First thought: replace my car, which is due to start having problems any day now. Then, second thought: keep my car, but sock away enough in savings to be able to replace it when the time comes.
Which is basically the main thing that I'd do. I'm doing okay day-to-day, but I'd really like to have more (read: any) in-case-something-goes-wrong cushion. Establish savings. Sock away a car fund. Sock away an emergency horse/dog fund. Do a whole lot of homework on investments and set up some of those. I might try to buy (or put a hefty down payment on) a little house or condo, but I'm iffy--if I were going to buy, I think I'd want to be down by the stable, but I don't like that commute to work, so--I also might not.
I would probably get myself a truck and horse trailer. I would probably stop worrying about being able to afford all the lessons and entry fees that I want. I would probably do a little traveling to cool places.
I would like to think that I'd check into the folks around me and see what I can do to help them out. I'm just not sure exactly what that would be, for most of the folks I'm thinking of.
I'd like to think I'd give a good-sized chunk of it away. My usual approach to unexpected windfalls is half to responsible stuff and half for fun. So I'd like to think that I'd do what I felt like I needed and wanted to do and then look at whatever was left and say, "Okay, I don't need this." But I'm honestly not sure. Generosity, in general, is not one of my better things. I'd like to think I'd take the chance to practice, but I don't know.
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Date: 2008-04-28 03:21 pm (UTC)Which is basically the main thing that I'd do. I'm doing okay day-to-day, but I'd really like to have more (read: any) in-case-something-goes-wrong cushion. Establish savings. Sock away a car fund. Sock away an emergency horse/dog fund. Do a whole lot of homework on investments and set up some of those. I might try to buy (or put a hefty down payment on) a little house or condo, but I'm iffy--if I were going to buy, I think I'd want to be down by the stable, but I don't like that commute to work, so--I also might not.
I would probably get myself a truck and horse trailer. I would probably stop worrying about being able to afford all the lessons and entry fees that I want. I would probably do a little traveling to cool places.
I would like to think that I'd check into the folks around me and see what I can do to help them out. I'm just not sure exactly what that would be, for most of the folks I'm thinking of.
I'd like to think I'd give a good-sized chunk of it away. My usual approach to unexpected windfalls is half to responsible stuff and half for fun. So I'd like to think that I'd do what I felt like I needed and wanted to do and then look at whatever was left and say, "Okay, I don't need this." But I'm honestly not sure. Generosity, in general, is not one of my better things. I'd like to think I'd take the chance to practice, but I don't know.