So, an earlier post from a person claiming to be a multimillionaire as a result of gambling got me thinking...
If you suddenly found yourself with a very large sum of money that you didn't work for (lottery, inheritance, found in a paper bag inside of a tree in the park) would you still work as a nurse? I'm talking about enough money to live off of for the rest of your days.
Personally, I would still work as a school nurse. I need health insurance and I really do enjoy my job. I may even enjoy it more if the paltry salary didn't stress me out so much at bill-paying time.
What I would STOP doing is looking for per diem work and babysitting on the side... later for that!
I'm an education junkie, so I'd probably use the money until I got my PhD. Let's be honest. And then, it'd be no good sitting on my wall, so I'd definitely still work, so I could use my education.
I would quit working and go to school with a much less stressed life, and perhaps.. shoot I might be able to enjoy the learning process. I would work once done with school though. A million won't last forever once everyone gets their piece of it.. I would just LOVE to be debt free honestly.
ETA: If I had money for life I would donate $100.00 to charity every time I cursed. Howzabout to DV awareness, women and children's shelters, safe houses, and counseling services.
Finally, charity donation.
For just a million (laughing, "JUST a MILLION"), I'd pay off some debts for myself, family and close friends. For long term, $$ won't go far.
NO WORKING. NO SCHOOLING
Now for BIG MONEY (I mean, BIGGGGG MONEY). Hire a lawyer, tax accountant & financial/investment planner.
Just some bigger monies to family & friends (esp for education funds). But I would setup some type of endowment/trust fund of $1 million for a Soup Kitchen that I've supported for some 25 years. Their statistics are so hard to believe - how there's so much hunger in our today's society.
And like Farawyn, I would also setup something similar for DV and women/children services.
And some type of Veteran Assist (independent of government).
Then I'd have fun with my monies. And that would include riverfront investment properties.
So, an earlier post from a person claiming to be a multimillionaire as a result of gambling got me thinking...
If you suddenly found yourself with a very large sum of money that you didn't work for (lottery, inheritance, found in a paper bag inside of a tree in the park) would you still work as a nurse? I'm talking about enough money to live off of for the rest of your days.
What about you guys?
NO F***ing way!!! If I could find another job that would pay me as much I would leave nursing tomorrow, or even this afternoon if possible.
In my hypothetical rich person fantasy I'd pay off my debt, I'd buy my dream car (Nash Metropolitan), and I'd build a duplex for my sister and I. If I could retire from working, I wouldn't hesitate. I haven't traveled much and I'd love to visit my boyfriend's family in India. He goes every year but I've never been able to go because of work.
Specializes in Med nurse in med-surg., float, HH, and PDN.
Pay off mortgage, get the house and yard done up right, new cars, gift relatives, RV travel, visit friends and the few family members left; housekeeper, private chef, personal trainer, personal tailor......
I live pretty good on far far less than that a year. Other than my house and a note on my truck I have no debt. No credit cards, no school debt. My only child is grown, out of college and on her own.
I'm close to retirement from my regular job and planned on continuing nursing for a while. I'm 47 I have the years in now but planned to go to early 50's.
A million bucks, pension and what I have investment wise. Yeah I'd be gone in a second!
I would certainly reconsider my options.....meaning that if I had a whole lot more than a million dollars I would travel and use my talents where they were most needed. I would no longer be concerned with the bills and be able to give back on a larger scale. It would be such an amazing experience!! We can all dream :) Oh I would also start a raptor(bird's of prey) rehabilitation program.
If I could be 40 y/o again, could work with the same staff and same head nurse that I did in 1982, on the same psych unit and in the same hospital, and if the funding agencies had the same reimbursement for patients that they did then; if all of those same conditions could be met, then I would continue to work as a RN even if someone gave me tax free 1 million dollars. Without those conditions, no, not, and double no!
After the accountants and business people took over the hospitals and the funding changed so that a psych patient could only be admitted if he or she had a knife to their throat or a gun to their or someone else's head, everything changed. Many people who didn't know thought the change was great that psych patients only stayed in the hospital until they put the knife that was at their throat down and put the gun back into their safe which was about 3 days, but they went back into the same dysfunctional life situations with the same dysfunctional ways of dealing with issues that at best didn't work and often made things worse.
The "do gooders" said, "wonderful", and had the idea that people could learn better on an out patient basis but had no understanding of the difficulties of out patient psych treatment or the lack of incentive for counselors to help people get well, stop coming, and stop paying a regular check to the counselor.
For anyone who has had the patience and kindness to read all of this, God bless you and I hope it helped you in some way.
chris21sn, BSN, RN
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I'm an education junkie, so I'd probably use the money until I got my PhD. Let's be honest. And then, it'd be no good sitting on my wall, so I'd definitely still work, so I could use my education.