If money weren’t a factor, how would you spend your days to feel truly alive?

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If money weren’t a factor, how would you spend your days to feel truly alive?

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  1. Acceptable-Moose-941 Avatar

    Play golf and spend time with family and friends.

  2. Parking-Giraffe-7821 Avatar

    Explore museums all over the world.

  3. AriaPlays7186 Avatar

    spend time with people i hold dear to my heart, spend my time doing things that feel fulfilling

  4. geekyminx Avatar

    Long walks, working out, sex and cinema/binge watching TV with my husband while everyone is at school. Then family time / lovely holidays / fun as a family otherwise.

  5. yournewfriend5678 Avatar

    Ride my bike everyday!!!

  6. dev_loves_books Avatar

    Travelling and reading in every new place I go to.

  7. GhostPepper87 Avatar

    Learn to do all the things I’ve been wanting to do, like gardening, quilting, and making stained glass

  8. Luddite_Literature Avatar

    Go snorkeling alongside some turtles

  9. UnitedWeb8702 Avatar

    I’d be a canvas artist and make hobby apps.

  10. euclid223 Avatar

    Making things, exercising, travelling the world… And most importantly… Napping

  11. FrananaSaddlesworth Avatar

    Spending as much time outdoors as humanely possibly . Exploring new places , learning new things and reading

  12. angymob13 Avatar

    At the beach drinking and smoking!

  13. kdub64inArk Avatar

    Hookers and blow

  14. Innuendum Avatar

    Shipping container full of heroin.

  15. zendelic Avatar

    traveling the world

  16. AlexLorne Avatar

    That isn’t something I know how to answer, because money IS a factor, so I spend most of my time thinking about that.

    If money were not a factor, I’d need a couple of weeks of that calm to find out what life is like when you don’t have to worry about continuing to exist.

  17. HungryVenitian111 Avatar

    I play tennis were my effort matters and spending beautiful time with my dogs and I guess friends and family too😂

  18. Revolutionary_Log517 Avatar

    Travel the world trying to find every species of wild bird.

  19. alienlifeform819 Avatar

    Live on a private island , work with rescue animal shelter, help feed the homeless , take care of the wize ones

  20. damaniac1223 Avatar

    Fulfilling my lifelong dream of being the rich, mysterious uncle who always seems to have just blown in from an international adventure and only drinks champagne and eats caviar.

  21. dreadfulbadg50 Avatar

    Hookers and coke

  22. tha_street Avatar

    I’d have seks, lots of seks

  23. bobby_sandals Avatar

    Travel and workout

    Food, sightseeing and cocktails

  24. broastchicken8 Avatar
  25. Ill_Consequence1755 Avatar

    I’d build a nice home and facilities on a big piece of land and take in all the abused animals I could.

  26. Green-Substance-9255 Avatar

    Explore all the parts of earth while we’re still here

  27. GooberGlitter Avatar

    Besides plan a vacation, I would try new things like voice lessons or art lessons or get back into things that I know I enjoy like ultimate frisbee or roller skating.

  28. njacks15 Avatar

    Naked. Everywhere.

  29. Empath1999 Avatar

    Snowboarding all over the world.

  30. Just_a_Ginger_Fella Avatar

    I would hire someone to roll my blunts for me as I decided where I wanted to spend my day chillen doing whatever the hell I want to do.

  31. Spectral_Dreamer Avatar

    I would study Japanese.

  32. unexplain4ble Avatar

    Travel, start gardening, volunteer more, decorate my apartment the way I want to, and maybe get a pet of some kind like a rabbit or a dog.

  33. dkris2020 Avatar

    Riding my bikes or being out in nature. Attending as many social events as I can handle, especially ones where I can volunteer at. Continue improving my physical and mental health. And winding down with a chill video game

  34. No_Watercress8348 Avatar

    Travelling the world spending 6m a time in each country

  35. Automatic_Wash9062 Avatar

    Cruise ship travels

  36. AkibaraEiji Avatar

    Giving everything I can to others. It’d make my existence if I could actually meaningfully improve the circumstances of others. Unfortunately, that tends to be a matter of time and/or money, both of which I’m poor in.

  37. Xralius Avatar

    Same thing I do now, but instead of working I’d be exercising.

    Kids really do restrict you quite a bit from a life of adventure.

