Three Secrets to Finding a Balance between the Lottery and Life

We all want to hit the big time and win the lottery, it’s one of the most dreamed of scenarios in modern life. What it must feel like to have all the money you will ever need, no reason to struggle for a second longer, to be debt free forever, to be able to help out your nearest and dearest – these are some of the most common reasons people pick their numbers every week and hope for the best, fingers firmly crossed.

Like any game, or any kind of gambling, of course it’s possible to get a little too caught up in the fun and possibilities that playing the lottery can bring, and if it begins to affect your daily life, affecting your mood when you find you’ve not won yet again, then ladies and gentlemen, it’s time you figured out how to tread that fine line between general daily life, and playing the lottery.

Never fear, it’s a perfectly normal feeling to develop occasionally, but the best advice is to recognise it, reel it in, and follow these three easy step to changing your mind-set and finding the balance.

It’s Important to Learn the Difference between ‘Want’ and ‘Need’

Most people have a list of things they want, in fact I’m sure everyone does, but on that list most of them aren’t things they need, not really. You might be rolling your eyes and thinking I’m just throwing out some mumbo-jumbo rubbish, trying to make you feel better about the fact you’re yet to win the big bucks on your lottery endeavours, but bear with me, theirs is plenty of honest truth in this if you open your mind.

You want a new car, but you have a perfectly good one sat in the driveway, which although isn’t a Ferrari, it does run fine and gets you from A to B. Does this sound familiar? In this case you ‘want’ a new car, you don’t actually ‘need’ one, and if you needed one, well, it wouldn’t really be a shiny red Ferrari that you needed.

Learning the important difference between these two terms will help you strike that all-important balance between lottery and life. You might think you need to win the lottery, and believe me, most people feel that way at some point in their lives, but the fact of the matter is that you don’t, because there are many ways to get by without having millions in the bank, as nice as that feeling may be. If you need money that badly, there are plenty of other avenues to go down, and believe me, throwing all your spare cash at the lottery is definitely not the best solution to a problem that serious.

Try and See the Lottery as a Fun Pastime, a Hobby, Rather Than Something Utterly Serious

The lottery is meant to be fun, a sort of ‘you never know unless you try’, ‘in it to win it’ kind of vibe, not something that is deathly serious and which sends you into an evening mood if your numbers don’t come up. If you find yourself not at all happy when you don’t win, and by ‘not at all happy’ I don’t mean you’re just a bit ‘pffff’, but more ‘arrrrgggh’, then it’s time to step back and think!

The lottery is fun, it is a hobby, remember this the next time you head to the corner store and put your numbers on; think ‘it would be nice to win’, rather than ‘I have to win’. Yes, butterflies are nice when the numbers are being drawn, it’s the anticipation, again, the ‘what if’, but it should end there.

Consider Whether You Should Limit Your Lottery Playing to Once a Week, or Twice Maximum

Allowing something to take over your life is not at all healthy at the best of times, but when it’s something as uncontrollable as the lottery then you need to take action. One of the best ways to strike that harmonious balance between life and lottery fun is to limit how much time you dedicate to it. Yes, still put your numbers on, because if you don’t and then they come up, you’ll be feeling pretty sick indeed; but instead, only put your numbers on once per week, or perhaps twice if you really need to, and only pay for one ticket, not several. Take a ‘what will be, will be’ mind-set, and you’ll enjoy the process so much more. There is a saying ‘what is for you won’t pass you by’ and it’s true – not more mumbo jumbo at all, but an actual truth.

Think about It …

The lottery is about dreams, possibilities, and the ‘what if’ in life, so if you find yourself missing that important butterfly feeling when you put your numbers on, and you feel a more urgent need, then you should be certainly heeding this advice and putting your efforts towards finding a harmonious, level-headed home-lottery balance.