You have €10,000 to spend...

KikiLaRue · 08-03-2019 1:56pm #1

and for the sake of this thought experiment, these are your only options for how to spend it:

1. A Masters: You go back to college and get a Masters (or a different qualification if you don't have an undergrad). You improve your career prospects/ earnings in the long-run.

2. Travel: You pay €2.5k for a round-the-world ticket and the rest is spending money. You have unforgettable experiences, grow as a person, maybe find yourself over in India or something.

3. Your appearance: You pay the €10k to a crack team of personal trainers, nutritionists, beauticians, maybe a cosmetic surgeon for a bitta nip/tuck. You believe you will gain better career opportunities and have better luck with the opposite sex.

What's it gonna be?

bottar1 · 08-03-2019 1:59pm

2. If I can get the time off work hahaha, take the 4-5 weeks and go travel. Or take a career break.

3. Is an absolute no-no. I can get this information through research and book reading about nutritionists etc and already know a lot about it personally.. don't need surgery to feel confident.. already have a lean body. Weak option, you will grow more if you have experiences then focusing on your appearance. Also if you can't motivate yourself to learn how to exercise alone then you'll have nothing after you blow through the money on personal trainers etc.

Cina · 08-03-2019 2:01pm

I choose #4. Blow it all on booze and drugs!

freshpopcorn · 08-03-2019 2:02pm

I'd go with 2. I'd travel to London with my around the world ticket and buy a car with the €7.5k and get the ferry home.

Patser · 08-03-2019 2:02pm

Cina wrote: »

I choose #4. Blow it all on booze and drugs!

What? Become a boards Mod?

Giveaway · 08-03-2019 2:05pm

Patser wrote: »

What? Become a boards Mod?

I choose beans
Or travel to colombia and set up a postal export business

theteal · 08-03-2019 2:09pm

How boring has my life become? All I can think is that that's about 2 years off the mortgage.

I don't need 3 and I already can't do the other 2 due to family/home circumstances.

So eh, when do I get the money?

Deebles McBeebles · 08-03-2019 2:10pm

A statue of Our Lady and some stone dog statues to go on the pillars of my gate.

EmmetSpiceland · 08-03-2019 2:10pm

Option 2, every day of the week.

There’s no masters or qualification that will get you very far compared to relevant experience, bar an MBA of course but that’s going to cost more than €10k.

You’d have to be some disaster to have to spend that amount on your appearance.

thecornflake · 08-03-2019 2:12pm

. . . maybe find yourself over in India or something. . .

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**** do i hate that phrase. Usually some dickhead student who goes on holidays with mammy and daddy funding them to "go find themselves". Why do people need to travel to do this? Can they not "find themselves" in their living room with a pack of johnny blue and a tin of carling?

08-03-2019 2:13pm

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

A statue of Our Lady and some stone dog statues to go on the pillars of my gate.

Nine foot tall marble angel to look down on the dead.

suicide_circus · 08-03-2019 2:14pm

of those 3 options, option 2.

if i cared enough about more education or my appearance i would have done something about it by now.

i wouldnt be finding myself in India however.

dartboardio · 08-03-2019 2:15pm

Id usually say travel but actually...

A masters. Get a masters in IT or similar and become the director of a company and can take 2 weeks off several times a year.. Then id have enough money to travel and could still go to india!

Or else if I picked travel... Go around all the world when i come back set up a small business like a restaurant /cafe. If i ever came back!

Harry Palmr · 08-03-2019 2:18pm

Buy 4000 euromillion lottery tickets.

Cherry_Cola · 08-03-2019 2:22pm

I've already done the first 2, could probably do with the third one

Zorya · 08-03-2019 2:28pm

Definitely travel, but I'm raging there's no house repairs option. :mad: The place is falling down around me!!

Agricola · 08-03-2019 2:30pm

Travel. Travel is always the answer.

TheMilkyPirate · 08-03-2019 2:32pm

Zorya wrote: »

Definitely travel, but I'm raging there's no house repairs option. :mad: The place is falling down around me!!

It's OK this isn't real

demanufactured · 08-03-2019 2:33pm

KikiLaRue wrote: »

and for the sake of this thought experiment, these are your only options for how to spend it:

1. A Masters: You go back to college and get a Masters (or a different qualification if you don't have an undergrad). You improve your career prospects/ earnings in the long-run.

2. Travel: You pay €2.5k for a round-the-world ticket and the rest is spending money. You have unforgettable experiences, grow as a person, maybe find yourself over in India or something.

3. Your appearance: You pay the €10k to a crack team of personal trainers, nutritionists, beauticians, maybe a cosmetic surgeon for a bitta nip/tuck. You believe you will gain better career opportunities and have better luck with the opposite sex.

What's it gonna be?

2.

Zorya · 08-03-2019 2:36pm

TheMilkyPirate wrote: »

It's OK this isn't real

A lady can dream!!

MillField · 08-03-2019 2:39pm

08-03-2019 2:47pm

Travel. Fly first class or at the bare minimum "customer premium". So I can use First class Lounges at airports etc. First class train fares.
Five star hotels.

10K would not do space travel, for the next 15 years anyway.

EDit · 08-03-2019 2:50pm

10k would not do that many first-class flights. I doubt you’d even get half way around the world before you ran out of cash (especially if staying in 5star accommodation). First-class flights are ludicrously expensive

Autosport · 08-03-2019 2:58pm

I would definitely travel some more

08-03-2019 3:02pm

set up an online business

KikiLaRue · 08-03-2019 3:16pm

sugarman wrote: »

Have done enough of #1 & 2 so would probably chose 3.

I'm really glad one person has picked 3.