  38. ElevatorSuch5326 Avatar

    Disappear – travel from one rented secluded compound to the next. Probably find indie designers to invest in for fun

  39. Amazing_Purchase_563 Avatar

    What a great question…made me sad

  40. BatcherSnatcher Avatar

    Swords and shields battles

  41. LowSlow111 Avatar

    I’ll tell you what I’d do, man: two chicks at the same time, man.

  42. Redditor2684 Avatar

    Sit at home, retired.

  43. Scared_Ad2563 Avatar

    I love doing crafts, so I’d get myself a studio for them all. Drawing, painting, jewelry making, crochet, sewing. I like to cosplay, so I’d go to tons of conventions. I’d read so many books and learn to play an instrument or two. I’d travel to places I’ve been wanting to see and take road trips. I’d have time to get my fitness in order and would be able to work out effectively with a home gym that is basically a regular gym, lol.

  44. BootlegBodhisattva Avatar

    I would be able to help more people, but otherwise I would be doing what I already do: read tarot, practice Reiki, go on walks in the woods and on beaches, go swimming, go sledding, go to shows, have a nice dinner out sometimes, volunteer, play dice and cards and board games with my friends, perform at RHPS, officiate weddings, and go on adventures to museums and amusement parks and other fun places. Don’t wait to live your life when you “have the money” or “have the time”. This is it. You’re already mid progress in the only life you will ever have. Live NOW.

  45. CreepInTheOffice Avatar

    Build hospitals, schools, and other charitable institutions.

    Skydiving and base jumping seem like a lot of fun, too.

  46. AbbyDean1985 Avatar

    Travel, read, write and just comfortably exist.

  47. Significant-Echo1761 Avatar

    Go back to school and learn animation

  48. English_Erasure Avatar

    Playing Warhammer 40k at the local game shop, buying the home of my dreams and decorating a videogame/hobby den in it, and then tip 1000% in cash to food service workers. They aren’t praised enough

  49. JGCities Avatar

    Travel

    Specifically walking around with camera taking photos of everything.

  50. WakeUpTheMorning Avatar

    I would go to school for the rest of my life- not even to earn degrees per say but just to learn cool stuff I am interested in

  51. _satanthony Avatar

    To spend time with my LDR fiancé, move in together and all that. I just wanna be with my girl asap

  52. Familiar-Kangaroo298 Avatar

    Traveling and going to national parks.

  53. LeagueAggravating595 Avatar

    Skiing 6 months of the year. Nothing beats scenic fresh mountain air

  54. SalishSeaview Avatar

    Plying the navigable waters of the world in a luxurious-yet-manageable custom-built trawler.

  55. FamousAtticus Avatar

    Lots of traveling, concerts, sporting events and feasting with family and friends!!

  56. theavatare Avatar

    Doing hikes and taking pictures during them then sleeping and having dinner with friends like 4 nights a week

  57. stardustzzzz Avatar

    live in a forest

  58. Audi52 Avatar

    Golf. Travel. Family.

  59. Tiny_Laugh_7327 Avatar

    My house on a ranch and good internet away from everyone and everything else

  60. AlexRescueDotCom Avatar

    Golf at Top 5 Golf Courses in 50 different countries. Spend a month there. Golf on weekend, being a tourist on weekdays.

  61. kaluyna-rruni Avatar

    Travel and volunteer more.

  62. offlyfans Avatar

    I would learn different languages and visit countries /place I only saw on picture. Wish I had infinite money

  63. gohome2020youredrunk Avatar

    Outreach and helping people at street level.

  64. AcceptableCredit1592 Avatar

    Lots of travel. When not doing that it’d be dog walks and hikes, reading, trying new restaurants, continue learning my second language, biking and naps. So many naps.

  65. magnaton117 Avatar

    Sleeping in, working on my hobbies, and overall enjoying my freedom

  66. typesett Avatar

    i just want to say that many of us can spend our days truly alive but we use weird excuses or limitations to say we are not

    a lot of people are saying “traveling” here… why do you travel? see new things? meet new people?

    well, to feel truly alive — you can do those things now! why does it have to be in thailand? go to a new coffeeshop or whatever

    don’t make excuses of how you can only do that in a remote village in peru — that’s just a normal city to those in peru just like your town (or a nearby town) is a exotic place to someone far away. you want a new experience from travel right? fix things so you can do it once a week

    it’s about attitude and taking control of your life now. what you should be asking yourself is how to get your mind or body right so that you can make every day in your current existence better. my 2 cents

    and this applies to other stuff, not just travel. i’m reading stuff here that is doable, its just ya;ll dont want to do it so what’s the problem? the problem is you, not society issues like wealth

  67. Acceptable-Table-784 Avatar

    Luckily money isn’t an issue for that…for now

  68. chiplover3000 Avatar

    Travel, meet people on those travels and learn shit.

