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pay off the last of my debt since that should about cover it
Pay off some debt, buy one fun thing, save the rest for a house. The fun thing might be either a pair of Focal Bathys MGs, a new GPU, or an electric unicycle.
I'd spend half in a combination of paying down debt and giving money/things to family and friends.
Then I'd probably spend the other half of chasing down the dream of getting a game made. Hire a programmer for a few months and see what we could do. Given a smaller scope, I imagine a lot.
Nothing for a few years. Maybe buy a GA.
Pay off my house (or most of it depending on what the exchange rate is doing)
Pay off a loan probably
Probably use it as the deposit for a house. 50+100 would allow me to get a 4 bedroom house with a 20 year mortgage but I'd probably go for a small apartment and pay it off in 5 years. It'd save me quite a bit extra on the interest as well.
Pay off bills for the year. Donate the rest to food pantry. Fuck money.
- Buy 1 month of Trump’s Truth social access early for $10,000
- front run whatever industry he decides to fuck next for $40,000
- profit?
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Half to student loans, the other half to home improvement.
New computer. Tho maybe not a 5090 if they're gonna be catching on fire.
Put it in the bank and live every day like the day before!
Yup. Wife made us invest 64k this year. That's half a dozen pinball machines I could have had!
*index fund
$50k is a weird amount.
If you're currently financially in crisis, it will probably save your life. But if you're doing okay, it probably won't change your life much. And if you're even mildly rich, like six figure salary, you might not even notice.
I'd probably just put it in vanguard or a high yield savings, in preparation for bigger expenses that are probably coming (eg: moving, unemployment)
I'm doing ok but 50k would let me put a down payment on a house which would still be life changing.
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I'd pay off my house. No hesitation.
EDIT: I owe just a bit over $50K on my house. By chance, the amount OP chose fits my circumstances exactly.
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