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Post by jeremysgirl on Jul 20, 2022 18:15:17 GMT
Jeremy bought some tickets today for the Mega Millions lottery. I guess it's up to $650M. We were just discussing this and we both decided that we would probably spend a couple years checking off our bucket list travels and such so wouldn't work. But then we'd be bored as hell sitting home together. Hahaha...
So the question is, you win $650M so clearly money isn't any object, but you absolutely must have a job. What would you choose to do?
I would have the Spin-A-Yarn Cafe. A small coffee bar with comfy chairs and good lighting for yarn crafters to come, grab a snack, and sit for hours just doing their thing. I would love to bake the cookies. And I would love to just be able to spend my days there managing things a bit and visiting with fellow crafters.
Jeremy would also like to turn his hobby into his work and he has decided that golf course ownership looks good to him. He'd like to hire his best friend and the two of them run the course. And also get in copious amounts of golf.
So what would you do for work? Fun work, of course, but still a job.
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Post by maryannscraps on Jul 20, 2022 18:18:15 GMT
I'd keep doing what I do now, only even less hours.
Or perhaps I'd become a professional restaurant reviewer. I'd need a driver so I could also partake of specialty cocktails.
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Post by quinlove on Jul 20, 2022 18:21:43 GMT
Off the top of my head, without giving it alot of thought, I would open a huge rescue for dogs and cats. A resort place for homeless animals.
Thank you for bringing this to my attention. I will get a couple of tickets, with * my numbers * on them. 🐶🐱
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Post by busy on Jul 20, 2022 18:26:41 GMT
Oh god, I'd genuinely keep my current job 😬
I have zero desire to turn any hobby into a job, and I wouldn't want to own my own business in that situation. Small(er) business owners work harder than anyone else in the company and are pretty much uniformly terrible at staying out of it and letting managers, etc run it. They THINK they will, but they don't.
And I love my job, so.... why not.
OR... Maybe I'd start a self-funded venture capital fund and invest in founders with underrepresented backgrounds - especially women of color, lower SES, formerly incarcerated, etc.
That would actually be way more work than my job now, but would be incredibly rewarding. Yes, I think I'd do that.
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Post by gillyp on Jul 20, 2022 18:28:29 GMT
Spin-a-Yarn Cafe is a great name!
What a tricky question. I think I would like to run a small, beautiful, beachside hotel somewhere in the Caribbean or Maldives. Or I would offer genealogical research services.
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Post by birukitty on Jul 20, 2022 18:32:44 GMT
My dream is to travel the world taking photos of the world's cultures, people, nature and so on. With the money won in the lottery I'd have enough to travel and live on. I'd work toward writing a book and publishing the photos to include in the book.
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Post by paget on Jul 20, 2022 18:32:47 GMT
My first thought is I would keep my job!
Second thought was that I would be an interior designer but customers are too demanding/unreasonable and it probably wouldn’t really be fun.
I settled on keeping my job, but removing the part I am tired of and accepting lower pay since I wouldn’t need the money.
I enjoy my job and it’s very rewarding.
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Post by iowagirl50147 on Jul 20, 2022 18:34:52 GMT
I would have a horse and large dog rescue.
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Post by Skellinton on Jul 20, 2022 18:40:42 GMT
I would keep my job as well. I do hate the commute, however we probably would get a house where I can walk to the school. That would be amazing. Since my husband works remote, that would not be an issue. I'm not sure if he would work or not. It would probably take him 10 to 20 years to get bored of fishing anytime he wants.
I would then give my cousin the money to run some sort of animal sanctuary which she has always wanted to do and which I would not be well suited for. That way I could visit the creatures and help her out but not have to deal with all the stress and the minutia that she would be excellent at and would really enjoy.
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Post by tentoes on Jul 20, 2022 18:43:44 GMT
I would volunteer at a hospital. When I was an RN, the Nurse's aids were such a big help to me, I'd like to repay them for their help and kindness. I'd have to get some new knees first though.
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Post by freecharlie on Jul 20, 2022 18:44:20 GMT
I'd continue to teach. I love my job.
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Post by Jen in NCal on Jul 20, 2022 18:53:31 GMT
Travel blogger. If I have to do something. A yarn store/cafe would be nice too. Definitely leave teaching. I love where I work and the staff but teaching just isn't fun any more. And I expect this upcoming year to be even less so.