  69. One_Culture8245 Avatar

    Rest for a couple of weeks, travel for a couple of weeks. Attend different events when resting. Sightsee and experience attractions while traveling.

  70. Sweet_Pie1768 Avatar

    Sex, exploring nature, travel, helping others, etc.

  71. Strongit Avatar

    I’d go in on a very high end PC and VR set up. I get really into it during covid with a quest 1 but now I don’t have the time or energy after the work day’s done

  72. Dewells213 Avatar

    Travel…. Golf…. Game… all with my wife and kids

  73. ConnectKale Avatar

    I imagine my days being like the summer between middle school grades. We had a ton of independence and we kind of did whatever we wanted. Schemes, hung out, played games, hiked, swimming, skating.

  74. Tammy993 Avatar

    Taking care of a lot of pets.

  75. pao_zinho Avatar

    I’d go back to school for sciences. Maybe marine science or geology. Those are my passion areas but couldn’t figure out how to make them pay the bills. 

  76. HeHeHaHa456 Avatar

    browse Reddit in new places

  77. pink_cottoncandy_ Avatar

    Would get 100000 degrees for sure

  78. DefendTheStar88x Avatar

    I’d set myself up somewhere with great weather, have a place right on the water and fish sun up every day I could. Hopefully I’d enjoy good health and be able to host family and friends often.

    I’d travel 3/4 times a year and be front row for any desired sporting events.

  79. Tennet_G Avatar

    I say travel and eating out at drive ins, diners, and dives. But knowing me, I’ll probably dump an absurd amount of time playing Minecraft or balatro. Oh hey I can do that while on a plane ride to Australia or Europe!

  80. Seisouhen Avatar

    Nonstop travelling, I would probably spend a couple months in that specific country depending on how much I loved it

  81. LPNTed Avatar

    Globetrot nude beaches/resorts, and the cool places near them

  82. MothMadeOfMud Avatar

    Take care of cats. Mom’s with kittens, disabled, seniors on their deathbed. I would love to foster cats when I get older.

  83. Flaky_Rhubarb_3863 Avatar

    Travel, hobbies, gardening, swimming, yoga etc basically trying to reach nirvana

  84. PrettyDopeBrah Avatar

    I’d use my time to find something worth spending my time on

  85. Radius_314 Avatar

    Just travel, go to school, travel some more… I just want to experience all I can in this miserable existence.

  86. brokenwing2023 Avatar

    I think about this all the time. If I had enough money I wouldn’t work. Here’s how my days would go. Wake up at 630 to get the kids ready for school. Drop off kids, come home walk the dog. Then I would go to the gym with the other mommies. Get home before lunch. Run any daily errands. Prep a really fantastic dinner after eating lunch. Do a hobby until the kids come home from school. Prepare that dinner. Pre dinner, pack a bowl. Post dinner, pack two bowls. Get kids ready for bed in a stellar mood. Watch a little TV when the kids go to sleep. Rinse and repeat.

  87. UBD26 Avatar

    Traveling the world. Helping out the less fortunate. Watching my favorite football club play live.

  88. Arijan101 Avatar

    Lead a meaningful existence, spend more time with family, read, play video games, travel and help everywhere I can, plant trees, clean the ocean, put out fires you name it.

  89. Ornery_Dot1397 Avatar

    Homesteading, self reliant as much as possible on a plot of land.

  90. BreakinTheSlate Avatar

    I would wake up and do whatever I chose to do in that given moment. True freedom to do as I wish on a whim- that is living.

