Writer's Block: Jackpot
Feb. 19th, 2009 05:22 pm[Error: unknown template qotd]
Two plans:
1) Get the yearly payments, spend no more than 32k a year (except maybe for an affordable house/car/surgeries), and save the rest. Once the yearly payments end, try to live off the interest of the saved cash.
2) Get a lump sum distribution, put it all in the bank (just under FDIC insurance per bank/account) and live off the interest for as long as possible at 32k a year.
I've had a relative or two win a lottery, and it's ruined them. They blow thruogh it all very quickly, or by investing badly. My plan is to simply try to stay under a comfortable "salary" and live off interest from savings for as long as I can. I don't need a mansion, just a nice house. I don't need the Ultra Fancy Hummer, but would rather overhaul the truck I have (or buy a nice, but sensible vehicle).
I'd want this to last as long as possible, and make a completely self-sustainable living off of it.
Not that I've ever won ANYTHING in the lottery. Ever.
Two plans:
1) Get the yearly payments, spend no more than 32k a year (except maybe for an affordable house/car/surgeries), and save the rest. Once the yearly payments end, try to live off the interest of the saved cash.
2) Get a lump sum distribution, put it all in the bank (just under FDIC insurance per bank/account) and live off the interest for as long as possible at 32k a year.
I've had a relative or two win a lottery, and it's ruined them. They blow thruogh it all very quickly, or by investing badly. My plan is to simply try to stay under a comfortable "salary" and live off interest from savings for as long as I can. I don't need a mansion, just a nice house. I don't need the Ultra Fancy Hummer, but would rather overhaul the truck I have (or buy a nice, but sensible vehicle).
I'd want this to last as long as possible, and make a completely self-sustainable living off of it.
Not that I've ever won ANYTHING in the lottery. Ever.