Not me (alas), but I remember reading an AMA a while back from a Redditor who won the lottery. I think the jackpot was $30 million, and he got … maybe $17 million? He was only in his early 20’s, too.
He was basically a checklist for How to Behave If You Win the Lottery. He paid off all his debts, had some fun spending some of it, then got a financial advisor who gives him an allowance of something like $90,000/year. The rest of the money is invested. Any time he’s in danger of exceeding his allowance, his advisor calls and gives him shit.
Invested all my money in a start-up. Personally I thought a Jump-To-Conclusions Mat was a great idea.
I’m still in denial and live on increasing debts
We are pretty well off, we are frugal.
But we have a family member who makes 1/4 of what we do who lives a fancier life than us.
Just remember exterior signs of wealth (Cars, House etc) are usually bogus.
I got sick. Still drowning in medical bills for several dozen surgeries.