  91. CompleteAd4579 Avatar

    Eat my way through Italy

  92. haileypizza1 Avatar

    I’d hire help to help clean my house up, nanny to watch my baby, pet sitter to care for my two small pets, I’d book a vacation to Hawaii.
    I’d get my friend out of jail who’s been in there wayyyyy too long for an accidental nonviolent crime and I’d buy him a car. I’d buy my s.o. a car and tell him to drive away and don’t come back until you pay me back for that dinner he said he would pay for he tipped 11$ used my Card and never paid me back.
    I’d buy myself a blue or green (or pink) subaru forester. And I’d get a friend to travel with me across America to find my dream home =)
    Once I had a stable home in a nice city or countryside I would start my two dreams of opening a meditation studio. And also my musical themed healthfood cafe..
    I’d make plans to vacation all around the world. maybe atleast 5 new places a year. A few in the same trip.
    Atleast one very very fancy restoration spa place a year. Maybe more.
    And one of my goals is to go to every amazing water slide in the world!!!
    I’d also visit the spiritual places because I’m a healer too and that’s a big part of my spiritual growth.
    I’m also into believing in mermaids and I’d love to try to search to see one =)
    If I had to choose between setting a mermaid and getting rich tho.. I think I’ll choose rich haha but.. why not both!!!

  93. The_curious_student Avatar

    Traveling in a nice camper, working on project cars (and driving said project cars), working on my train layout (also probably getting a real bay window caboose for my layout) and spending time with my partner.

  94. Minimum-Station-1202 Avatar

    Become a race car driver

  95. HighLifeGoods_LA Avatar

    golfing until my arms fall off

  96. accountability_bot Avatar

    I would build parks, libraries, campgrounds, and public gardens – just areas for people to enjoy. I would grow food and give it away to whoever needed it. I would throw ridiculous block parties to get people out of their homes and just connect with each other again.

  97. veroniqueweronika Avatar

    I’d wake up at 7 every morning, Make a huge breakfast (omelette with freshly ground coffee, fresh fruit, Greek yogurt, toast with butter). Go for a long, barefoot walk out in my fields (I would live on a farm), and let my three dogs run around freely, occasionally throwing a ball. FaceTime my sister and see what her and her family are doing for the day. Get back in, do some yoga, weightlifting, and meditation before taking a long shower. I’d go to my art studio (a separate building on my property) and continue painting, sculpting, drawing or whatever comes to me for a couple of hours. Then, I’d come back to the main house, make some tea and sit down with the dogs for a movie. I’d make dinner early (5pm), so I can eat it slowly while reading a good book. Go outside at night time and get in the hot tub. I’d lay back and stare at the stars for a while. Come inside, get ready for bed and lay around with the dogs for a bit before drifting off.

  98. sam_flurry Avatar

    travel and food

  99. jollyGreenGiant3 Avatar

    Sharing this freedom somehow, teaching everyone to fish or find a way to make sure everyone has a damned fish to eat.

    We all fucking deserve it and I’m so sick of all the selfishness in this World, holy crap.

    Stop being assholes to each other, if you feel like you’re about to be an asshole, stop, raise your hand and ask for help and let’s help this poor fool, we’ve all been there, we can do this together somehow.

  100. Calm_Bluejay_3421 Avatar

    flying over every major land mass and archipelago on earth.

  101. -Redditeer- Avatar

    Exploring. This means traveling and just going places nearby I’ve never been to. Finding things new to me in general

  102. DandD_Adventures Avatar

    Donating my time to organizations that help people

  103. Tmdngs Avatar

    Rent a jet. Fly (as a pilot) to anywhere in the world. Walk out of the jet and rent a car. Travel. Return to airport with a fully fueled jet. Grab a burger at the airport. Fly home.

  104. gafftaped Avatar

    I would spend my free time just doing cool shit with friends, mostly traveling. I truly just want to do cool, fun stuff with good company

  105. Kalel100711 Avatar

    Id move to Japan and lead a happy simpler life. Maybe open a lil taco shop, visit the local book stores and tech stores, go home to my wife and daughter and watch some goofy game shows with some steaming hot ramen

  106. thematster Avatar

    Drive really, really fast.

  107. Sad_Artichoke8646 Avatar

    Large garden and travel

  108. The_Messen9er Avatar

    I would crush my enemies into submission, and then finance and lead programs for my local community.

  109. uiop60 Avatar

    I would learn so many instruments and make so much music.

  110. pshrivas87 Avatar

    Open a gym and spend time golfing

  111. Dead_Eye_Danny Avatar

    Traveling, meeting new people , vloging , being outside.

