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Some Extra Coin

Posted: April 15th, 2008 | Author: | Filed under: Inspiration | 8 Comments »

What would you do with $2,000? It’s tax season, which means that some lucky folks get money back. I view this as free money. It was never deposited in my bank account. I never had the opportunity to spend it. It’s almost as if it magically appeared in my bank account. I do the responsible thing and stuff it away for the “future”… until now.

I was talking to Nish a couple of weeks ago and he was explaining to me how Timothy Ferris didn’t believe in retirement. Reward yourself now. “Work” until you die. What’s the point of a nest egg if you are too old to enjoy spending it?

So back to my question. What if $2,000 dropped into your lap? Would you:

  1. Save for the future
  2. Buy a cool toy
  3. Splurge on a relaxing spa weekend
  4. Reward yourself with a tropical vacation
  5. Go on an epic adventure across Europe
  6. Buy a camera and make indy movies
  7. Learn Spanish

- Christian

8 Comments on “Some Extra Coin”

  1. 1 Nish said at 2:42 pm on April 15th, 2008:

    Getting tax money back is not necessarily a good thing because it’s essentially giving the Govt an interest free loan – money now is always better than money later. But, I suppose it’s better than money never.

    So, I would buy a cool toy. Like a skateboard.

  2. 2 Freeman said at 4:13 pm on April 15th, 2008:

    I think I would have to go with number 5, although I’d still do it without the $2,000 :)

  3. 3 LB said at 7:13 pm on April 15th, 2008:

    8) Keep half and give the other half to MSF or to the local homeless shelter. Why? Cause I’m nice like that.

    See? You can have your cake and eat it too!

  4. 4 Christian said at 8:18 am on April 16th, 2008:

    @Nish:

    I think what I like about getting it back (besides being over-taxed by the gov’t) is the fact that it’s unexpected money that doesn’t appear in your normal budget. And skateboards rule.

    @Freeman:

    Hahaha… It takes a big leap of faith to quit your job and galavant across Europe. I’m jealous!

    @LB:

    But what would you do with the other half?

  5. 5 LB said at 7:25 pm on April 16th, 2008:

    eat my cake. duh. or my cookie. eat my cookie!!! eat my cookie!!

  6. 6 Someone said at 10:14 am on April 17th, 2008:

    i would give it all to one of my nice deserving friends……ahem

  7. 7 Hamid said at 1:46 pm on April 18th, 2008:

    I would give it to Hamid.
    To ummm… “invest”… yeah, invest.

  8. 8 Sunny said at 11:37 pm on April 22nd, 2008:

    I’d hire a film crew to tape Nish on a skateboard. And make it a viral hit.

    true story.

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