What Would You Do If Money Wasn’t An Issue?

Published January 3, 2012 124 Comments
Categories: Personal Finance, Philosophy

Today was the first day of my sabbatical from the corporate world.

Aside from going to the gym twice and packing my bags for some much needed family time in Tucson, I spent most of it alone at my desk with my thoughts, dreams, and an open notebook. Over the course of the next couple of months I’ll be asking myself some tough questions and getting down to the heart of what matters and how I want to spend the next couple of years of my life. It’s an opportunity that I’m greatly thankful for and I’m going to make the absolute most of it.

Over the break between Christmas and New Years I had a chance to chat with friends, family, and co-workers. In between bites of HoneyBaked Ham, eggplant rollatini, and cheesecake I asked several of them a similar question, either: “What would you do if you retired?” or “What would you do if money wasn’t an issue?” I got a number of responses, many of them around the same general themes.

Now I’d like to ask you the same question:

What would YOU do if money wasn’t an issue?

Respond in the comments section below or if it’s too personal to share feel free to email me or even set up some time to connect over the phone or via Skype. And please share this post with your friends as it’s a question that I’ll be thinking a lot about over the next couple of weeks and any input is valuable.

Now more importantly… How many of those things can you accomplish right now?

Pick the easiest one and start today.

Brian L.

Spend the rest of my life as a college student. There is so much to read and study and not enough time. Would also be an opportune time to learn some languages and new musical instruments. I can do all of that now, but lack critical resources (time and money).
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=14204559 Jeff Harr

I would see every country once, do the least touristy things I could find, and then write books about how borders are all in your mind. Hopefully at the end of my life I’d have an amazing piece of writing/photography/experience to share.
Alex P.

This is fairly cliche, but I’d travel the world. With so many beautiful places in our world, I feel like I’d never be bored. My only foreign travel experiences at this point consist of Germany and a Caribbean cruise. Both fascinated me, and I’ve often pondered at the notion that I could spend months or years in either of those places exploring and never running out of things to do.

Consistent with what Brian said below, I’d also like to learn a new language (which coincides with the idea of travel). That is one thing I’ve already started on by doing Rosetta Stone for German, although I’ve been slacking lately.

In between travels, I’d use my marketing and business skills to help out charities with these activities.
Elliot525

I would alternate 5 days at a time between beaches and mountains. Each 5 day stint would be concluded with a 2-3 day visit of family. My private chef would follow me around making delicious yet healthy meals. On slow days I would work out then watch my 70″ 3d tv. Oh yea, and you get patron and you get patron and you get patron…… Thats right im going opera on everyone
Panda

Easy: career academic and charitable person extraordinaire.
Guest

1) spend as much time w/ family and friends as possible
2) eat healthy
3) hike.camp.swim.surf
4) volunteer in an impactful way in my community on a routine basis
5) go back to school (med school) and dissect some bodies
6) learn
7) love
8) love . love family. love friends. love myself.
9) pay it forward: see #4.
Alana McCawley

Like many others I would travel. I would love to travel with a group like the red cross and volunteer doing things like disaster relief or helping build homes and get clean water to those that do not have it available. I was living in Okinawa, Japan just before the earthquake and tsunami in March 2011, although we moved before any of it happened, and I did not know anyone directly affected, I wanted to help. I wanted to be there. I have read blogs of people who were able to go over and help clean up, help organize shelters, and bring in food. I wanted to be a part of that.
Then maybe learn to sail and sail around the world, that would be neat too.
Phillip

if I was singularly blessed by having all of my material needs satisfied without having to work a specific job every day, I would find people and causes for whom money still was an issue and give my money, effort, expertise, time to those causes. One notable cause is the Childhood League Center, which provides early intervention and special needs education for preschool-age children. Do what I can now, but there is so much more I could do I .
http://twitter.com/WorldTravlrGrl WorldTravlrGrl

I would train search and rescue dogs and volunteer for the Red Cross in disaster response around the world.
Ben L

I would open up a tough guy gym that had serious training regiment (think crossfit without being so silly) and martial arts and ride my motorcycle all the time. Also buy a herd of mastiffs to guard my ranch that I would now own.
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Mike f

Go back to Europe for an extended period of time. Rehashing old and new friendships, while experiencing new cultures daily. Eventually returning home to start the family dream of St. Anne’s brewery with my brothers.
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i will buy everything
yacky

I would give the money that i didn’t need to someone else because you do not need to be rich to have a life.
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Mycars Com

I don’t have an answer for that. Probably build an airplane and circumnavigate the globe somehow, like Steve Fossett did..
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Carleigh Kaiser

Travel. I’d buy a beautiful camera, an IPAD with my own internet, a great phone, travel insurance, and one good backpack w/supplies, and I’d hit the road.
Philip Greener

if money wasn’t an issue right now:
first i’d pay some people to get revenge on people from my past, vandalise and fuck with them, then i’d travel to interesting places like chitzen itza drink and take pictures… get wasted on a beach and do nothing

Michael Hrostoski

What Would You Do If Money Wasn’t An Issue?

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