  112. No-Mathematician678 Avatar

    The same as I do now, without the job hunting part, and without the stress that comes of it and comes from the luck of money.

    So it would be gym and books mainly, with some side hobbies and a lot of learning

  113. harvart2020 Avatar

    Summer, buy a big motorhome and hire 2-3 drivers (compatibility tested) and travel north America. Winter, hit the warm beaches around the workd

  114. Chemical-You-9650 Avatar

    I would sleep until I had rid myself of all the exhaustion from the years of work and stress.

  115. GR1F3 Avatar

    Build out the most capable 4×4 Econoline camper van possible and go explore the wilderness of the world. See every national park, view every mountain peak, spend mornings by lakes that are miles from any town or establishment and every big under a canopy of stars.

    Nature truly invigorates me and I never get tired of it.

  116. Des8559 Avatar

    With animals

  117. Beneficial-Focus3702 Avatar

    Live on a large plot of land farming, raising animals, hunting, fishing,

  118. Bertensgrad Avatar

    I think I would travel around but be weird about it and choose a random person each day and pay them to let me go with them whatever they do. Other tourists, natives, people with weird jobs. Just go from group to group like some sort of nomadic vampire of human experience. Then skip to the next individual or group when I get bored. 

  119. RustyCat12 Avatar

    Buy a seat on a racing team during the weekends and help those who need it as much as I can during the week

  120. Farting_Dreamer Avatar

    Have a cabin out in the middle of nowhere on a lake.

  121. Pure-Smile-7329 Avatar

    Animals, long walks, traveling, good food, fine clothes, cooking and baking.

    Id get a maid too.

  122. Tombecho Avatar

    Doing anything but what I’m doing now. Basically I would quit working making someone else rich while being miserable living month by month barely getting by.

  123. I_Make_Art_And_Stuff Avatar

    I would buy a little cabin by a lake and just hang out on the dock smoking a joint and feeling the wind. I like to keep busy though, so after that I would do a LOT of other things.

  124. Caspers_Shadow Avatar

    I would spend a couple of years immersed in music training. I play guitar and sing, but I am self taught and recognize my shortcomings. I would love to truly learn to play and up my skills.

  125. Unfair_Garden_5040 Avatar

    Travel on my bike to meet people and learn from them.

  126. Fetche_La_Vache Avatar

    I’d get a personal trainer and dietician so I could go from my 400 pound max scale not reading my weight to getting to 220 pounds. Have skin reduction surgery and work on getting fit so I could travel without hassle like I used to before covid turned my life upside down.

  127. Stingublue00 Avatar

    Money won’t bring my wife back to life.

  128. jeanluuc Avatar

    In the mornings, I would wake up with wife before the kids and have sex. Then after that and when they all wake up, we’d make breakfast together.

    After that, we’d let the kids go play outside for a bit while my wife and I workout. Because money isn’t a factor, we live in tons of land for the kids to go explore and I have a world-class home gym.

    After we get our (second) workout in for the day and the kids burned some energy, I’d get some work done while mom teaches the kids the first half of school for the day. Then they get a break and we make lunch (we grow our own food and have our own livestock, so they eat all healthy food).

    After lunch, mom and I swap roles and I teach them the second half of school while my wife works. We have the best homeschooling set up because again money isn’t a factor, and also… the work my wife and I do is passion project. Writing music (my wife is a musician), working on the land, doing housework and yard work to keep things in order.

    By the time work is caught up for the day and the kids have gone through their lessons, we call the neighbors for a playdate for the kids (because money isn’t a factor, we have the “cool” house so people always wanna come over. Plus, we love hosting).

    As the day turns into evening, the kids are still outside playing while mama and I workout on preparing dinner for everyone. We’ve got the windows open, music playing throughout the house… she and I fill each other in on the work we did or the troubles we ran into, and work through them together.

    We share a beautiful meal, the friends parents pick up their kiddos and we invite them in for a drink or two while the kids play some more. And when it’s time to leave, all the kiddos are wiped out and either me or mom will tell bedtime stories to the kids (we swap turns every night).

    Once they’re fast asleep, my wife and I get ready for bed ourselves, read our books, and head to bed ourselves.

    That’s the kind of day that would make me truly feel alive.

