If You Won The Lottery, You Would...

We have all had the dream where the bouncing white balls in the glass line up perfectly or the numbers we picked magically materialize in the exact order we predicted to set us up for life. Millions of pesos are coming our way, and we don't have to worry about anything anymore.
We have won the lotto. Ahhh...the life that would await us...
While the lottery is a nice fantasy, it is much more likely you will wind up in a position that pays you tons of money for working hard instead of getting lucky. And that is something I have been thinking about a lot lately. What would I do if I won or was making millions of pesos a year? I have talked to friends about this and usually the answer is the same:
I would study for the few years that left me to finish the University  and then retire to an island somewhere!
Here is why: whatever motivation drives you to work hard enough to make it to isn't just going to disappear after you have "made it."
So What Would You Do?
I love imagining these kinds of scenarios and trying to picture what I would do. Last year, I imagined what I would do if I had all the money in the world and how my life would change. Here is the weird thing about that little exercise, though: I figured out that most of the things I would do or change were things that had nothing to do with money. 
They were things I could do in my life right now.
I didn't want to buy a new car or move into a mansion. The things I wanted to do were more about personal fulfillment, although I did want to buy an apartment for my parents and travel . But most of it was about  my studies and some other things I could actually control.
And I asked myself, "Why don't you do them then?"
It was quite the moment for me because I was surprised that money had nothing to do with the things I would do if I had tons of money. Does that make sense?
Granted, once you have a couple million of pesos in the bank, things change...but I think it is still a worthwhile exercise to picture yourself in that position to see what you would do. Eventhough the probability is very low, I would never  quit my job and stop studying but  I would move to a different apartment or house.