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Buy enough solar and batteries to become energy independent for the rest of my life.
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Down payment on a house
Put it in the investment account. (I do want to retire some day.)
Renovat my bathroom, install an air conditioning system, use the rest to pay the mortgage.
probably give my 10 favorite people $5k. id do it anonymously too.
See if it's enough to get me a down payment on a house. Probably not though.
Slap in a bank account and feel a little more secure but still nowhere near being able to retire.
Take 2-3k for some immediate material niceties i cant afford otherwise, the rest goes to my mom who has probably some leftover obligations from when she bought a little apartment.
Pay for new teeth, up my Patreon subscription for my favorite artist by factor 5 and then back some great projects made by human artists on Kickstarter.
Buying the best bed possible, paying off my whole debt, and going to sleep for a long time.
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Pay off my wife's student loans which run us like $900/m. With the ~10k left over split it into some HYSA for my kids and my sister.
The extra $900/m would go towards the principal on our mortgage and maybe we could actually pay it off before I die.
Dunno. Probably see what my family needs most first, then check if it's worth getting a used electric car. If not, keep it around to pay some standing debts.
Kayak the McKenzie river from Yellow Knife to the Arctic sea. Ascend Mt Robson via the wishbone arête. Whitewater raft the full Grand Canyon. Have a Diet Coke.
I'd take time off work and travel europe for 6 months with my wife
Go to a really nice dinner and put the rest towards my wedding anniversary.
Buy gold and bury it in the communal garden.
Debt free and my kids get superb birthdays every year
I would invest in something useful, for example, put aside a few dollars for expensive treatment if they are needed in the future, donate small pieces to projects or organizations that are interesting to me, or open source programs, if I really like the program, the rest of the money would be spent on things for my work, like a good computer, and other all sorts of necessary things, and I would also invest in crypto, which is reliable in cold wallets 😀
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