Life's Rich… I am NOT!

what on earth would you do if you won the lottery, or came into a large sum of money which found you in a very comfortable position??

I grew up in a nice house in a outer suburb of the city. a decent size home which my father had built with help from his brother and father. My father is a very intelligent man. He would be my phone a friend if the need every arrived. He was not however, at this point in his life, rich. My brother, Billy, and I never went without but we certainly didn't have everything we wanted.

We went to very good schools that cost as my mother would say 'an arm and a leg'. This for Billy, was a fortunate thing and he has excelled in life and is comfortable earning plenty and doing what he loves.
I am turning 33 this year and have only just started to figure my way in the world.

When i met my ex husband, he already owned a house. We had kids, sold and built a beautiful new house and then the GFC (Global Financial Crisis) hit and and we were forced to sell and downsize so our mortgage was affordable. Since this time, we have divorced each other and I am still living in that house after buying him out.

It's not flash, things are broken and old, but it's mine and my kids call it home as do I.
I felt that it was very important to stay at home with my children whilst they were young. I didn't try to have a career and raise a family. My ex is a tradie and made enough money that it supported this choice even if he didn't. My eldest is 9. That means I haven't had a full time job for nearly 10 years.

Money isn't something that is overly important to me. Its integral for survival unfortunately. So I am in a position that I am about to step back into the big bad world of employment in the next few months as I see the last of my little monsters shake his tail feather off to school. I am looking forward to finical independence as well as some emotional as well.

I once lived of two minute noodles for an entire week when I was at uni, I don't wish to do that ever again as appealing as the flavours were at the time!