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Post by compeateropeator on Jul 20, 2022 18:53:57 GMT
If I won I would not work. I would do what I want when. If my parents win my mom has always said she would give us (my brother and I) as much money as we wanted but we had to continue to work some. I think she would take a consistent volunteer job also. But she is also the person that retired for one year after 50 years of working for the same employer and is now 77 and still works 3 days a week for that employer.🤷🏻♀️ If it was just mine…I would be done, done, done. Hahaha. 😄
I am not sure what I would do but it would be a job that allowed me to leave for long trips, be stress free, and not have to think about it when I wasn’t working. Maybe in a bookstore?
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Post by purplebee on Jul 20, 2022 18:56:08 GMT
Dog/cat rescue and shelter. Or volunteer at my local one after donating a ton to them.
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Post by katlady on Jul 20, 2022 18:57:03 GMT
I know I wouldn’t keep my current job. If I did, I would be one of those who would get up from my desk and leave and not come back at the slightest irritation. With $650 million I wouldn’t put up with the BS at work. I thought of owning an art store and SO would own a gym, but we would be silent owners and let a manager run the day to day stuff. I may also have a cat sanctuary. Although we don’t have a cat right now, I love cats.
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Post by epeanymous on Jul 20, 2022 18:57:30 GMT
I would keep my job but take a lower courseload and tell people to shove off if they asked me to do committee work.
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Post by Susie_Homemaker on Jul 20, 2022 18:57:47 GMT
Travel vlogger and photographer. I'd love to do both. DH could be my pilot in one of his many planes that he'd buy, and we'd go wherever we felt like going.
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Post by voltagain on Jul 20, 2022 18:59:17 GMT
I would buy a small-ish homestead (maybe about 30 acres or less) work towards being self sustainable as possible. Raise a large garden, free range chickens, small amount of live stock, sell organic produce to some high end restaurants Maybe hire a chef and staff to run my own seasonal restaurant with a menu based on what is available. A kind of farm to table set up.
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Post by disneypal on Jul 20, 2022 19:00:36 GMT
If I was a multi-millionaire but HAD to work, I would open a sanctuary for older dogs and cats and hire the best vets to help me take care of them.
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Post by Anita on Jul 20, 2022 19:03:20 GMT
I'd write books. DH would have a world-class train store.
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Post by jeremysgirl on Jul 20, 2022 19:04:48 GMT
Or perhaps I'd become a professional restaurant reviewer. I'd need a driver so I could also partake of specialty cocktails. I am loving this! What a great job to have! I want to be your special guest.  I would open a huge rescue for dogs and cats. A resort place for homeless animals. I love this. I have a very soft spot for animals. I would definitely be a donor. Oh god, I'd genuinely keep my current job 😬 Honestly, I would love to keep mine too. However, if I won the lottery, I would move from my current city. And I couldn't take my job with me. I want to live on Lake Michigan, though. I think I would like to run a small, beautiful, beachside hotel somewhere in the Caribbean or Maldives. Or I would offer genealogical research services. This sounds wonderful! I'd work toward writing a book and publishing the photos to include in the book. I love that you'd be an author. I might finally have the time on my hands to actually write too. I enjoy my job and it’s very rewarding. I like my job too. If it were fully remote, I'd keep it too. I would have a horse and large dog rescue. Another animal lover! I would keep my job as well. I love that so many of you love what you do! |
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Post by kate on Jul 20, 2022 19:05:08 GMT
jeremysgirl, your little shop sounds so appealing, I'd have to take up knitting just so I could come hang out there!  I think I would keep my job for now. I enjoy my colleagues, and I love love love seeing young musicians blossom before my eyes. It's interesting to think about what would change if I didn't *need* the job, though. Would I fret less about the petty political machinations? Probably. And I think it might force me to be even more honest than I am already. What an interesting exercise! DH's doc told him not to retire! He said so many health problems start to crop up when people aren't active. If I didn't have a job, I think I'd volunteer at a local church - there are always a million things that need doing. I'd love to start fostering rescue dogs, too.
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Post by alsomsknit on Jul 20, 2022 19:08:29 GMT
I would finish my degree.
Open a quirky tea shop/book store. It would be large enough to hold meet ups for knit/crochet, book groups, support groups. Also tables for people to hang out to study, work, whatever.
And, a cat cafe where people can come and enjoy the cats; adopt them; enable elderly people to have a cat companion and not have to worry what happens to the cat after they are moved to a nursing home/die, and help them with the pets care.
