Winning the Lottery

In January of 2014, Readers Digest posted an article about winning the lottery. The most interesting tid-bit I gathered was that 70 percent of winners (no matter how big the jackpot) waste away or spent their riches in 5 years or less. While I'm not going to get into the ramifications of their actions, I will agree that this is a life-changing predicament. For the many more non-winners, there can also be some valuable lessons to learn.

The reason I chose this topic is to instill good-feeling thoughts and a sense of motivation for those who are dealing with a level of despair that seems like life is going nowhere fast. While I do not condone going through a life's savings on scratch-offs or a gambling binge to Las Vegas, I'm simply stating that there is some power behind the imagination of winning the lottery and what you might do with the dough.

Many of us have dreamt of feeling what it might be like to win a large sum of money. Whether it be $1M or $100M isn't important, though there is likely a more drawn-out thought process when considering larger amounts. The importance lies in the newly found expendible income - or perceived freedom that you now experience. When you are able to remove yourself from your current reality and explore ideas that you otherwise would not be thinking, it wakes up a part of your creative mind that could have been otherwise sleeping in a complacent or even negative state.

Considering what to do with millions opens up dreams and desires and the positive impact they can have on your life and society. Perhaps it may trigger some thoughts in your mind that you have thought in the past - some thoughts you could accomplish whether you win the lottery or not. The point is - this little $2 exercise has potential to opening you up into a new reality and provide some motivation that stays with you long after the drawing as passed. Write your goals, intentions, or dreams down so that you can reference them, or even create a vision board with images to sustain your interest visually.

While the odds of winning the lottery are substantially not in your favor, you can certainly steal away some new found thoughts that can develop into a belief that you can do something. Who knows, maybe you can make your millions the old fashioned way...

What would you do with your winnings? Post in the comments!