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Daily writing prompt
If you had an unlimited budget for 24 hours, what would you do?

Hour 1:

I would give all of you that are friends with me here on WordPress, and the few members of my outside family & friends that I love and cherish, $50 million dollars each. I would tell you to buy $25-30 million dollars of 10 or 30 Year U.S. Treasury Bonds so you will have an annual income of anywhere from $1.2 – $1.7 million dollars a year depending on the maturity and coupon rate of the treasuries you buy.

Then, I would tell you to take the remainder of it and enjoy it all as you see fit.

Hour 2:

I would set up my passive income structure. Since the budget is unlimited, I’m just going to get as many US Treasuries and cash that I can possibly get. And divvy up the free cash between my bank accounts.

Hour 3:

Move my couch next to my front door, and position my TV to a watching distance, also position my charging station with iPads and iPhones on the table next to the couch.

Hour 4:

Create a Lunch/Dinner delivery schedule for the next 72 hours on Grubhub or Instacart

Hour 5:

Log into Amazon.com and buy everything on all the lists I’ve created that I still need.

Hour 6:

Check up on all of you and my outside family and friends via web and iPhone messaging to see if you guys are ok and happy.

Post on all social media accounts I own, one video:

Hour 7:

Take delivery of my first lunch: Tex-mex; flank chimichurri steak with pico de gallo and black beans w/cheese

Hour 8 to Infinity:

Settle in on the couch next to the door, prepared to take any and all deliveries whether food or Amazon for the conceivable future.

Veg out watching TV, scrolling my timelines, and only getting up to exercise and do light house maintenance.

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37 responses to “I Only Need 8 Hours…”

  1. Betty Avatar

    I couldn’t stop laughing from number 3 all the way through 7. You’re so funny, Mike! It seems like it comes so naturally to you, almost effortless! Hahaha.🀣😝 Honestly, I enjoy it! Great post!

    It would be nice to get those 8 hours or something close to it.

    1. Michael Williams Avatar

      im so wishing for it for everyone’s sake! πŸ˜ƒ we all could use that happiness! happy friday!

      1. Betty Avatar

        Yes. indeed! πŸ’―

        Happy Friday!! Hoping you have a wonderful weekend, Mike! 🫢

  2. Maggie Avatar

    Hahahaha πŸ˜‚
    Love your humour 🀣

    1. Michael Williams Avatar

      πŸ˜πŸ‘πŸΌπŸ‘πŸΌ happy Friday!

  3. vermavkv Avatar

    That’s a wonderfully imaginative and generous β€œ24-hour plan” β€” it really says a lot about the spirit behind it.

    What stands out most is the heart in Hour 1 and Hour 6. The idea of immediately sharing abundance with friends and loved ones, and then checking in to see if everyone is okay and happy, shows that wealth here isn’t just about moneyβ€”it’s about care, connection, and emotional security.

    1. Michael Williams Avatar

      exactly Vijay! if we can all enjoy it together – all the better!

  4. KikiFikar Avatar

    I love you my friend. These are all fabulous ideas! I had no business doing it but I moved things on my Amazon wish list to my cart the other day and hit buy now on all of them. I’m not sure if I’ll be divorced by the end of the weekend but at least I’ll be happy when the boxes start rolling in between 7 am – 11 am. Lol

    Let’s go shopping someday!

    1. Michael Williams Avatar

      hahahaha πŸ˜‚ I’m sure it’ll all work out. you just have to make sure you cut and flatten the package boxes for maximum hiding.

      it is always better to ask for forgiveness than permission πŸ˜‚πŸ‘πŸΌβ€οΈ

      yes, let’s hit Amazon and then clean out Roosevelt Field, yeah?

      1. KikiFikar Avatar

        Omg Roosevelt Field! Do you see the amount of bags that people are carrying when they are walking around that mall? The last time I went I whispered to myself there is nothing wrong with the economy… Look at this shopping foot traffic!

        1. Michael Williams Avatar

          πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚ I wonder too! I gotta say though Karen, the truth about it is pretty dark and shady if you know what I mean. But Roosevelt field is for when we all are just taking it easy and living the “regular life” lol. We’ll plan it out with our families to go to Americana Manhasset and cause REAL trouble there πŸ˜‚

          btw – I do still keep a membership account on therealreal.com , you know that’s where I’ll be looking too.

          1. KikiFikar Avatar

            Oooh yes! I’m due for a trip to the Americana. Yes please! Mike – you’re right though. There’s something very strange about Roosevelt Field. Howwwwww??? I mean BAGS of stuff from every high end stores.

