If I won a lottery…

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Hey Abdulqudus! Congratulations 🎉 You just won a cash prize of 950 million Naira. You can visit our website to claim your goodies. Thank you 😊!

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What if? What if I got a message like this right now? How will I react and what will I do?

I know money is not everything, but money could do many things. I realized that many times I feel like I am a little weak and stressed, those moments are the time I am in sort of funds.

Money is the ride to a successful ministry. With my present situation if I should get a hold of 950 million naira I will make sure I utilize it to the fullest. Many times when money would come at the wrong time. We can’t compare the way a man with much life experience is to a young man who is just about to start his life. They will surely have different orientations toward how they spend money.

I am a young man and I am just about to start life, yet to get married, have kids, cater to my family, add more responsibilities, and many more. But one thing I know for certain is that I am a man and I have my responsibilities so I can’t change that.

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If I had such an amount of money.

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Thanksgiving

What’s more than the understanding that anything that comes our way is from God and those are his plans for us? We have plans as humans but we can’t say exactly how our plans would work out for us. So having the chance to get such an amount of money out of the moon or luckily is something to appreciate. Many other people should have taken up the chances too.

First thing is to appreciate God for making it mine and I will pray for him to guide me on how to spend it right. Because the money to me is like a visitor, it might come and stay or it just flashes across.

My family

I am putting my family second because I know how much they are worth in my life. I am going to make sure they get a tangible amount of the share. So everyone can be happy and grow together in love.

Invest wisely

The next thing on my list is an investment. Since it’s not money I worked so hard to earn for example salaries or wages. The best thing to do is to make sure the money works for me. These investments will serve as a storehouse where my savings will be and they will also serve as workers that will be providing more money.

There are different types of investments out there. Lots of which might be a scam if care is not taken. For now, I would love to invest in hive. Get a meaningful amount of money and buy some hive power, also buy some hive engine tokens and hold them for the future. I will also save some hbd and get my APR return from the investments.

Apart from the crypto world, I will also make sure I invest in real life too. It’s not so safe to put all eggs in one basket. I will buy shares from reputable companies.

Have a farm

This has been my dream for a long time. I have always wanted to own a farm of my own. I have the mindset of starting small and growing big. But how about I grow big immediately? Since I have the means and the funds to run everything.

I will gather more experienced personnel and expertise in the field. Learn more and also employ them in various departments. I am going to make it clear to them how important the growth of the farm is. It’s our joint responsibility.

I am going to have the farm consist of livestock production at first because livestock production will demand less land. Then gradually as we grow I will extend to other aspects of agriculture.

Empowerment/charity

There is no use in being a rich man when everyone around you remains poor. You will one day end up like them. The best thing to be done is to empower and uplift those in need and bring out their talents in them.

Many people around us are talented in a lot of things but the only drawback they have is a lack of funds. I would surely remember how I also started, my ideas and everything I have at the moment wouldn't have come to reality if not for the huge amount of money.

I will also spare some amount for charity, the orphanage home, the prison yard, the hospital, and those in need of my assistance.

Build a house

Having such a huge amount of money and not having a roof over my head will be so sad to hear. I am going to build a house with my money. Not too big but it would be spacious and nice. I just want a happy home. I might get a car too. But only if I need it. I wouldn’t want it to become a liability to me.

Hey!!! Hey!! Wake up Abdulqudus. What have you been looking at? Enough of your daydreaming. Get back to the inkwell and publish your article. 😂

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_{This is my response to the inkwell weekly nonfiction prompts 15 and the topic to be discussed is YOU WON A LOTTERY.}