One more: Set up a home (our home) for homeless LGBTQ youth. A real home with family dinners and holidays and weekend outings. Help with education and see they have therapy services. A place of full acceptance and love if they would allow it.
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Post by twinsmomfla99 on Jul 20, 2022 19:09:15 GMT
I’d do exactly what I’m doing now. I really enjoy my job, my team, and my students.
I am eligible to retire now, but I’m waiting another two years for a significant drop in my cost of retiree healthcare, and may even wait until I’m Medicare eligible.
So if I won, I would start training my replacement and plan to fully retire in 2 years.
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Post by cmpeter on Jul 20, 2022 19:13:42 GMT
I would open a scrapbook/card shop. I’ve scoped out the location. It’s huge (a closed two story Borders store). I wouldn’t want to put my local craft/LSS shop out of business though. So my plans involve moving them into the same space and managing the store together.
I never buy lottery tickets though, so there’s that…
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Post by pantsonfire on Jul 20, 2022 19:16:15 GMT
I'd go back to school to become a medical genetics researcher to find the causes of hEDS.
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Post by moodyblue on Jul 20, 2022 19:24:00 GMT
I am retired so any "work" would need to be minimal, as I love free time to putter and do whatever I want at the moment. Perhaps writing, part-time. If I opened any kind of business, it would have to be managed on a daily basis by someone really good, so I wouldn’t have to do it.
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Post by **GypsyGirl** on Jul 20, 2022 19:24:27 GMT
My first thought was I would open a fabric store with top quality fabrics. Then I immediately thought of what being a business owner entails (my granny owned a grocery store and FIL owned a machine shop) and said no way! I'd probably stick with what I'm doing now, which is being retired and doing whatever the heck I want to! Would definitely travel more and find worthwhile causes to donate to.
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Post by melanell on Jul 20, 2022 19:25:50 GMT
Does volunteer work count? Because we'd both be happy to do more of that! If not, then actually I do know what we'd do----we'd buy up some of the old houses in town that flippers keep buying. And instead of making them all look exactly the same and then selling for a fortune, we'd restore their original craftsmanship & charm, while obviously updating them in terms of electrical, plumbing, etc. And then we'd sell them without having to worry if we made a profit or not. That would make me happy and it would give DH chances to try different projects that he'd love to do, but aren't feasible in our own home. But really, we have SO much work to do on our own home, and a lot of it is bucket list kind of things---the type that's so time consuming and not really important, so that right now we don't know if they will really ever happen. But with more time & money we could actually do those things.  And out travel wish list is long enough to keep us busy for ages! |
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Post by jeremysgirl on Jul 20, 2022 19:28:19 GMT
I would volunteer at a hospital. When I was an RN, the Nurse's aids were such a big help to me, I'd like to repay them for their help and kindness. I'd have to get some new knees first though. Yes, get those new knees first! And then I love the idea of volunteering at a hospital, especially now when there's such a shortage of nurses. I'd continue to teach. I love my job. That's awesome! Travel blogger. If I have to do something. A yarn store/cafe would be nice too. Definitely leave teaching. I love where I work and the staff but teaching just isn't fun any more. And I expect this upcoming year to be even less so. I'm sorry you are stuck in a job you don't like. You could come run the yarn cafe with me! If I won I would not work. Rulebreaker!!! LOL! This would be a great job to have too, I think. Dog/cat rescue and shelter. Or volunteer at my local one after donating a ton to them. I love how many of you want to work with animals. I thought of owning an art store This is a great idea too! I would keep my job but take a lower courseload and tell people to shove off if they asked me to do committee work. I like how given more money many of us would just choose to slow down. It's not that we are unhappy with our current lives, it's that we wish we could move a slightly slower pace. DH could be my pilot in one of his many planes that he'd buy, and we'd go wherever we felt like going. Jeremy has the most compelling desire to learn to fly too. I would buy a small-ish homestead (maybe about 30 acres or less) work towards being self sustainable as possible. Raise a large garden, free range chickens, small amount of live stock, sell organic produce to some high end restaurants Maybe hire a chef and staff to run my own seasonal restaurant with a menu based on what is available. A kind of farm to table set up. I like this idea. A LOT! I would open a sanctuary for older dogs and cats and hire the best vets to help me take care of them. So many animal lovers. I love that we would do for the animals. I'd write books. DH would have a world-class train store. I love how there are so many who would choose to write or take photos or open art stores or anything creative. |
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And out travel wish list is long enough to keep us busy for ages!