I've done a lot of 1 and 2 as well, and I can see how they would benefit me to do more, but I think 3 would have the biggest overall impact on my life.

Loads have studies have proved people who are considered attractive are more successful, and people do make quick judgement calls about each other based on looks all the time.

PopePalpatine · 08-03-2019 4:03pm

#2, I'd just go to Japan for some car shopping.

thomil · 08-03-2019 9:25pm

Definitely #2. Hurtigruten, here I come! :cool:

Vowel Movement · 08-03-2019 9:26pm

Option 2 please

troyzer · 08-03-2019 9:30pm

1) €10k would just about cover fees, it's not enough to take a year off. Plus I already have a masters so no.

2) I'd do this.

3) I'm already a sexy bastard.

If I had €10k from a scratch card I'd use it to pay off my car loan and blow the rest on my world cup trip later this year.

NSAman · 08-03-2019 9:31pm

3, penis reduction

wexandproud · 08-03-2019 10:05pm

1 . don't think so , got a reasonably good leaving cert a long time ago but was never into ''the books'' .

2 . probably this , a cruise on the ''post boats '' on the coast of Norway is on the bucket list , so probably do it

3 . it's 10 k .... not a magic wand

Tell me how · 08-03-2019 10:12pm

1 - Completed
2 - Like to travel but wouldn't choose this option
3 - Would go for this. Think the benefits in terms of overall health and accompanied self confidence would lead to long term benefits. Would instruct all professionals that their instruction had to be natural and sustainable. Ultimately it would come down to me to achieve the benefits and maintain it but I think getting good guidance and the accompanying monitoring and motivation would lead to a higher chance of success.

Kevin Finnerty · 08-03-2019 10:16pm

Have done a lot of 2, no interest in 3 and am doing 1 belatedly. Ten grand for my pocket just to slow burn til it's gone please.

Infonovice · 08-03-2019 10:21pm

I'm going with option 3

Not because I need/want plastic surgery, or because I need/want to look more attractive.

It would be because I'd love to get every test possible done, to see what I'm lacking in.

What foods/diet suit me. What intolerance's I might have.
A full nutrition plan that's actually do-able.

Like get a full makeover for the inside of me.
Spa treatments, massages, a colonic, the works.

SEPT 23 1989 · 08-03-2019 10:25pm

Infonovice wrote: »

I'm going with option 3

Not because I need/want plastic surgery, or because I need/want to look more attractive.

It would be because I'd love to get every test possible done, to see what I'm lacking in.

What foods/diet suit me. What intolerance's I might have.
A full nutrition plan that's actually do-able.

Like get a full makeover for the inside of me.
Spa treatments, massages, a colonic, the works.

It's like bringing s car to a mechanic they will find something wrong eventually

Infonovice · 08-03-2019 10:31pm

I feel like a rusty old car alright:(

Neames · 08-03-2019 10:54pm

Travel all the way.

New York for a week, I'd knock a fair chunk off that 10 grand

buried · 08-03-2019 10:58pm

Full new sound system is what I'd use it for.

What I have now is fine, but I sure I could hoof it even further.

Buy a proper tape deck to go with it too.

janfebmar · 08-03-2019 11:01pm

round the world trip

Ning · 08-03-2019 11:02pm

Long term investment vehicle/pension pot. Thank me in 30 years.

crustybla · 08-03-2019 11:09pm

keepalive213 · 08-03-2019 11:19pm

https://youtu.be/btAbU1sPqIM

Electric Sheep · 08-03-2019 11:47pm

KikiLaRue wrote: »

2. Travel: You pay €2.5k for a round-the-world ticket and the rest is spending money. You have unforgettable experiences, grow as a person, maybe find yourself over in India or something.

Strangely enough, I have never found that any Irish person who goes "travelling" for an extended period has grown as a person or found themselves.

up for anything · 09-03-2019 2:00am

I'll go find myself in a luxurious hotel in some country where the plumbing is A1 and the beggars won't be looking for the change from my €10K.

Witchie · 09-03-2019 2:28am

Travel.

Already did a bit of Asia before falling in love with Kuala Lumpur and staying here so need a bit of funds and motivation to go see more.

As for finding yourself in India, all you find is dirt, beggers and how angry a person you can be. Apart from 2 months in Goa, which let's face it isn't really India, I couldn't wait to leave.

The anger stems from how persistent and annoying the people are, pulling you physically into shops, the staring, but what made me most angry was seeing people give their hard earned money as bribes to non-existent god's while their families starved. Beautiful temples but disgusting con job.

janfebmar · 10-03-2019 11:15pm

Witchie wrote: »

As for finding yourself in India, all you find is dirt, beggers and how angry a person you can be. Apart from 2 months in Goa, which let's face it isn't really India, I couldn't wait to leave.

The anger stems from how persistent and annoying the people are, pulling you physically into shops, the staring, but what made me most angry was seeing people give their hard earned money as bribes to non-existent god's while their families starved. Beautiful temples but disgusting con job.

I take it you are not a big fan of religion so, as most religions encourage big families? As a result, in India, during 1975–2010 the population there doubled to 1.2 billion. According to wiki, the Indian population reached the billion mark in 1998. India is projected to be the world's most populous country by 2024, surpassing the population of China. It is expected to become the first political entity in history to be home to more than 1.5 billion people by 2030, and its population is set to reach 1.7 billion by 2050.

Bigbagofcans · 19-03-2019 11:03am

Electric Sheep wrote: »

Strangely enough, I have never found that any Irish person who goes "travelling" for an extended period has grown as a person or found themselves.

You mustn't follow any Irish influencer on Instagram. A lot of them fitness/travel influencers find themselves while travelling and mention it in every second post.

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