Hmm, good question.
I'd pay off my car for starters. Then pay off my credit card bill (which really isn't that much). After that, I'd probably move to where I want to live and buy a house there, nothing too big and fancy probably just a 2/3 bedroom, 2 bathroom home. Hmm, I'd definately have to have an indoor pool and jac..jaq..fff ..hot tub plus a workout room.
I would more than likely continue working as a c/o, but only be a part time employee. I just bought a 40" lcd tv and home theater system so I don't need another one any time soon. What I would probably do is buy some really good furniture for my house and the best, most comfortable bed ever.
I'd give my mom probably about 100k to do whatever she wanted with it, I know that would really help her out. I'd also probably stick about 300k into a savings account and let it build interest. I'd have to pick a really top notch bank though.
The rest, I really don't know about as I'm sure there would be plenty of left over money after that. I'd just live my life as usual and enjoy things while the money is still there. If it ever ran out, I'd still have a house and car that'd be fully paid for along with all my other things. All I'd have to do is just become a full time employee again. No real worries. After all, I'd still have that money in savings that had built interest, I'd be fine for the rest of my life.
Not to be selfish, but, I'm just not the charitable type of person. Perhaps if I found a charity that I really felt compelled to help, I'd lend some money. But it wouldn't be a huge amount of money. My money is my money after all.
I'm with some of the other people here, maybe One million isn't what it used to be, but it's still a hell of a lot of money. And unless your blowing money like it's water running out of the faucet, I don't see how a million couldn't last you most of, if not all of your natural life.
One thing you need to remember, whether you're wealthy or not, you should always keep some kind of job as a source of income. It's not like you have to work your heart out (though some people are just like that no matter what), just keep a steady source of work income to add onto what you'd already have, to ensure that the money you've gained doesn't dissapear. Also, you should just keep a job as a means of keeping active and think of it as having a back-up plan in case something should happen and one day you find yourself no longer living quite as comfortably as you had. With a job, you've still got some security, a way to make it in life.
