MILLIONAIRE GOALS
I think financial goals (and goals in general) are the most important things to have when dealing with moolah, so I'm writing down the things that I would like to have and experience when I become a freakin millionaire. Feel free to post yours here as well. (Notice, almost all of them aren't THINGS to BUY to OWN (to possess), ratherexperiences- more on this later though).
1. I want to be able to take a class- in any subject - any time I want. I am a voracious reader (that word always makes me think of dinosaurs) and I love to learn and I want to know. I cannot say this enough, or simply enough. I want to learn as much as humanly possible and taking classes and experiencing things are the best way I know how.
2. I want to go out for scrumdillyumptious meals with friends every night of the week, pay for everything and give the waiter a humongo tip. I want to eat well with my friends and I was a waitress (its effing stressful) - ergo they deserve a lot of money.
3. I want a boat. Not a BIG boat but a medium-sized boat. In this boat I will do many things, but the first thing I will do is take all of my closest family and friends out on Boston Harbor for the Fourth of July, drink pina coladas and coronas and just generally smile a lot. This will happen. But I need a boat first. Maybe I just want to rent one. Either way. A boat is required.
4. I want to buy my mom a house and give her enough money so that she never has to work again and can finally go out and live a life that she loves. ( I should get my dad one too).
5. I want a facial and a massage once a month (good skin is extremely important and the massage goes without saying, I mean come on).
6. I want to be investing 1000$ a month in a retirement account for the next ten years. I will not, I repeat, I will not be worried about money when I am 60 years old -there are way more important things- i.e. skiing in the alps and hot tubbing in Colorado- to worry about at that stage in my life.
7. I want enough money so that I can take a hip hop class anytime I want. I'm bad at hip hop and would love to be better. And I need schooling for this endeavor, so I need to take classes.
8. I want to donate to and participate in women's organizations (specializing in rape and HIV related issues) in Africa.
9. I want leather boots. My shoes always have holes, and while I'm a HUGE fan of worn in clothing (more on this later) holes in shoes always represent some type of financial lack to me- I want shoes with no holes.
10. I want to jump in a car- rental car, minivan, effing 1978 cadi- I don't care- and go apple picking in Connecticut without having to worry about the cost. I want pumpkins and apple pie and I want them now.
11. I want to go to France on a whim and stay in a hotel for weeks and speak french and look at art and read and sleep.
12. I want to get all of my best friends together and take them on an all-expense paid vacation to some amazing tropical location for a week. I absolutely would not be where I am without the love that my friends have given me over the years. And money doesn't mean jack if you can't share it with other people.
13. I want to regularly invest in the stock market and run my own portfolio.
14. I want my own apartment. Not a crazy huge thing somewhere "popular" , rather, a small, fit-for-jilly apartment that has everything I need; a lot of windows and counter space. I don't need a dishwasher or a second room. I just want my own space with my own shower and the knowledge that how I leave my kitchen in the AM will be how it looks in the PM.
15. I want at least 6,ooo$ in passive monthly income.
So as I read over this list, what becomes clear to me is that I want financial independence. I find one of the most integral parts to being a happy, healthy individual is being wealthy -in all senses of the word. I don't want a ton of things but I do want a ton of EXPERIENCES and a ton of TIME to enjoy these experiences. Which leads me to being a freakin millionaire. I think a million dollars coupled with the fact that I don't want a lot of material goods or liabilities (more on this later) is sufficient enough to support a lifestyle of conscious spending, enjoying life with the ones I love and sharing my money in the best way possible.
What do you wanna do with your millions?
I think financial goals (and goals in general) are the most important things to have when dealing with moolah, so I'm writing down the things that I would like to have and experience when I become a freakin millionaire. Feel free to post yours here as well. (Notice, almost all of them aren't THINGS to BUY to OWN (to possess), ratherexperiences- more on this later though).
1. I want to be able to take a class- in any subject - any time I want. I am a voracious reader (that word always makes me think of dinosaurs) and I love to learn and I want to know. I cannot say this enough, or simply enough. I want to learn as much as humanly possible and taking classes and experiencing things are the best way I know how.
2. I want to go out for scrumdillyumptious meals with friends every night of the week, pay for everything and give the waiter a humongo tip. I want to eat well with my friends and I was a waitress (its effing stressful) - ergo they deserve a lot of money.
3. I want a boat. Not a BIG boat but a medium-sized boat. In this boat I will do many things, but the first thing I will do is take all of my closest family and friends out on Boston Harbor for the Fourth of July, drink pina coladas and coronas and just generally smile a lot. This will happen. But I need a boat first. Maybe I just want to rent one. Either way. A boat is required.
4. I want to buy my mom a house and give her enough money so that she never has to work again and can finally go out and live a life that she loves. ( I should get my dad one too).
5. I want a facial and a massage once a month (good skin is extremely important and the massage goes without saying, I mean come on).
6. I want to be investing 1000$ a month in a retirement account for the next ten years. I will not, I repeat, I will not be worried about money when I am 60 years old -there are way more important things- i.e. skiing in the alps and hot tubbing in Colorado- to worry about at that stage in my life.
7. I want enough money so that I can take a hip hop class anytime I want. I'm bad at hip hop and would love to be better. And I need schooling for this endeavor, so I need to take classes.
8. I want to donate to and participate in women's organizations (specializing in rape and HIV related issues) in Africa.
9. I want leather boots. My shoes always have holes, and while I'm a HUGE fan of worn in clothing (more on this later) holes in shoes always represent some type of financial lack to me- I want shoes with no holes.
10. I want to jump in a car- rental car, minivan, effing 1978 cadi- I don't care- and go apple picking in Connecticut without having to worry about the cost. I want pumpkins and apple pie and I want them now.
11. I want to go to France on a whim and stay in a hotel for weeks and speak french and look at art and read and sleep.
12. I want to get all of my best friends together and take them on an all-expense paid vacation to some amazing tropical location for a week. I absolutely would not be where I am without the love that my friends have given me over the years. And money doesn't mean jack if you can't share it with other people.
13. I want to regularly invest in the stock market and run my own portfolio.
14. I want my own apartment. Not a crazy huge thing somewhere "popular" , rather, a small, fit-for-jilly apartment that has everything I need; a lot of windows and counter space. I don't need a dishwasher or a second room. I just want my own space with my own shower and the knowledge that how I leave my kitchen in the AM will be how it looks in the PM.
15. I want at least 6,ooo$ in passive monthly income.
So as I read over this list, what becomes clear to me is that I want financial independence. I find one of the most integral parts to being a happy, healthy individual is being wealthy -in all senses of the word. I don't want a ton of things but I do want a ton of EXPERIENCES and a ton of TIME to enjoy these experiences. Which leads me to being a freakin millionaire. I think a million dollars coupled with the fact that I don't want a lot of material goods or liabilities (more on this later) is sufficient enough to support a lifestyle of conscious spending, enjoying life with the ones I love and sharing my money in the best way possible.
What do you wanna do with your millions?
