Day 1 - If I won the lottery I'd...
Well it all depends on how much I win, but lets be optimistic and say I hit the big time, a couple Million Rand, a few Hundred Thousand Pound, yeah, that sounds about right!!
After doing my little Sue Heck scream and a happy dance, my rational thinking self would immediately want to put about half of the winnings into some form of savings/investment and settle any debts we have owing - Boring right!!!
Then my spending splurging self would do the following:
1 - Give both my parents, Riaan's parents, and our siblings a portion of the winnings.
2 - Go on an amazing vacation or 3 - like proper bucketlist vacations or if I could I would pack up our stuff, put it in storage and travel the world!
3 - Buy a giraffe or 2 and a place to keep them - a farm or manor of sorts.
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| Me with my absolute favourite animal in the whole world! |
5 - Splurge on some high tech gadgets.
6 - Do a bit of a wardrobe overhaul.
Basically I would live out the uninvested money and enjoy life, it is short afterall!
Day 2 - Dream Job when I was little...
When I was about 5 I wanted to be a marine biologist. I had visions that my days would be spent swimming with dolphins...in hindsight I think I was probably watching The Little Mermaid WAY to much!
As I got older my dream "when I'm big" job changed, I wanted to be a doctor, then a veterinarian (this was highly protested by my family, because I would most likely bring home every animal that didn't have a home or had to be "out to sleep").
Then the big one - I wanted to be a singer/actor, I wanted to be famous, to make it. I watched grease and dirty dancing countless times. I wanted to be the girl on tv. That kind of stuck...I watch Glee, I'm a self-confessed Gleek and I still catch myself daydreaming of what it would be like to have a day job that requires you to entertain people and to be a completely different person than yourself. I love expressing myself creatively.
Then I wanted to be a paediatrician, then a teacher... HOLY COW! It seems like I didn't know what I wanted! Or that I had big dreams for myself!!
My parents always always said I got the brains in the family, they encouraged me to follow the academic route, because I was good at it and it was a more certain thing. So even though I love singing, dancing, painting, and all things creative, that's what I did, now I am well on my way to becoming a Qualified Certified Chartered Accountant! Not bad eh!! I am proud of myself and my achievements, it most definitely hasn't been easy, but that's what makes it worth it!
As a side note I do think it is important to encourage your children to follow their dreams and to keep their creative juices flowing even if it isn't exactly what you had planned for them.
