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We have some close family in their 90's. They are at a point they often hope today is their last day before they move on.


My mother, as she approached 90, fretted that she had lived so much longer than her friends and husband, all gone to Heaven years ago, that they might be thinking she didn't make it.


Here's my thought; for those who get to heaven, we will know all those others also there, instantly and upon arrival. As Heaven is eternal, those who are there already know that I am/will be there.

In your mother's case she need not fret - those in Heaven already know she's there too.

Just my concept of Heaven.


She wasn't already there when she said that. She was sitting on the couch in her living room.




Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me.

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I just hit 45 on the odometer today. Maybe I'll take the 18 option.... Confused
 
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Hell yea. Go back that is.




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I'd do some smart things and some stupid things with the $30 million, I'll admit that right now.

If I could go back in time? As I sit here now, I want to go back either 59 days, 61 months, or 26 years (to correct/prevent a few particular events). Going back to when I was 18? Only if I could go with the knowledge I have now.




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What ever "mistakes" I may have made might have been exactly what drove me to a great career a one in a billion wife and a life as good as it can get. I will take the cash and do what I can to maximize the joyful life I have with my bride and since I can not realistically use it all give a bunch to worthy causes. I can not imagine life having turned out any better than it has
 
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Money please.

Most of the biggest regrets in my life had already happened by the time I was 18.
Those that hadn't could be remedied with the money.


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I'll take the $30MM


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I am like most. I don't think I could undo my life. There are things I wish were different, but then I may well not have other things - like family. I am who I am.

Write the check.




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They money. I have a (currently sleeping) little boy in my lap who will be turning one year old on the fourth. Any mistakes I may have made in the past may have been painful at the time, but ultimately put me on the road to him. Wouldn't change it for the world. Plus, 30 mil buys a lot of diapers...



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I've thought about this in the past(minus the cash) and can't really decide. There are several things in my life I would do differently that would have had a big effect on where I am today.

On the other hand, some things I have now I just would not want to give up, my kids for example. All the material things that I have right now could be replaced in the alternate life, and be bigger and better but the family stuff would be tough.

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I've often considered what it would be like to go back and visit with my younger self for a few days. Of course it occurs to me that if my younger self were to see my current self, he'd crawl into a fetal position and rock himself into a coma......lol



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Prior to 2002 I might relive back to age 18. But since then I'll have to take the money. Wouldn't want to never have my 3 daughters in my life now.
 
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I honestly wonder if having 30 million dropped in my lap would be a good thing or a bad thing for me and my family in the long run. Sometimes that type of money destroys the truly good things in life. I would have to be very careful about how that money was handled.


The big obstacle for most people is they don't realize how expensive it is to be rich.


The trick really isn't any different if you are rich or poor. The real trick is simply to spend less than you make.

If you take the thirty million (or whatever money) and think "Woowoo, I've got money to spend," it will soon be spent.

If you invest the 30 mil and spend the lesser of 4% of the total amount or the annual income, you'll likely have a minimum of 1.2 million dollars to spend each year and your money will grow.
 
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I have lived a great life.
Mistakes? Sure, but they made me the man I am now.
I am having WAY more fun now.

Gimme the cash and let's have a shoot at my place.


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