How I Became a Millionaire by 40... Pt. 1

First of all, let me address the title of this blog.. Sorry to disappoint, or mislead.. but I am, in fact.. NOT Crazy. I do, however, have a crazy way of looking at things.. that often leads me to crazy conclusions.. crazy actions.. and thus, even CRAZIER stories!!!

Okay.. Now that we've gotten that out of the way, let us address the title of this post. In my efforts to be completely up-front, and honest.. I must, regrettably, disclose that I am NOT a millionaire.. but I guess that doesn't really matter.. because I'm not forty, either...

Wow.. So this is how You start off your first REAL attempt at a blog? By giving your readers TWO bold-faced lies? What are you.. Crazy???

Well, first of all, there were THREE lies.. but if I really WAS crazy.. Then I only told ONE lie.. and even THAT's not a lie.. unless you got a "Magic 8 Ball" up there, or something? And why am I talking to you, anyway?? I'm not supposed to talk to you...

Ehhh.. Hello?? If anyone's still there.. Let me apologize for that.. and if you don't mind.. Go back and re-read that first paragraph.. ONLY!!! ..and then skip down to the picture below... Thanks, so much!

In my never-ending quest for financial independence I came up with, yet another CRAZY idea, that is.. You guessed it.. Just crazy enough to work.

It all started when I stumbled upon this article... How to Beat Scratch Lottery Tickets on Consumerist.com. The article tells the story of a guy, somewhere, that developed some kind of mathematical strategy for picking scratch-offs, that led to a 90% win rate.. That's right, I said a NINETY PERCENT win rate! To my demise, the article did not exactly give away the secret math formula.. Crazy, right?? All it gave was a vague description involving crossing rows and columns.. there was graph paper.. and a protractor.. and a set of those shiny metal balls, tied to strings that bounce back-and-forth...

Ok, I admit.. those last couple items were made-up.. but didn't they paint such a perfect image of the desktop of a person smart enough to crack a lottery code?? I mean, I haven't done the research, or anything.. but I'm almost certain that EVERY genius has possessed a set of those metal balls, at some point in their career.

Anyway.. once I realized that my fellow Consumerist was not going to reveal the key piece to my "Rich by 40" game plan, I decided that if I was ever going to be rich.. I'd have to go about it my own way...

Using the lottery strategy as my "jumping-off" point.. I started my journey-to-riches at the Georgia Lottery website. After browsing the state's selection of "instant lottery" tickets.. I immediately travel over to MoneyChimp.com to crunch some numbers in their Compound Interest Calculator...

After several grueling minutes of intense research, I came up with the following conclusion...

I would immediately travel to the nearest corner store, with the least amount of "yellow-police-tape"... and purchase three instant lottery tickets. The tickets I chose were: Money Mania, Mad Cash, and Crazy Scratch*...

To be continued... Click HERE for Part II

* Names have been changed to protect the... Pesh