Last week when the Lottery Prize was so high, everybody I knew was playing!  Even me, the person who can't stand to gamble, played. 

The reason I like to play the lottery is to have a day or two of really good day-dreaming about what I'd do with all that money....  Think back to what you were dreaming of last week between shelling out a couple of bucks and then realizing you didn't win. 

Stop for just a second and think.  If money were no object, what *would* you do?

Would you pay off your bills?  Set up a college fund for your kids?  Buy a new car?  Go on a trip overseas?  Quit your job and start your dream business?

Now - stop again and think about how you might actually do those things in your current financial situation.  If your dreams weren't of gold-plated cadillacs, you probably could take the steps necessary to achieve them! 

Take a look at some of these books on achieving your goals.

Isn't it great that you played the Lottery last week and lost?