How $100,000 would change my life
A little while ago we asked you, the Over60 community, a simple question, “If you woke up with $100,000, what’s the first thing you would buy?” The response was incredible.
Comments ranged from funny to thoughtful, considerate to heartbreaking, but most of all we were overwhelmed with the level of generosity displayed by the Over60 Community. To view a sample of our favourite comments, scroll down.
1. Robyn Challinor showed the true meaning of friendship, saying, “I would give the money to my friend who has been struggling for fifteen years to build a house on a pension she is almost finished and l would love to say finish it, then go on a holiday and come back and enjoy it.”
2. George Korson would use the money to give his family a better life, saying that he would, “Move my wife and our two Foster Children to Tweed Head so we could be closers to our son and his partner and our first grandchild, then give $50,000 towards a home for my son.”
3. Margaret Inglis would buy, “My son a car, pay his HECS fees for university, all expenses paid holiday for my family (US and AUS) in NZ later this year. Any change, fix up my house.”
4. Anne Mitchell says, “I really don't need anything so I think I would split $50,000 between my kids to help with a home deposit, donate $10,000 to help ending polio and invest the rest.”
5. Suzanne Dawson has big plans in regards to what she would do with the money, “I would put it towards buying a unit in a costal country town with a small garden, because prices are much lower than the city and renting makes me feel unstable, insecure and no-one will lend money towards finding a place to call home when you are over 60 and unemployed. It would be something to pass onto my eldest daughter who has had a lot of adversity in her life and consequently serious health problems, so I can RIP knowing she will not be without a roof over her head when I'm gone.”
6. Owen Gustafson has a decent plan, “The first thing I would buy is a bottle of rum and then I would sit down and drink it while I was planning what to do with the remaining $99,960!”
7. Carine Baker has big travel plans with the money. She would, “Go to Antarctica and then possibly Iceland, I am over feeling too hot and would luv holiday in colder climate.”
8. Veronica McDonald would, “Pay any outstanding bills, put a new fence on our property and have our drive way done plus roof needs recapping. If there was anything left over would go on a cruise.”
9. Sandra Frazer would use the money to, “Fix the side shelter/roof covered in area my late husband put up but is now slowly falling down, and l would love to get rid of my floor to ceiling windows in my bedroom and replace them with sash windows. Oh well as girl can dream.”
10. Christine Jilg also has travel plans, saying, “I would buy my own Villa, and the money I save by not paying rent I would be able to buy a new car and go on a couple of trips the first one would be Tasmania. I can't do these things on the pension, so it would be awesome.
What would you do if you were given $100,000? Share in the comments below.