time in hopes the person gives up (or dies).