  5. MJ🍸 Avatar

    Daaaaaayyyyuuuuum! You got that on lock! That was beyond perfect. I’m just kinda sitting here in awe…

    1. Michael Williams Avatar

      😁 let’s all be rich together!

      1. MJ🍸 Avatar

        So three weeks later… after the fact.. then what would you do or plan to do to celebrate the richness?

        1. Michael Williams Avatar

          tbh MJ, I’m probably just still gonna be laying on the couch and scrolling Twitter lol

  6. CJ Antichow Avatar
    CJ Antichow

    A perfect life lol

    1. Michael Williams Avatar

      we have to manifest it Ceej, I need this to happen πŸ˜„

      1. CJ Antichow Avatar
        CJ Antichow

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  7. Edward Ortiz Avatar

    Perfect plan! Amazon is going to be busy.

    1. Michael Williams Avatar

      We are going to bring down Prime lol

      1. Edward Ortiz Avatar

        Definitely, and they will probably eliminate free shipping after that. πŸ˜‚

  8. justrojie Avatar

    now that’s a plan!

    1. Michael Williams Avatar

      πŸ˜€ enjoy the weekend!

  9. ibarynt Avatar

    Oh my gosh Mike, how much thinking did you do for this 🀣. Please know I’m holding you to that $50 million.

    Don’t forget you might have to build a few more houses for all those packages, or maybe just buy Amazon out.

    1. Michael Williams Avatar

      πŸ˜€ hahaha! i have a garage i can keep the unopened packages.lol

      as long as you will enjoy your incoming $50million I can enjoy my newfound money too lol. you can hold me to that! πŸ˜€

  10. Nancy Homlitas Avatar

    Thanks, Mike! If you do come in to a windfall and share your newfound wealth with followers, I’d buy property for a homestead. Then I’d have homes built for family members on the property-and one chicken coop. πŸ™‚

    1. Michael Williams Avatar

      isn’t it interesting Nancy that more and more people are reverting to this close family lifestyle? it’s not as apparent, but there are pockets of people emerging that are doing this! i’d say my one neighbor is probably on the path to doing this with his young adult children and their present significant others.

  11. Nancy Homlitas Avatar

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  12. safia begum Avatar

    A humorous and imaginative response to the unlimited-budget promptβ€”blending generosity, practicality, and a touch of wit while making the most of a 24-hour opportunity. πŸ˜„βœ¨πŸ’°

    1. Michael Williams Avatar

      don’t forget to pick up your $50 million USD Safia πŸ™‚

  13. thingsihavethoughtof Avatar

    Haha, what a thought, you could crash the world economy, ala Dr. Evil! Treasury bonds are traded so you’d have to be careful not to put in an order too large at a time, so maybe you should diversify past the US into other stable currencies with an eye on not destabilising anything and making a country go poor (like George Soros and Indonesia, you don’t want to give yourself a bad name). Even if the day was just putting huge amounts into multiple bank accounts, yours and others, it could cause problems. If it’s Trillions, and is just created (as in ‘printed’ like the special account governments have to create money) then it increases the money supply and therefore inflation. Sitting in a bank account, the banks would use it to borrow and inflation would spike increasing the cost of living for everyone. Buying gold or any other asset may spike the price causing other problems. It would probably be best for the world if you just kept it in a vault with insurance and slowly introduced it into the economy. Maybe talk to an economist and work out the best way to do this, you’d need to pre-plan.
    Don’t ask me why I went down this track, but thanks for the thought process! ;-P

    1. Michael Williams Avatar

      darn Rob, you are making so much sense here! great catch on this.

      i guess the world really is geared against regular ol’ folks like us getting rich.

      the answer is clear to me now. we must have a revolution LOL

  14. camilla wells paynter Avatar

    Thanks, Mike! I’ll keep my eye out for that check! πŸ˜‰

    1. Michael Williams Avatar

      😁😁😁 if they’ll let people request a wire – Ill let you know zippity fast πŸ˜„

  15. Voice Of Rohingya | Anowar Sadak Avatar

    Fun idea πŸ˜„πŸ’Έ

    I like the generosity in hour 1β€”taking care of people first says a lot. After that it basically turns into β€œinfinite couch + infinite deliveries mode,” which honestly sounds both peaceful and slightly dangerous for productivity πŸ˜‚Maybe the real luxury would be unlimited time and the discipline to still live a bit beyond the couch.

    1. Michael Williams Avatar

      your last sentence is correct Anowar…perhaps that’s what we all should strive for! πŸ˜€

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