Do you ever let your mind wander to a place where you’ve just won the lottery?

With the news of an Irish couple recently winning over a 100 million pounds in the New Years day Euromillions, it got me daydreaming to what life would be like if I was in that position. Like how does someone even contemplate having that much money. Just think of the holidays you could go on, the security you could provide for your family, for yourself, the people you could help. Plus I think I would end up adopting loads of doggies and just become a crazy pet lady. It would be like a real life game of Monopoly. Except, I always manage to lose all my money in that game so maybe not.. Anyway, it got me thinking about money and its importance in life.

Let’s be honest, it is spoken about in some way or another in the news everyday. Whether that be the dreaded Brexit, the economy of the high street or the rising minimum wage, we all sometimes let our lives revolve around money. I mean with bills, rent, food and living, it starts to become hard not to. What salary is this job offering me? Is this drink cheaper than the last bar? Is it payday yet? We are all guilty of prioritising money because so often life forces us to. I guess when I was thinking about winning the lottery, I only thought of luxuries, or security. It is so easy to let your mind wander to a place where you’re lying on a beach with a Pina colada with no worries in the world. 

I am extremely lucky, I grew up going on amazing holidays, being spoilt rotten and seeing the finer things in life. I think that when things got harder, or I was struggling personally, I almost felt guilty for doing so because I had such amazing opportunities given to me. Looking back, I think growing up in that environment taught me to be humble. It taught me to enjoy life and to always remember, money isn’t everything, in fact it probably isn’t even in my top ten of important things in life. When my dad left my mum, my first thought wasn’t, oh whats going to happen with the money, it was what’s going to happen to the family I have always cherished and why is it being torn apart. 

I know it is easy to say that money isn’t everything when you have it. But having lived on at both end of the spectrum, I can still say that in the position I am in now, unemployed, struggling from month to month, I am still confident in saying that my relationship, my family, my friends and my happiness trump any luxury item that winning the lottery could give me.

I would be lying if I said that winning the lottery wouldn’t be super fun. But as cheesy as it sounds, I already won the lottery with the people I have in my life. My mum, she is my rock, and jeez has life been unfair to her but she is the strongest person I know. My boyfriend, he is the most supportive person who puts up with my erratic mood swings, and my low days and sees past that to know that by making me laugh he can stop all of the hurt. My family, or the fantastic four as my mum likes to call us, and my friends all make me so lucky. Oh, and I have the cutest little pug who gives me the daily cuddles I need. I don’t need to win the lottery because I already have.

But… if someone happens to have a winning lottery ticket and they want to send it over my way… then there would be absolutely no complaints. Just think of all the cute outfits I could buy for Tyson the pug. And yes, that is him dressed as minion.