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An Extra $20,000

Last Updated: April 7, 2021 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 11 Comments

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What would you do with an extra $20,000?

I recently read this article which said:

“CNN recently created a video in which they asked New York residents in Central Park a simple question “How would you spend an extra $20,000?”

What can you do with $20,000?

  • You could buy a Mini Cooper
  • You can invest it for 30 years and turn it into $265,353 at a 9% rate of return…
  • You can buy 40,000 donuts which is enough to last you 109 years (without inflation and the cost of your heart surgery).
  • You can stay at the Burj Al Arab for 3 nights
  • You can live in Thailand for two years
  • You could feed 80,000 children in Africa for a day or 220 for about a year.”

Would you buy a car, use it as a down payment on a house, pay off loans, splurge on something, or what?

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Filed Under: Budget, Extra Income Tagged With: Budget, Extra Money

About Michelle Schroeder-Gardner

Michelle is the founder of Making Sense of Cents, a blog about personal finance and traveling. She discusses how her business has evolved in her side income series. She paid off $40,000 in student loans by the age of 24 mainly due to her freelancing side hustles. Click here to learn more about starting a blog!

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  1. Anna says

    August 30, 2011 at 5:10 am

    I'm with you all. Debt first. That way I can use whatever future spending I have to do what I want (like donate, eat donuts, travel).

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  2. Michelle Parker says

    August 30, 2011 at 5:48 am

    I would do something similar as well. I would use around $15,000 on my student loan debt and put the other $5,000 towards my emergency fund.

    Reply
  3. Little Lamb says

    August 30, 2011 at 6:39 am

    I would give 10% to charity and use the rest to become debt free! Ah it's nice to dream!

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  4. Michelle Parker says

    August 30, 2011 at 6:44 am

    It is nice to dream!

    Reply
  5. Eric Finlay says

    August 30, 2011 at 7:19 am

    I'd find out where they are getting that 9% rate of return.Seriously, probably fill up my emergency fund and wait for the grace period on my student loans to expire before paying off as much as possible.

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  6. Rhitter94 says

    August 30, 2011 at 8:10 am

    I'm with Little Lamb!

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  7. Lindy Mint says

    August 30, 2011 at 8:49 am

    I would use $9K to finish paying off our car loan, use $1K for fun, then probably put the rest in the bank, so I can stare at it until I decided what to use it for.

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  8. slobely838 says

    August 30, 2011 at 9:37 am

    This will sound selfish, but I would use it to pay down my debt and maybe go on a shopping trip.

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  9. BTHappyHomeowner says

    August 30, 2011 at 9:41 am

    I'd definitely throw the majority of it at my debt, but I'd also "splurge" on a budget vacation (shameless, I know!)..

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  10. Michelle Parker says

    August 30, 2011 at 6:51 pm

    I agree Eric! I want that 9%.And there's nothing wrong with putting it towards a vacation. 🙂

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  11. Stephanie says

    August 31, 2011 at 6:22 am

    I like Little Lamb's idea, too! Although I'd probably use that 10% to fund microloans on Kiva, because as the loans get paid back I could keep using that money to help more entrepreneurs. :-)The rest, of course, would go toward paying off student loans. I'd probably pay mine off in full and then put the rest toward my husband's. That would free up a few hundred dollars each month to put into savings of some sort.

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