What I'd do with $80,000...

The question which I am supposed to answer for this week’s blog is what would I do if I were to get all the money that I’d spend during my four years at ISU and had to go out into the real world and “spend” it how I’d like. Having no money in my wallet and less than $200 in my bank account, it’s difficult to imagine how I’d spend $80,000. I think the first thing I’d do with the money would be buy a car. I wouldn’t go out and buy an $80,000 car but I’d just get one that’s somewhat new and that could last longer than the long line of beat up cars that I’ve driven since I got my license. Then after that I think I would buy some things that I’ve really wanted over the last few years and just haven’t had the money to buy. It’d just be small things such as a nice phone, a new iPod, tickets to a few Bulls, Bears, and Sox games. After that I think I would spend a little bit of time on vacation outside of the United States. Besides two short trips to Canada, I’ve never left the US. I would probably go to Mexico where my $80,000 would seem like so much more. After buying a new car, buying a few small things that I’ve wanted for awhile, and going to Mexico I’m not sure exactly how much money I’d have left but I’m sure it’d still be a good amount. I think after all that I would get a job that requires very little effort and has really flexible hours. It probably wouldn’t pay much but I’d try to go as long as I could living off of the money I received for not going to ISU and my money from my job before I had to enter back into the real world. There are probably so many better ways to spend $80,000 but I think this would probably be exactly what I would do with it.