How Much is Your Life Worth?

The following is a link to an article about a British guy living in Perth, Australia, who is selling his life. He put it up for auction on eBay, which ended June 29. The highest bidder wins "an introduction to his friends, a two-week trial for his job at a rug store, his car, motorcycle, clothes, house and most everything else inside his three-bedroom Perth domicile." Basically, Ian Usher will leave his existence behind, and take the money he gets from the purchase of his life and start anew somewhere else. On his website, he says, "On the day it is all sold and settled I intend to walk out of my front door with my wallet in one pocket and my passport in the other, nothing else at all, and get on the train, with no idea where I am going or what the future holds for me."

He has another website in which he details 100 goals he plans to pursue now that he has sold his life. These include places he wants to visit, like San Francisco, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Mount Rushmore, and the Grand Canyon; they also include things he wants to do, like watch a baby being born, juggle with fire clubs, learn to play a didgeridoo, shark cage dive, sleep in a Japanese capsule hotel, bobsleigh run, and walk on the Great Wall of China.

I think what this guy apparently is doing is a cool experience. I'd love to do a lot of the things he wants to do. I wish him the best.

I didn't find how much he sold his life for. It makes we wonder how much my life would be worth. Or yours. How much do you think someone would pay for your job, abode, friends, possessions, etc.?

Here is the link to the story:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25369384/