If you could add a zero?

[FlayOtters]

Shamelessly posting here for traffic - interesting hypothetical question came up at a work event last night:
"If you could add a zero to any number in your life, what would it be?"
I eventually settled on my salary but answers ranged from 'number of languages I can speak' to 'number of years I'll be alive' and 'number of weeks annual leave I get'
So.... where would your 'zero' go?

So then it could outlive you? What's the point in that?

Interesting question.

It wouldn't be my age, I'm 75 and that's more than enough, thanks.

Not my income, I'm comfortable, that's all I've ever wanted.

As I'm retired, annual leave does not apply.

So, what's left? More years for my adult child? But what if they serve them as frail as me? No.

More salary for them? Not really, like me,they want "enough" and they have that.

I have no idea. I have/have had what I want.

Okay this wins 💕

The number of calories I can eat in one day without putting on any weight!

The number of years my baby will stay a baby

How much my house is worth. Then I’d sell it and buy something better but still have loads of dollar left 😂

How much pension I'll get when I retire

If I was younger, then my salary

Unfortunately poor people also have health issues and horrible bereavements. Always awful but easier to be coping with those things without worrying about how to put food on the table at the same time.

I agree. I struggle with making the bills every month, it's such a cause of stress to me but I inherited nothing and my darling mum died anyway.

I'd add a zero to the amount of trees in the world.....

Or the amount of books I could read in a month.

Gosh, I'm quite torn. Annual leave sounds good but the full freedom of not needing any job at all could be achieved in less than 2 years if I added a 0 to my salary and I think that would probably be more freeing, because then I could do something different, whereas if I had to keep my current job I wouldn't have that freedom. I like the idea of speaking more languages but I could learn a few quite happily if I had plenty of time I think.

I don't want to live for a millennium or anything like it, certainly not without my family.

I’d say house value but DH wants it on the height he could jump or distance he could run in a minute, so he could win the olympics and get sponsorship. Hes nearly 60.

To my salary please!

The number of years left until anyone in my immediate family dies. Eg 1 year becomes 10

Genius question. As we are in the process of retiring, I'd like the extra zero on the amount we can afford to draw off our DC pension.

Salary.

I quite like to hit 100 years old. Not so sure about centuries though.

My house value

My hourly rate at work

Income x

Hard agree. I also think inheritance is hard in that you have to lose a loved one to gain the money but the loved one will have died anyway, the money could help you for years. Life without enough money is so hard.

Great thread 😁
mine would be houses I own as per genius previous poster.

The number of people I could rely on to care for and love my disabled son after my death.

Good one ! 😂

Clearly not.

you could read the other posts to see what others would choose. Maybe open your mind up a little.

To the years I would have with my mum and dad. I would give almost anything to have them around 10 times longer than they will be.