What’s the first thing you would do if you were to become financially free today?

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If out of nowhere you became financially free right now, what’s the first thing you doing?

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  2. BombasticMe Avatar

    I would move, probably back home (Chicago).

  3. Aggressive_Goat2028 Avatar

    Travel. So much travel. It’s a big mud ball out here with hundreds of cultures. I want to see it

  4. Atillion Avatar

    Get myself and my kids to a safe country.

  5. AnotherDarnedThing Avatar

    Take my family on an extended vacation.

  6. Remarkable_Toe_8335 Avatar

    honestly, i’d sleep in with no alarms, then take a slow walk with coffee and finally breathe without stress—just enjoy not having to rush or worry for once in my life

  7. notyourregularninja Avatar

    Fix every part of my body – fat, teeth, joints. And then travel!!

  8. LoveInHell Avatar

    Get a driver’s license and get a car.

  9. SadWeb4830 Avatar

    I would cry, I would cry a lot. I’d feel so relieved that I’d probably cry for a good hour.

  10. watdafut Avatar

    Smoke a fat joint, they random hair test where I work,

  11. KindredFawn Avatar

    Buying a house

  12. mauore11 Avatar
  13. Kentwomagnod Avatar

    Take my son to go visit some colleges so he can make a decision.

  14. Grandma-Plays-FS22 Avatar

    Buy a nice but not huge house with a big insulated shop for my husband to finally be able to do all the woodworking he’d enjoy.

  15. Ok_Kiwi8071 Avatar
  16. Remarkable-Rub- Avatar

    Throw my phone in a drawer, take a nap with no alarms, and then book a trip without checking flight prices.

  17. counter-proof0364 Avatar

    Doing a trainer’s license and become a football coach (soccer coach in the US).

  18. sfandino Avatar

    So many people on the Internet with wrong opinions needing my help…

  19. xxiii1800 Avatar

    Sleep more than 6hours

  20. Yeetin_Boomer_Actual Avatar

    Just stop.

    When ready, figure things out and start investing and do some travelling first.

  21. DozenBia Avatar

    Probably jerk off

    Make some appointments in the next month

    Chill this month, spend some money on stuff that I wouldn’t buy now (cs skins, eating out, random fun money)

    Next month buy 2 houses and an apartment, rent the houses to my parents for cheap, live in the apartment

    Get my money in order

    Finish my degree with zero stress

  22. viper29000 Avatar

    Book an airline ticket and go see my parents for a few weeks.

  23. TwinFrogs Avatar

    Buy Reddit and ban every mod. 

  24. Ok_Emotion9841 Avatar

    OP said financially free, not that you suddenly have loads of money.

  25. kaneko_masa Avatar

    probably sleep without anxiety?

  26. Trygolds Avatar

    Find some big carboard boxes and set up my home under an overpass and get in line at the soup kitchen.

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  28. druscarlet Avatar

    Plan some home upgrades.

  29. Glozboy Avatar

    Delete all trace of my job from my laptop

  30. 2towerz1plane Avatar

    Make the 7 year old inside me happy….by buying everything I dreamed of as a kid…

  31. Jqf27 Avatar

    Cry so hard I throw up, then take a nap. Maybe get some Applebees the next day.

  32. Rob_LeMatic Avatar

    find a really good psychiatrist and get the help i need

  33. Excellent-Average782 Avatar

    Get myself a nice apartment, clear all debt and start doing the things I love

  34. 50plusGuy Avatar

    Call work “DIY! – Bye”.