Question for the board, including Lupita

[alone48]

Oh to dream!!

1. certainly give 20% to charity and medical research, preferably breast cancer.
2. Help my friends and family
3. Take as many people that could go (of close friends and family) on a cruise or dream vacation
4. put $$ away for grandkids education.
5. take myself to a health farm/ranch/spa.

In reference to #2
I use to think about this when I was younger and I would have such control on how I gave $$ away, now just set an amount an hopefully they enjoy or use it wisely.

[lighter]

I think that putting 3M in an investment plan.... living off the interest and continueing to do ongoing good works in the community would be a good plan. 

Giving ourselves permission to do whatever with the first 2M seems like a good plan.... as long as we didn't screw anyone up too badly doing it.

I'll repeat what I said earlier..... I heard an estate planner say it, in reference to writing a will with children in mind.

"The trick is to give them enough that they can do anything..... and not do nothing."

I think that applies to ourselves as well.