Random Ramblings

So... three weeks later, I'm wrapping up my foray into The Prosperity Game. For those who missed the first post, the basic premise behind this game is that every day you're given an increasingly large virtual check (with absolutely no real-world monetary value whatsoever) to spend however you like. For the benefit of my readers who haven't been following along, I'm providing a brief summary of what I "bought" in the 18 game-days of play.

( Summary behind here )

That out of the way, a few thoughts on my experiences:

( 1. Can you believe two opposite things at the same time without exploding? )
( 2. Frugality on $10,000 a day )
( 3. Change your spending attitudes in 3 easy steps )
( 4. 2 + 2 = 5 for very large values of 2 )
( 5. How to spend $100,000 without trying )

Final verdict: it was a fun creative exercise, and I'm happy for the chance to do it, but I wouldn't play again. It eats up too much of my time, and after a few weeks, I was just hunting for ways to be a consumer, like the protagonist in "The Midas Plague" by Frederik Pohl. (Hat-tip to absurd for finding the title and author of that short story for me.)