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[quote=Anonymous]I recently took on a temporary, 24+ month-long clerical side project at work. It’s something I’ll do in a few hours a month in my spare time, and it comes with a separate paycheck that will net about $500/month after taxes.

Our regular finances are already pretty locked in, we aggressively save for retirement and college, and we contribute monthly to a liquid savings account, so this isn’t money we *need* to plug into anything. Since it’s tied to extra work I’m doing on my own time and it’s not a permanent raise, I was thinking it might be nice to use it for something just for me.

The problem is that I’m weirdly uninspired about what that might be. I’m in my mid-40s and have honestly never really had “fun money” like this before. For example, I thought about travel, but I don’t magically have more vacation time. At the same time, it feels a little wasteful to just let it disappear into random wants.

If you suddenly had about $500/month earmarked for something personal or meaningful, what would you do with it?
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