Ryan: Basically, they're like, "Be really responsible with it. Don't go buy a car, don't do anything stupid," but I did do stupid shit. I quit my job and was like, "I'm going to focus on music only." I paid off some debt, like credit card debt that I had amassed from traveling and stint living in Turkey for awhile. I paid off $3,000 of credit card debt, then paid rent and didn't really work for two or three months. It basically allowed me to spend all my time working on art. Not working and just living off of money that you've been given doesn't feel good at all. I felt really guilty for spending the money on shit like drinks and cigarettes. It's like, "This is not what my grandmother intended for me to do with this money."

Jeremy: I took the money from my father and invested in a company that I now run where I'm publishing stuff and I'm in a very fortunate position where I don't really need to worry about my rent or my income. The hardest part about it is coming to terms with the fact that I can now think about my life in the long term because I have the privilege of making long term decisions with my life. For example, I can invest in starting a company that isn't going to make me any money because I don't have to worry about money for two years, so when I'm deciding what I want and don't want published I don't have to make decisions on things that will turn around immediately. I can make long term investments.

One of the privileges that you can get given in life, that you can be rewarded with, is developing a privilege that you weren't born with. I was definitely already born with tons of privilege but it was really hard for me to admit to myself that I was somebody who didn't have to hustle every day, and I definitely get why certain people are ashamed of having money or feel embarrassed by it, but ultimately those people are wrong because there are so many people who would love to have money, who would love to be in the position you're in, and to be ashamed of it is really disrespectful to all the people who would love to be in that position. I just embrace it. Getting all this money is definitely better than if my father had to die and I got no money but it's not as good as if he didn't die at all, but I don't get to make that decision. I might as well enjoy the little part that came about it which is that I don't need to bus tables and I can do what I want to do.

Cecilia: My inheritance enabled me to do a lot of things that I might not have otherwise been able to do; like going to graduate school and not having to take out loans and have that burden. But I don't think that I would have not done what I did because I didn't have the money. I think I still would have pursued everything that I did because it's me, these are my goals. I don't think it would have stopped me but it's definitely made it more doable and easier.