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albionmoonlight · 11-19-2003, 01:34 PM

Part of me thinks that I would stay at $1,000,000. That amount seems like enough to make life more comfortable, but not so much to really complicate my life by making me change it a lot. I would not change my career path if I had $1,000,000. I just would not have to worry about putting my kids through college.

If I had much more than $1,000,000 (say $10,000,000+), then I think that my life would fundamentally change. I would be able to live as a really rich person without working at all--I am afraid that my interactions with my friends and family would change--and I don't know if it would be for the better or the worse.

In short, I like who I am and the life I am living right now. $1,000,000 would sweeten that life, but leave it pretty much unchanged. Lots more money would necessarly (sp?) change that life, and I don't know if I want that change.

That said, there is a certain temptation to being able to own sports franchises and establish billion dollar foundations to shape geo-political policy in the ways that I believe are best.

So, I don't think that I would risk the $1,000,000 for any amount. However, if I did, it would have to be for $3 billion--That would be enough to allow me to effect the kind of worldwide political change about which I am talking.

Strangely enough, the middle ground is not as tempting. I would rather $1,000,000 than $10,000,000 for the reasons given above.

11-19-2003, 01:34 PM	#25
albionmoonlight Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: North Carolina	Part of me thinks that I would stay at $1,000,000. That amount seems like enough to make life more comfortable, but not so much to really complicate my life by making me change it a lot. I would not change my career path if I had $1,000,000. I just would not have to worry about putting my kids through college. If I had much more than $1,000,000 (say $10,000,000+), then I think that my life would fundamentally change. I would be able to live as a really rich person without working at all--I am afraid that my interactions with my friends and family would change--and I don't know if it would be for the better or the worse. In short, I like who I am and the life I am living right now. $1,000,000 would sweeten that life, but leave it pretty much unchanged. Lots more money would necessarly (sp?) change that life, and I don't know if I want that change. That said, there is a certain temptation to being able to own sports franchises and establish billion dollar foundations to shape geo-political policy in the ways that I believe are best. So, I don't think that I would risk the $1,000,000 for any amount. However, if I did, it would have to be for $3 billion--That would be enough to allow me to effect the kind of worldwide political change about which I am talking. Strangely enough, the middle ground is not as tempting. I would rather $1,000,000 than $10,000,000 for the reasons given above.