How much money do you need/want ?

Rich and I would like to have enough money so that we could give up work tomorrow and not have to work for the rest of our lives

Being realistic, we have no debts and can afford to go on regular trips, so I think that's pretty good for now... or at least until I hit the jackpot

If I lived by myself all my life and became a cat lady, I could live off of five million for the rest of my life. otherwise, I would need about ten million to be in upper middle class. That would last me the rest of my life. I manage money well. I would buy a $300,000 or so house, so the payments or taxes wouldnt be too high, a small, cheap, efficient car. then I might go a bit crazy with furnishings I have a thing for natural wood furniture. Which would probably take me to like a mil, depending on how big a house I buy. And then I could live my dream and by lazy for the rest of my life. Oh yes that would be good. Better than deciding what I want to do with my life (which I still havent decided) I would probably spend a bit of money expanding my land, so I could be alone on a few hundred acres. Oh that would be good. And besides then the forests and stuff would be preserved. It would be cool to own my own little lake.

I just want enough to clear my debts. I'm in a never ending battle with the bank. I hate my job as my boss is a bully. I'm living to work not working to live

Originally Posted by valanhb

How much do I want? I want it ALL!!

Or if not all, then a Powerball jackpot would be nice.

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money, money, money!!!! ... ... just kiddiing!
hope can have the money power to rent a plane to bring to all my friends of TCS to visit Merida! ...

I will have 95% of my credit card debt paid off by the end of this year! Just the small home equity loan (along with the mortgage and cars) after that. Thank you CCCS!! So I'd like just a little more to fix the house up a bit and I am a happy camper.

I read that if one were to win the million dollar lottery here they would be provided with about $40,000 a year for 20 years. I think two million would be great- spread out over 40 years. That way I could pay off all student loan debt, buy a couple new cars in the $20,000 range (new Jetta anyone?), buy a house in the $125,000 range, and have plenty for retirement. I don't think two million is a crazy sum, because if you think about that $40,000 a year thing it really is about what I'd make on my own over the course of my life time. It would be like doubling my income before retirement.

i would love to be rich , and have everything that i wanted, and not need for anything....

I would totally content with about $3000/month after taxes (adjusted for inflation!) and have no debt.

We have minimal debt right now and save lots but after September when the job goes bye bye I would only like to work part time. I know we can manage that but I need to adjust my spening habits!!

I want to be filthy rich. I MUST be filthy rich. Maybe it's because I'm at povertly level, but I would LOVE to be rich and be able to afford nice things. Right now, I can barely afford to even think about money. At this point though, I'd be happy if I was AT THE VERY LEAST, in the middle class bracket.

Okay.... I am just happy with the yearly "El Gordo" (The Fat) prize of the Spanish lottery in Spain. Last time I checked it had been of roughly a billion euros (yes, with a b).

So I am pretty modest.

I already am content with my life. I am a teacher and I enjoy it. Even better, there's only 4 days of school left till vacation. I have a good relationship with my husband, and 2 sweet kitties.

I would love to be able to afford to buy a house, and travel. And pay off our credit card debt. Hubby starts working full time in August, he is finishing school over the summer, then he'll start making more than I do. So if I can hold on for a few months, we'll be on our way to where we want to be.

Just enough where I don't have to worry about not having enough!!

I would like enough to buy a much larger, more comfortable home for my husband, birds, and Mika, that will accommodate my entire family when they need it, and I would like to buy Mika his own cat-tree addition to that home.

I would like enough that if I needed to fly the red-eye to be by a friend's side in their time of need, I wouldn't worry that it might deplete my savings and that asking for time off would cost me my job.

I would like to know that my husband and I will be well kept in our later years, and have a wonderful retirement where we finally get to see the rest of this big rock we live on.

I would like to be able to donate a significant sum to a needing charity on a yearly basis.

And I would like to have enough money to do all this without going in debt, without burdoning anyone else, and without emptying our savings, but otherwise maintaining the quality of life I already have.

I want to win the powerball when it hits over $100 million. It's a shame that a single person won the $215 million pot last weekend.

Seriously, I'm working with a financial analyst right now to figure out how early we can retire. He's telling me NOT to pay off my last debt (the mortgage) but hasn't proven to me yet why that is the way to go. I could write a check tomorrow and pay it off and be entirely debt free.

If I could be financially set to quit my job tomorrow I would do it. Too many years in corporate America has burned me out. Good pay but it drains your energy after 25+ years. If all my debt is gone, I'll own the house, have some land to live off of if I had to, and all I would have to pay for is for food, utilities, the critters, some travel. We're trying to figure out how much we have to put away to pull if off. I'm hoping for retirement in 5 years and will live cheaply in the meantime if I have to.

Originally Posted by stormy

Just enough where I don't have to worry about not having enough!!

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But no worries for me just yet.

Originally Posted by bren.1

I already am content with my life. I am a teacher and I enjoy it. Even better, there's only 4 days of school left till vacation.

I have a good relationship with my husband, and 2 sweet kitties.

I would love to be able to afford to buy a house, and travel. And pay off our credit card debt. Hubby starts working full time in August, he is finishing school over the summer, then he'll start making more than I do. So if I can hold on for a few months, we'll be on our way to where we want to be.

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I'm going to school to become a elementary school teacher. I'll have a side business also that I will do mostly in the summer to supplement the income from teaching.

I dont need money just but me a house, a new car, grocery's for life, and anything kitter's wants and I'm good!!!!

my husband and i used to be terribly broke, we would only sepnd $30 a week on groceries, we were drowning in debt and couldn't afford to go anywhere, it was hard but we spent so much time together and devised a plan to buy items from garage sales we could do up then re-sell them, it worked so well and it made living that little bit easier.

Then my Husband got a job offer in the boondocks, we didn't have many options so he decided to take it, he started off as accountant which is what he was before and is now deputy CEO, now we are both happy with the finacial situation and have no debts but i hardly ever get to see him anymore because he's so busy, the CEO has cancer and he has to take over his job while he's gone whic stresses him out so much.

Also, we have no family or friends here and it can get lonely, he will be looking for a job as CEO closer to our family etc and we are starting a accounting firm from home so we can spend more time together, so at the moment it isn' ideal but at least we aren't stressed out by bills and stuff.

so i don't think money always buys happiness but it lessens stress for sure.




felicia