Buy some solar panels and throw the rest at my mortgage

Invest it all and forget about it for a few years.

Turn my basement into properly approved living space, increasing the value of my house by roughly 33%. Then it’s time to renegotiate my mortgage rate.

Pay off debt.

Edit: adding context

My wife recently lost her job to AI. She wound up finding a job that she actually likes, but at about 50% of her old salary. At the same time, I racked up some healthcare bills and we have a child trying to get out of the country for college, but of course the loan from Sallie Mae may not get to school in time for the first year, despite the fact we started the process about a year ago. About the only way we can think of to temper the loss of income is to sell the house and use the cash to pay off debt and live… somewhere.

If we could get out of the debt we are in, my wife would be able to keep her job and we would be able to help pay for college without selling the house.

Hopefully, we will find another way because ain’t nobody willing or able to give money away in this country lol

Get my bathrooms renovated professionally.

Add to my pension. The current amount will make me destitute.

I had that happen in January, I built my own bookstore.

I’d pay off my house. No hesitation.

I could just show you better than I could explain it. I’ll dm you my Venmo.

Pull a card from Brian Eno’s Oblique Strategies and see what happens

Fun: new car, some kind of spicy electric thing.

Boring: Pay off mortgage. I died a little just typing that.

I’d use half to clear the debt I’ve been clawing my way out of for the last couple of years, and the other half to fix the retaining wall so I can finally build a small backyard studio with loft to use as an office/guest space. Any leftovers would go toward the construction of the studio.

I’d kill two-thirds of my wife’s student loans. She would be quite happy.

50k on black

Home care once per week, but take care of some people close to me too.