"I wish to earn a living through work I enjoy" ~ Hesperis

When I was (much) younger, I assumed that I'd be able to do just that; hasn't worked out that way, though. There were about ten very satisfying years when I was part-owner of a typesetting business, but we went bankrupt in the early 90s when our entire industry disappeared. Since then, it's been unemployment, underemployment, or underpaid employment, and it's been a chore to go to work every day.

Like several others have already mentioned, the luxury I'd most enjoy if I had sudden access to lots of money (e.g., lottery winnings) would be TRAVEL. We'd continue to spend winters based here in New Orleans, but come summer (starting immediately after Jazz Festival) we'd relocate to Ireland, settling at my family's ancestral farmstead in County Mayo. We wouldn't sit tight very long at either "home base," but take plenty of trips, not only around the immediate area but also to points all over the globe.