If I Had A Million Dollars
Let's face it, most will never win big in the Lottery, but many dream of what they would do with that kind of wealth. What kind of personality do you have, how would winning the Lottery change it, and what would your life look like after winning the Lottery?
"The Grasshopper." The Grasshopper is the one who choses wisely and carefully before cashing in on their ticket. They interview three financial advisors, accountants, and attorneys to come up with a plan to invest, strategically plan for taxes, and allocate appropriately. They will pay minimal taxes, start LLCs and corporations, bank accounts in different countries, and will have doubled their money in theory before cashing in the ticket. Then they will live a highly guarded life, jet setting from real estate holding to real estate holding, all the while rubbing elbows with the rich and famous. They will be on Richard Branson's Christmas card list. They live the high life until they die in a mysterious plane crash where foul play is suspected and fingers are pointed at the attorney, the body guard, or the 23-year-old second wife.
"The Clam-bits." The Clambits are just like them hillbillies who move to Beverly Hills, buy the mostest expensivest house ever built, lights them thei'r ceegars with $100s of bills but still eat roadkill. Their new found wealth only changes their mailing address and a few material items but otherwise, the Clam-bits stay the same after they win the lottery. They always have at least one coffee can of cash for every family member, and it is ALWAYS buried in secret locations. The locations can only be found via a treasure hunt complete with booby traps.
"The Dicky Robby." The classless character with the "second place is the first loser" mentality cashes his ticket the day after winning and gives his boss an on-air moon, quitting his job at the press release he called to draw attention to his new found wealth. This attracts a slick financial advisor that convinces Dicky to sign with him over tequila shots. Dicky's first purchase is a solid gold toilet seat and he continues to spend blindly and stupidly for the next few years. His high-school sweetheart wife leaves him after he had an affair with a stripper in every state, which was a personal bucket list item the money helped him achieve. Three years after he wins, because of wild over spending and a missing financial advisor, the bank repossess every thing, Ricky must file bankruptcy. His family won't talk to him. His boss wont re-hire him, and when he tires to pawn the only possession that he has left, he discovers that he got scammed on his gold toilet seat. Dicky's ex-wife and financial advisor live together on a Yacht in Monte Carlo named "Fool's Gold".
"The Organ Donor." This can really be shortened to just "The Donor." The Donor may leave their job and open their own charitable business, get a flashier car and house, go on more vacations with their family, but their lives won't drastically change from the outside looking in. The Donor leaves a 200% tip at a restaurant, pays for the person behind them in the coffee line everyday, creates meaningful scholarships, saves animals, and puts their new money towards making difference quietly, with passion and without recognition. The world needs more Donors. Live like you were a Donor.