https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 01 May 2026 00:26:50 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-won-the-lottery-would-you-still-work#post-6649 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:15:56 +0000 MegWag 6649@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband and I talk about this sometimes. He can't imagine not working at all, but he'd do something "fun" that he's always wanted to do (open a comedy club) and run ventures that didn't take too much time so that he can spend all day with me and the babies we'd be filling our huge house with! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-won-the-lottery-would-you-still-work#post-6646 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:13:15 +0000 reggie 6646@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>definitely! i love my job :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-won-the-lottery-would-you-still-work#post-6642 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:01:39 +0000 Red 6642@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hells No!! I have a ton of hobbies to keep me busy. I'd also love to read more and volunteer (PTA, kid's activities, teaching crafts, etc.) more often. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-won-the-lottery-would-you-still-work#post-6638 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:28:05 +0000 yin 6638@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm currently a SAHM, and I think that winning the lottery would give my husband the opportunity to stay at home with us too. I think we would probably invest the money into a business venture that would satisfy the perfect dream job for us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-won-the-lottery-would-you-still-work#post-6593 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:38:16 +0000 katdevargas 6593@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah, that would be a big ol no! The husbone &amp; I both want me to stay at home with the kids anyway, so that would be perfect :) But I guess we'd actually have to play... question is, would husbone continue working? We'd be a worker-less family! I think we'd end up buying land &amp; farming &amp; he would hunt &amp; fish quite a bit. Ahh, what a lovely dream </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-won-the-lottery-would-you-still-work#post-6522 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:24:27 +0000 jrenee 6522@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would go back to school full time and work on a Phd, I've wanted to go back to school for a while, so I would definitely do that and of course travel, I love my job so I would do something related but with more flexibility </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-won-the-lottery-would-you-still-work#post-6505 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 08:39:34 +0000 Rock n Roll 6505@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope! I would volunteer for things I'm passionate about because I am the type of person who needs to stay busy, but I don't think I've ever had a fulfilling job that I loved so much I would want to keep working if I didn't need the money. I'd spend time with my family and travel and try to make the world a better place. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-won-the-lottery-would-you-still-work#post-6468 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:06:14 +0000 chopsuey 6468@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Heck no. I'd travel and give generously to different charities! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-won-the-lottery-would-you-still-work#post-5665 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 15:15:24 +0000 Wondermommy 5665@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd be a beach bum. On my own private island. With staff :) </p> <p>Honestly, I'd probably want to open like an animal sanctuary or something, and that would be my "work". It's always been my dream to work with animals, a la Jack Hanna, for example. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-won-the-lottery-would-you-still-work#post-5663 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:57:45 +0000 tequiero21 5663@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i would, but something i really enjoy, </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-won-the-lottery-would-you-still-work#post-5662 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:49:45 +0000 HabesBabe 5662@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Another resounding HELL NO. I would volunteer, like others have said. I think I would get bored of sitting around doing nothing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-won-the-lottery-would-you-still-work#post-5647 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:17:20 +0000 alongfarview 5647@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm with those who said hell no. I would spend most of my time traveling and seeing family and friends who I don't get to see very often anymore. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-won-the-lottery-would-you-still-work#post-5635 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 12:51:20 +0000 sunny-day73 5635@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would work, but part-time and something I really liked doing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-won-the-lottery-would-you-still-work#post-5634 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 12:38:05 +0000 BSB 5634@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm a workaholic and I honestly can't just stay home. I would probably travel more often and maybe volunteer my time if I won the lottery. I'm a scientist at pharmaceutical company and I enjoy what I do. I'm pretty sure I would continue to work but take a pay cut since I wouldn't need the income. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-won-the-lottery-would-you-still-work#post-5615 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:10:19 +0000 DillonLion 5615@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Absolutely not. I have an ever-growing list of things I'd like to do "if I just had more time" and I'd be busy doing all of those things instead of working. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-won-the-lottery-would-you-still-work#post-5602 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 08:57:55 +0000 LazyLightning 5602@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. I wouldn't. Although I do well at my job, it doesn't fulfill me. I would travel, do stuff around the house, exercise, just chill out. Volunteering and community service-type stuff would be a great avenue for keeping active, too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-won-the-lottery-would-you-still-work#post-5598 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 08:43:35 +0000 lavender 5598@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would continue working on a very very part time basis (like one day a week). I didn't spend all that time/money in school just to give it all up! And I think I'd appreciate my job more if I wasn't doing it for 40 hrs a week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-won-the-lottery-would-you-still-work#post-5596 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 08:33:51 +0000 leelee 5596@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would probably work but definitely not in my current field. I'd love to be a writer! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-won-the-lottery-would-you-still-work#post-5592 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 08:12:23 +0000 mrs. wagon 5592@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would probably volunteer for charities and non-profits part time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-won-the-lottery-would-you-still-work#post-5591 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 08:09:15 +0000 mediagirl 5591@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>haha...@winniebee - hell no! I would travel, design our new house in the woods with no neighbors and a lake in the front yard, have more babies, do volunteer work, learn how to sew. I would also read. A lot. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-won-the-lottery-would-you-still-work#post-5589 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 07:55:10 +0000 winniebee 5589@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hell no. Lots of travel, lots of gardening, lots of volunteering. No more being a lawyer, though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-won-the-lottery-would-you-still-work#post-5587 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 07:42:34 +0000 Adira 5587@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hmmm... I like my job, but do I love it enough to continue working here after I won the lottery? Not sure. I think I'd want to continue working, because I like the social aspects of it. But maybe I would try to only work part time or something. And it would certainly give me more flexibility. If I got stuck working on something that totally sucked, I wouldn't feel trapped because I could always quit.</p> <p>I might quit my job though and try to become a writer, because that was always my dream, haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-won-the-lottery-would-you-still-work#post-5581 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 07:27:13 +0000 Andrea 5581@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I assume you mean the big lottery...like $100 million? I would of course quit my current job. I would move to Hawaii where my parents live and have a much more relaxing life away from the NYC grind. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-won-the-lottery-would-you-still-work#post-5578 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 07:19:00 +0000 mamabolt 5578@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would still want to work, but I'd want to find a job with more flexibility so I didn't have the super long commute and limited time off I have now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-won-the-lottery-would-you-still-work#post-5577 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 04:34:11 +0000 Rubies 5577@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would work but not in my current field. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-won-the-lottery-would-you-still-work#post-5576 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 03:01:45 +0000 looch 5576@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd probably work, but at something that I enjoyed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-won-the-lottery-would-you-still-work#post-5566 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 22:55:03 +0000 MaisyMay 5566@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't work, but I would do a lot of volunteer work. Sitting at home with nothing to do depresses me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-won-the-lottery-would-you-still-work#post-5565 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 22:50:19 +0000 mrbee 5565@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is a question that I've always been fascinated by!</p> <p>If you were financially independent and didn't have to make any money... would you still work? Or to put it another way:</p> <p>If you won the lottery, would you still work? </p>