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How would my life change if I won the lottery – a “PEA” exercise

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The shortlist

 

Did you win the Powerball?  I haven’t checked my ticket or read any news about it yet.  If you did win, I wrote earlier about what I would do immediately if I won the lottery.

There are things I would do with the money, and I have a fair amount of ideas.  Dreaming about ‘what would you do if you won a million dollars’ helps to bring about Positive Emotional Attractors, or PEA for short. 

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What I would do if I won the lottery

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My first lottery ticket.

You may be taking a gamble and purchasing a Powerball ticket, or two, for today’s drawing.  I never played the lotto in my life until last Saturday.

I rationalized, “With the prize money being so large, how could I not take the chance?”  My husband told me that I’m more likely to be hit with a meteorite.  Except, I’ve never met anyone who was hit by a meteorite.  I do know people who have won the lottery.  Well, “know” is a loose term, I’ve seen people with large checks on TV.  I’ve had family who have won large sums from the lottery.  I know they exist.  When was the last time the news covered someone being hit by a meteorite?  Exactly.
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