  129. thenavneet Avatar

    waking up at 9 or 9.30

    workout/dancing at 11.30

    swimming at 12.30

    lunch at 1.30

    TV shows for a couple hours

    video games for a couple hours

    dinner around 8pm

    more video games or going out for a movie

    fall asleep watching a sitcom at 1.00am

  130. RepresentativeDog141 Avatar

    Playing music all day every day

  131. Christymapper71 Avatar

    Traveling, shopping, time with friends, making new friends, helping rescue animals

  132. SingingSabre Avatar

    I’d be thru hiking and bringing backpacking to underprivileged people.

    I’d spend time studying Torah and being with my community.

    Instead I work all the time. Like a chump.

  133. CountChoculasGhost Avatar

    Travel.

    But not just “normal” travel.

    You know in books and movies where people kind of just “bum around” the US or Europe?

    I’d do that, but with more money, I’d just live comfortably.

    A few weeks in Buenos Aires, a month in Tokyo, maybe half a year in Amsterdam, etc.

    Maybe even work some odd jobs just for fun and to immerse myself more.

  134. AvocadoDistinct Avatar

    Get a pilots licence or become a fighter pilot of some kind i guess

  135. Sad_Virus_7650 Avatar

    I was lucky enough to have this for about two years at one point.

    The best answer is literally doing whatever you want any day. Sometimes it was travelling. Sometimes it was bbq’ing with my friends. Sometimes being lazy and playing videogames or just chilling at the beach.

    The freedom of being able to do whatever, whenever is the best way to feel truly alive IMO

  136. FauxReal Avatar

    I would travel the world learning various regional skills from the locals.

  137. Kyrthis Avatar

    Build Adam Selene from “The Moon is a Harsh Mistress.”

  138. -Entz- Avatar

    Making music, creating art and events for people to enjoy.

  139. IgmFubi Avatar

    Pack my backpack and travel. Never looking back never coming back. Once I have enough I would then get a house somewhere and chill

  140. FEAA-hawk Avatar

    Travel with my wife and kids, golf/pickleball to stay active, gardening on the quiet days, and cooking dinner and watching series w my wife on the quiet evenings.

  141. Intrepid_Bearz Avatar

    I’d rescue dogs and cats. Maybe help out other humans too. I think making a difference to others would make me feel alive and fulfilled.

  142. TraditionalTackle1 Avatar

    A combination of traveling, learning an instrument and collecting things. I could probably start my own museum if money was no object. Oh yeah and a collection of cars like Jay Leno.

  143. Curious-Year-5444 Avatar

    Studying math under the great mathematicians of the world

  144. Tacokolache Avatar

    Money isn’t a factor. I’m pretty comfortable in life. I just choose to not do shit.

    Depression doesn’t care how much money you have. I spend most of my time with my dog, or doing projects in the house/yard

  145. Doobieclip Avatar

    Around family giving them the life experiences theyve never

    For example, id take my grandfather to his first dodger game.

  146. badpersian Avatar

    Gardening, growing trees, raising animals and live off the land as they say.

  147. AleroRatking Avatar

    Family and hobbies. That’s it. Would never spend a second working again

  148. 0peRightBehindYa Avatar

    Money isn’t a factor for me. Chronic fatigue and chronic pain are.

  149. Still-Good1509 Avatar

    Up north on the lake, fresh morning coffee with my line in the water fog still lifting that would be perfect to me

  150. Lucidcranium042 Avatar

    Like for everyone or just myself? Money not beinf a factor…?

  151. Sofa-king-high Avatar

    Probably a mix of dnd, mtg, and small projects and making stuff just because, maybe something will be useful but mostly to just practice and learn new things in an applied manner

  152. schaudhery Avatar

    Travel the world. I don’t think I’d even bother owning a permanent home.

  153. Adventurous_Yam_2825 Avatar

    Spend time with my son, listen to music, and play with as many dogs as possible.

  154. SmashingExperience Avatar

    A lawn party with grill, fireplace, my kids running around playing, while their old man does some cooking.

    I am that primitive.

  155. Loverboy_Talis Avatar

    Travel everywhere, all the time.

  156. Standard-Square-7699 Avatar

    Build a homes compound for my family.

  157. dragontamer37 Avatar

    I’d be in uni collecting degrees and doing research projects