... or otherwise came into an extremely large amount of money, what would your lifestyle be?
I always said that I'd buy a camper van and just drive around visiting places. After I'd seen all that the UK & ROI has to offer, I'd make my way over the Channel and start on on Europe then Asia.
How would you live?
Same as I always have, but I'd spend a few quid on fixing up the house a bit. Maybe buy a new car (my current one is 19 years old). And if it was enough $$, I'd pay off my children's mortgages. I'd find a charity or two to help as well.
shareI think the first thing I would do after investing half of the money (just in case I blow it all) would be to take a year or so and dive all the reefs that are still on my list. If it were enough money that I could pay off all my friend's mortgages I would do that too.
I would really hope that other than travelling and maybe buying a place in Costa Rica, that I wouldn't change too much.
Iโd build a school in Indonesia. Everything else would carry on as it already does.
shareVery admirable ๐ Would you move there to run it too?
shareIโd probably go over and help supervise the construction and check in from time to time, but Iโd leave the day to day running in far more capable hands than my own.
Tbh, Iโm going to do this one day anyway (itโs actually cheaper than you think).
THE SAME BUT WITH MORE/BETTER SHELVES AND MORE/BETTER MEDIA FILLING THEM.
shareDay to day pretty much the same as now. But I would take time to work through my modest bucket list.
shareWhat's on your list?
shareLike others on this board it would start with a large amount of shelving to get my books and DVDs organised - and probably finding I no longer want half of them in the process. Then a series of quietly scenic holidays - around the UK would be fine to begin with - so I can add to my heap of thoroughly mediocre photographs. Near the top of the list would be walking across Australia, as in the book & film Tracks, and a season in Antarctica.
shareYou want to walk across Australia?!! Wow, that would kill me off!
shareProbably kill me off too but I'd love to experience that landscape.
shareThat would kill just about anybody off! Australia doesn't fuck around - most of it is scalding desert where it's impossible to keep a sense of direction, and half the insects can kill you. The "Tracks" lady spent years learning how to cope out there before she set off.
What's on my bucket list is a first-class train trip across Australia. Stay in a comfy little compartment with air conditioning, check in at the dining car when I felt peckish, watch the landscape go by and get in touch with the monotonous desert, and keep an eye out for birds and the skeletons of people who tried to imitate Robyn Davidson.
honestly, i'd keep about $100k to supplement my retirement, give a few bucks to some nieces and nephews who could use a hand, & i'd give the rest to charity. probably anti-malarial charities.
i pretty much have the life i want. it's very small and simple and uncomplicated and that's the way i want to keep it.
Sounds a lot like my life: simple and I'm very content with it.
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