Sunday Stealing - Adjusts for Inflation

 

Premise: A philanthropist awards you $80,000 with the stipulation that you must spend half on yourself and half for the benefit of others. 

1. Of the $40,000/35.160 Euro you must spend on yourself: 

• a. First you throw yourself a lavish birthday party. Tell us about it. 
  
  Why use it on a birthdayparty?
  There are other things to spend it on, wiser too.
  
  I was happy with the birthday of last year. Went to my english friends and had dinner with them.
  So I might do that.
  
  Then get some help to do the things in the house I want to be done, take the things away I want to get rid of. There is so much in here that can be gone, but I can't take it away as I have no car.
  Imagine going with a bunk bed in parts on the bus!!
  
  
• b. Then you take off on a cruise. Where are you headed?
  
  I don't know much about cruises. Maybe to the arctic.
  
  I'd rather have a flight withh a Spitfire or a Lancaster. Otherwise: with a Dakota.

2. Of the $40,000 you must spend for the benefit of others: 

• a. Who would be on your gift list? What would buy them?
  
  I wouldn't make a gift list. There is always someone who wants to be on it too and feels excluded. Or feels the gift is too small or the one of others better.
  
  So: no gift list at all.
  
  
• b. Which charities would you support?
  
  I would spend all the money on an end of life home for the veterans, and me moving to England to run it.
  
  I know it wouldn't be enough..
  
  

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About **Syl

Syl: "Life is a chain of challenges. Sometimes the largest challenges are we ourselves. Facing life, facing others and facing yourself requires either a worryless attitude or plain courage. Most of the time it is dealing with judgement. Maybe life is about getting rid of it."