WHEN i win the lottery...

I'll deposit the money into an online account for the purchase of foreign currency and I'll buy the following:

Canadian dollars
Japanese Yen
Aussie Dollars
Kiwi Dollars
Chinese Yuan
Indian Rupiya
Russian Rubles
Swiss Francs
Euros
British Pounds
Norwegian Koruna
Brazilian Reales

That should pretty much cover currency diversity, so that when various currencies start to collapse in earnest, I'll have a bit elsewhere to be able to make a go of it. After that first online purchase, I'll start the great round-the-world banking tour to get bank accounts set up in each of the respective countries. I imagine that it will take a good deal of paper signing in person to accomplish this first step. While in Switzerland, I'll certainly be purchasing a lot more than just Francs--namely platinum and gold bullion coins and bars to store as a hedge against generalized currency collapse around the globe. The good ole USofA just isn't safe enough, as it has a history of government confiscation of bullion in the 1930's.

Once the first little step of currency diversification is taken care of I'll start the process of taking care of the friends and family : ) I figure that some folks can do without a house payment as part of their expenses, so I'll get a lawyer to travel around with me and purchase the loved ones' homes. I'll put OUR title into a joint tenancy survivorship deed, so that if something should happen to me, the house will automatically be solely in the survivor's name WITHOUT ANY FURTHER TAXATION! If I were to just give them the money to pay off their homes, then they'd get taxed on that amount....NEIN, NON, NYET, IYE, BU, TLA, SA, NO MORE TAX!!!!!

Next order of business will be to go through the next available Bikram Yoga teacher's training course. From what I understand, this course is quite rigorous, perhaps as physically taxing as some military boot camps! Having practiced this yoga series consistently for a few years while in school, I know first hand the benefits to the mind, body, and spirit that come from regular practice. This is something that I will share with as many people as I can in a non-profit way by opening studios (ashram's if you will) where one can enjoy this wonderful practice for a bare minimum of expense (just enough to cover costs and continue operation indefinitely).

I'll begin writing my first book while jetting blissfully between bank deposit destinations and continue it until it's finished, maybe before breaking ground on the first yoga studio! The title of this book will be, "Why I left Medicine and How YOU CAN TOO!"© This is something that I will begin one way or another, but it will happen sooner when I win the lottery : )

My home will be small and elegant, requiring minimal maintenance. I'll probably RENT a one bedroom condo somewhere with good public transportation, cooler climate, and an international airport. San Francisco is currently at the top of the list, although Seattle, Portland, and Vancouver are under consideration. I might even make my base in Montreal or Paris just to pick up the French language which just sounds so friggin sexy!

Bills will be easy to pay, as I'll have a good online bank account with auto payments set up for all of the utilities, rent, and the one credit card that I'll use for day to day expenses.

I'll both practice and teach Bikram Yoga several times a week.

I'll continue to go to frequent meetings so that I can stay sober and help others to do the same.

I'll eat the best vegetarian food available in my own home, but I'll eat whatever I'm served in someone else's home.

I'll utilize public libraries for all of my reading.

I'll watch movies only in the theater and not need a television for viewing at home.

I'll visit people and/or take them with me to beautiful places around the world

I'll lecture publicly on holistic health, wellness, disease prevention, nutrition, and home remedies for minor conditions so that people can take their health into their own hands. This I'll do for the cost of my travel expenses.

I'll use public transport most of the time and drive only on rare occasion, otherwise I'll have my friends and family give me rides and pay them for the gas : )

I'll have very few possessions... far fewer than I did before winning the lottery! Most of my stuff I'll give away so I can travel light.

Oh yeah... almost forgot.... become enlightened and bring about world peace. How could I have forgotten that?!?!

All of the things listed above will happen in my lifetime. Some of them will just happen quicker when I win the lottery : )

Still here!

Howdy folks : )

It's been a long time since I had anything posted on here, and I know that some are concerned since the last post listed was back in November of 2009. In actuality I posted quite a few times through this spring but felt it necessary to remove all of those posts in order to cleanse that phase of my life.

In mid December last year I got into a relationship which ended in a really bizarre way in the middle of June, 2010. During those six months I had a lot of fun traveling back and forth between Oklahoma and Montana with the guy I was dating and actually moved to MT at the end of April. We moved here to be closer to the place where his family lives, and I got a job working for the Indian Health Service, which got me out of the distasteful business of medicine and into the practice of medicine in a socialized setting. Good move!

When things really blew up in the relationship, for the first time ever I felt the need to completely sever all ties with another human. I'm still in the process of cleansing my home and getting all of the traces of him out of here in order to heal from the whole mess. This process is going quite well, and I'm doing great, getting back to my center, and moving on in all areas of my life. I won't go into any of the gory details on this blog, but if you're curious I'll share it with you in another more private format.

I used to think people were just deluded when they said, "Everything happens for a reason." Well, delusional or not, I'm one who says that now! The crazy relationship knocked me off of my tracks for a while, but in doing so it got me out of the rut I was in back in Oklahoma. It also got me up here to a beautiful new home, a wonderful new job, amazing new friends, a vibrant and fascinating new culture in which to live, and it saved me from the oppressive heat and humidity of the Oklahoma summer. So for all of this I'm very thankful to Source! : )