In my country, the average salary is 400 dollars, so the amount of 2000 thousand dollars is serious, I cannot say that it is nothing. But this amount is not life-changing either. Because life is expensive and this bonus will disappear very quickly in daily spending. I have several jobs, so I didn’t spend these winnings and continue to save them (in Bitcoin), but I can’t open an offline business with either 2 or 10 thousand dollars (and frankly, in my country it’s pointless).
That amount could be life changing if the winner used it wisely, like prize straight into investment such as business, crypto and etc. It's a good start to use for finding or building a money sources. Well it's true that the prices of the goods now is pricey due to inflation, but it's better to put it in investment so it won't be a waste by just increasing value of the market prices. It's actually better than nothing, it might not be a quick rich path but if you accumulate Bitcoin and hold for a long time, for sure it would paid off in the end. Well in the Philippines where almost everywhere you could already start a business by just having 500$ as capital. Of course it's a small business but for sure you could profit like 100-200$ per day.
Yes, I agree with what you write, but I have to make clarifications: for me, the amount that can change my life is the amount that will allow me to leave my fucking country (Russia). Taking into account the fact that I have a family and I am not 18 years old, you understand that I am not ready to significantly reduce the standard of my life in a new place, so I am only considering (at least for now) a move where I will have a serious financial cushion.
Well, it couldn't be helped if we feel that we're not going anywhere or becoming financially free in our own country, cause I can actually relate since I would literally want to go overseas and get a job as well get paid non bare minimum wage, of course is not actually easy to find one. I did not know your situation to suggest things that might not be applicable in your case, my apologies. Adjusting to new things is really hard, I'm currently living on my own but I consider things already hard with budgeting money, since I'm away from my family (1000km away but also PH). Since this country is full of corrupted people. And hopefully you could find better place to move and save up money.
Well, currently the situation in Russia is complicated, I know that, but is it so difficult for you to leave the country? Europe is very close, have you considered going out like Venezuelans do? I really admire him, because they have to go through jungles, facing very difficult situations, the Russians for me are people who are very intelligent and apart from that they are people who have gone through difficult situations, I know that the situation with the president and with the War is a complicated thing, but there must be something like a way where you can leave with your family safely, and then ask for asylum in another country, that's what the majority did, however, I don't know how much control the Russians have over it. going out, of course with family and everything becomes very complicated, but I don't know if the policies apply to you, I know that the USA as well as most countries have rules and facilities to enter the country but as refugees, but in a country with so much complication can give you some ease, of course that's what I can say.
Many people I know wanted to go to Russia because of how beautiful it is, in fact in the government I am in they offered me a postgraduate degree to go to Russia permanently, I don't know, but I think things could happen somehow because I didn't accept it, because it seemed very far away and because wow I like the language a lot, but the fact that it was so far away is something I didn't like, a friend did leave and I think he got married and is there, he didn't He regrets it, but of course it is very different to live from that moment to now as the situation is there, to have everything that represents being a country where many things are prohibited, I hope you can leave your country with your family safely, they give you the opportunity to be in another country, or that another country asks you so you can work, that's what I can see you can do, depending on your skills, it's one way to do it.