I'd do it and then not blow my money off on pointlessly expensive necessities like a huge-ass house so that it'd last me a lifetime.
well, depending on where you want to live, half a million dollars might not get you that big of a house anyway, lol
but with a million dollars I'd definitely buy a nice house and a nice car or two and be done. a million's not enough to try to live off the interest, or anything like that. so I'd get those big things I want, and whatever's left I guess I'd save it for a rainy day or something, but otherwise I'd just live the rest of my life normally. cept I won't have to worry about mortgage or car payments