What Would You Do If Money Were No Object

[Someone Depressing]

I would feed all of the Russian children living on the streets pie and punch for the rest of their life, then I'd teach every child in Asia English, and then buy a trampoline. Oh God, I really want a trampoline. I love trampolines. So freakin' fun.

After that, I'd get bored quickly, but I'd get on with my life. Just with a nicer house, a lot of Taiwanese, Cambodian and Mongolian children writing me letters, and with a trampoline.

 

[Beffudled Sheep_v1legacy]

The very first thing I'd do is get a great therapist and all the medication I need to not be a violent madman.

After that was taken care of I'd buy books, lots of books. I'd read, game and cook everyday. Learn a few languages (Spanish, Chinese and Arabic) and chill with friends.

I'd probably have a nice, cozy little house built somewhere in a colder region of the US but near a city and just live. I have simple desires

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Also, her book is good. You guys should give it a read and buy.

 

[FPLOON]

If money was no issue... Besides still doing the same thing I'm doing now (since I can never break out of a routine), I would complete my entire anime and manga collection, actually take the time to find a girlfriend, and have two apartments instead of one (since I'll probably be still living in an apartment regardless), both next door to each other. The first apartment would be my actual living space where I would eat, sleep, and watch anything on my giant flatscreen. The second apartment would be my work/"work" station, where I would write novels meant to be publish and play video games either for fun or for Let's Playing...

Everything else I do with the "money is no issue" scenario is to support my family like Walter White... (Sort of?) Both my mother and my grandmother have done so much for me over the years and this would pay them back ten fold... (This also goes to those that supported me during my "college years"...) Hey! I can't use up this scenario just for me, you know...

 

[Leemaster777]

Honestly? Well, I'd get the boring things out of the way first. Paying off my sister's loans, putting my parents and grandparents into a better home, getting my own place, paying off my credit card, etc.

After that? Buy a few hot Transformers-related items that I've been wanting for awhile now, that are so prohibitively expensive that I could never justify actually buying them. And then, I'd probably take a few trips here and there. Japan, India, New York City, just a few places that would be really cool to visit.

And with all that out of the way, what would I do? Honestly... I'd go back to work. Yes, even if I didn't need the money. At the end of the day, I enjoy my job. And frankly, I'd be bored to tears if I didn't have it. I've taken extended vacations in the past, and every time, I'm always itching to go back to work by the end of it. I'm just the kind of guy that really NEEDS to work, whether or not I need the money.

 

[Artina89]

I really don't know what I would do, save for getting a place of my own, and paying off my student loan. I love my job, so I wouldn't want to quit that, and I don't like being bored. I love travelling, and I love being in Canada, so I would maybe travel across Canada with friends, a sort of roadtrip.

 

[SomeBrianDude]

2 things. First, I would quit my job, which I've been doing 4 years, and I hate more than I thought possible.

Second, I would travel. There are so many places I wish I could visit - the US, South America, Southern Europe - and the chance I'll ever be able to go is slim, and getting slimmer.

 

[themyrmidon]

Start a tabletop gaming company. I love board and card games, like business management, and have a creative side. I'd like the chance to take a risk and start my own company.

That's the dream, anyway.

 

[Evil Smurf]

I'd be at the Escapist expo for one, I'd travel constantly and have the best computer money could buy. Also giving heaps to charity.

 

[Miyenne]

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Also, her book is good. You guys should give it a read and buy.

Awww, you're so sweet. Thank you!

... I bought another lottery ticket.

 

[Beffudled Sheep_v1legacy]

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Also, her book is good. You guys should give it a read and buy.

Awww, you're so sweet. Thank you!

... I bought another lottery ticket.

Maybe you'll get lucky this time and win big!
I'm guessing sales of the book aren't very high?

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

I'd retire. I've never really liked this question used to mean "what kind of work would you do if you didn't need to work?" Because the only sane answer is "I wouldn't, I'd take that 8 hours + a day and use it however I saw fit." The only value in a hard day's work is what you get done during it, and what you get paid for it. The only reason anyone believes otherwise is because 19th century factory owners hijacked a 15th century Christian ideal in an attempt to ensure they'd always have a willing workforce.

 

[Frezzato]

if i had a lot of money, i would open up a game dev studio and hire a handful of artists and musicians, maybe even a writer. I already program my own little projects but i'm no artist, and the art is holding me back from ever releasing anything decent. So right now, i'm stuck with trying to persuade artists to work with me for... free. Yeah it's not going so well -_-

So i'm stuck with a crappy minimum wage job until i can hit some sort of success with game development. i'm also in college part time so things are pretty difficult for me financially. i have very little free time.

Even if i had just enough money to get by with rent for a few years, i would quit my job and dedicate 100% of my time to working on a game, if by the end of that time i couldn't manage to produce something worthy of selling, than i would know i'm not cut out for the job, but right now, i feel like the world is holding me back from doing what i really want to do. I can't help but feel that if i had been born into a better/wealthy family that i'd already be where i want to be.

So i know what the OP is going through, not exactly but quite similar.

What exactly do you mean by art? Are you talking 3D assets or just conceptual sketches or anything hand drawn?

 

[thedoclc]

I love what I do, so, as long as loans were paid, I'd be doing exactly what I'm doing.

Then again, if you read Alan Watts beyond the Zen Pencils sketch, there's a lot more to what he says...

 

[Shoggoth2588]

I would stop worrying, maybe even get over my neurotic worrying and I may finally be truly happy.

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Apartment, 3 bedroom. A room for my girlfriend and I, a room for her hobby stuff, a game room for me. Also travel...lots and lots of travel. Also every other console I don't yet have, including variations and, their respective libraries. Then comes the let's play videos.

 

[Miyenne]

Maybe you'll get lucky this time and win big!
I'm guessing sales of the book aren't very high?[/quote]

Nope, it hasn't been. I've found a publisher that'll accept it as a submission so I'm busy prepping all that right now. So we'll see how that goes in a few weeks/months/years from now.

 

[Wackymon]

Buy a medium sized house, buy a badass computer, buy a bunch of steam games on sale, buy the entire Discworld series, and study psychology and Engineering between 9-5. Then spend the rest of my time relaxing.
Oh, and a maid to clean after me.

I don't really want much, to be honset.

 

[Risingblade]

One word: Batman.
I'd be Batmaning, all day long.

Don't you mean all night long?

 

[Uhura]

And it hasn't sold, despite everyone who has read it really enjoying it. So my work on the sequel has become less and less a priority and more and more a chore.

Have you promoted your first book? I noticed it doesn't have any reviews on amazon (US), so I suggest you ask your sister and friends to review/rate it (Beffudled Sheep has read it? Maybe he'll rate it too?). The current prize of the book is great for impulse buys (heck, I just bought it) and it just needs a few good reviews/ratings to encourage people to take a chance on it. I'd also suggest you create an author profile on Goodreads and try to promote your novel there. Goodreads has tons of active groups and users and I think it would be a good place to reach new readers.