I would start by paying the rent on my apartment for the next few years so I wouldn'th ave to worry about that month-to-month. Then, I would open a savings account and put a hefty sum in there that was designated specifically for paying for my master's degree and PhD. I would get a new car, probably a pretty nice one, like a BMW or something and use that as my daily driver. I wouldn't buy a house because I don't plan on doing that until I'm at least near being married, so I can go into it with my future husband. Plus, I don't plan on staying in Orlando forever so buying a nice house here wouldn't make sense for me. I'd probably buy myself some new clothes and I'd definitely go on a trip to Fiji for a couple of weeks with Brendan and a couple of our closest friends (it just so happens that his closest friends are both dating two of my closest friends, so it works out nicely). Most of the money; however, would go into various mutual funds and be left to grow there. I would also probably invest in just a few bonds (a couple of safe ones like utilities and a couple of riskier municipal ones) to make sure I've got pretty good diversification. I'd keep working with my investments and let them grow so that I would end up with a good amount of earnings.
That sure would be nice!
That sure would be nice!