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Re: What would you do if you didn\'t need money?
Ireland - go to a music conservatory, pick up about 20 instruments and redheads, and start playing in trad. bands -
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Re: What would you do if you didn\'t need money?
That's not real money........That's not rich.
I'm talking about liquid. Rich enough to have your own jet. Rich enough not to waste time. $50....$100 million buddy. A player. |
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Re: What would you do if you didn\'t need money?
this is exactly what I would do....
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Re: What would you do if you didn\'t need money?
I think it's interesting that you're you stated you were not concerned with what people would do for recreation. Part of the reason a lot of people on this forum (or at least myself) play poker for a living is because of the synergy it offers between life, recreation and work.
I don't think my life would be much different if I had hundreds of millions. I would do more traveling, have a nicer house and car, but beyond that, not much. I am still fairly new to poker (been playing nineteen months), so I think I'd probably keep trying to improve as a player and beat the biggest / toughest games. If and when I succeeded at that I'm sure I would look for some new challenges. Maybe it would be completing a marathon in a certain time. Maybe it would be starting a business. Maybe it would just be trying to be a good parent and partner. Maybe I'd write a novel, or try and help kids work towards their goals (rather than saying you must follow path x to succeed), and keep an open mind about their futures. It's a tough question, I guess you first need to assess what is most important to you. Love, achievement, money, social status etc. |
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Re: What would you do if you didn\'t need money?
i was actually thinking of making a post similar to this. i think i'd pursue my phd in philosophy. i just graduated from a top ivy league, but i have a decent amount of debt and my parents can't really support me, so, in the short term, i have no choice but to work/play poker to establish some sort of financial independence. i'm motivated by ideas and research, and i think a job as a professor/writer would be ideal for me. as it stands, the prospect of going to grad school for 7 years, deferring my student loans, and coming out with a degree that isn't too useful and that, best case scenario, offers me a starting salary of 50k/year is scary.
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Re: What would you do if you didn\'t need money?
My life would pretty much be just recreation. Early on just doing a variety of different activities to see which i like most to do long term.
Sept: Go to Hawaii to do 2 weeks of kite surfing. Come home catch a lot of last minute gigs. Work out. Go about setting up a studio in my house. Oct: Sky diving in South Africa for 2 weeks. A few safaris and drive around the country for a while. Nov: Ski somewhere in Europe for the whole month seeing if i like the lifestyle. Dec: Some hiking. Somewhere. Pretty much just lots of things like this. In my downtime i'd need something creative and achievement driven to do. Make music, train for a marathon, take some degrees in subjects i enjoy etc. something that i need to push myself to achieve as w/o that i'd start getting depressed. Eventually once decided what i enjoy most out of all those use that to seek achievement, a goal to compete at kite surfing for example. It's nice to realise my current life is close to this. |
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Re: What would you do if you didn\'t need money?
I'd pick a random subject like ancient Greek politics, read a bunch of books on it, rinse, repeat. Starting a business also sounds intriguing. I'd also have lots of time to stay in shape, so going to the gym 6/7 days a week would be about par. Basically, I'd pick something and try to get as good/knowledgeable as I possibly can at it, because I'm competitive like that. For some reason travel doesn't really interest me right now, possibly because I've done a fair amount already.
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Re: What would you do if you didn\'t need money?
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I'm talking about liquid. Rich enough to have your own jet. Rich enough not to waste time. $50....$100 million buddy. A player. Or nothing. [/ QUOTE ] |
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Re: What would you do if you didn\'t need money?
I'll just take Jay's life, thx.
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