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For those of you who don't follow the news, there is a man who moved to Australia from England a few years ago who has decided to auction off his entire life in order to start afresh.
Ian Usher, 44, has recently split from his wife and that seems to be what has sparked this need to pack up and move on, so he is auctioning his job, his house, his friends and his whole lifestyle in Perth, Western Australia as a job lot and is hoping to raise about £185,000 for it.
This got me thinking about how much my life would be worth to someone. Not a lot, I imagine. I have no car, no house and a hell of a lot of debt. My job is pretty good, but doesn't really pay all that well and whoever did eventually win the auction of my life would have to complete the final year of a degree that they haven't done the first two years for and then expected to pass. Not very appealing is it? The dog would probably help though... he is very cute.
I suppose it is all relative though. Compared to some people, my life is pretty good. But, of course, the people who think that my life sounds appealing would probably not be able to pay me very much for it anyway, which kind of negates the point a little bit. Not even considering the fact that whoever did have the winning bid would have my friends thrown into the bundle... I don't think that I could quite bring myself to do that to someone if I'm honest!
So, in conclusion, my life is not really worth that much at all. How about yours?
Ian Usher, 44, has recently split from his wife and that seems to be what has sparked this need to pack up and move on, so he is auctioning his job, his house, his friends and his whole lifestyle in Perth, Western Australia as a job lot and is hoping to raise about £185,000 for it.
This got me thinking about how much my life would be worth to someone. Not a lot, I imagine. I have no car, no house and a hell of a lot of debt. My job is pretty good, but doesn't really pay all that well and whoever did eventually win the auction of my life would have to complete the final year of a degree that they haven't done the first two years for and then expected to pass. Not very appealing is it? The dog would probably help though... he is very cute.
I suppose it is all relative though. Compared to some people, my life is pretty good. But, of course, the people who think that my life sounds appealing would probably not be able to pay me very much for it anyway, which kind of negates the point a little bit. Not even considering the fact that whoever did have the winning bid would have my friends thrown into the bundle... I don't think that I could quite bring myself to do that to someone if I'm honest!
So, in conclusion, my life is not really worth that much at all. How about yours?
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