Confession: I Buy Lottery Tickets

I turned to my father-in-law. “You’re going to need to put your plans to build your buggy on hold,” I said, “after I win the LOTTO MAX tonight, I’m going to build a hobbit house. And I need you to be the general contractor.” 🏗🔨🛠⚒

I was serious.

Let’s be clear - the smart part of me knew I wasn’t going to win the lottery. But when we buy a lottery ticket, we allow ourselves to dream about what we would do with the money.

You see, up until recently I believed this was a good thing. I thought it was a benefit - you get to daydream about all the things you would do if money was no object.

This week, however, I paid attention to how I felt when I talked about what I would do with the money.

What I found is that it opens up the gap between that future, where I have all this money, and my current reality.

It paints a picture that I don’t have enough right now.

It makes me focus on what I don’t have.

“Who you are - what you think, feel, and do, what you love, is the sum of what you focus on” - Winifred Gallagher

And here I was focusing on what I didn’t have.

That is not ideal.

Most of us ask ourselves: is it worth it in terms of the money?

What we should be asking ourselves is: is it worth it in terms of our attention?

What are you focused on?

Join us this week as we discuss.

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