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What would you do if you won a massive lottery jackpot?

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I could see starting an autism support/advocacy foundation with the primary goal of thinking of and implementing a variety of things that would actually help autistic people.

I would use the money to help reduce my anxiety, stress, limitations, etc by changing situations that I can't currently change. Example: Each summer there is a family reunion held in the rural town part of my family hails from. Many of the relatives that attend that reunion live a short distance from the rented venue. For me and my family it's about a 9 hour round trip of driving time and I won't stay in a hotel (to break up the trip). It's also always on a Sunday and I won't make a trip like that or for example remain on vacation right up to the day before my work week. I need a day or two to "decompress" before the work week. So...if I won a huge lottery I'd coordinate the family reunion to be in my town, I'd rent many nice hotel rooms that my relatives could stay in for free, I'd pay for their meals and they'd basically get a mini-vacation out of it. I wouldn't have to travel a long distance, I could go home after visiting for a short time and everyone would be happy.

I would also like to use some of the money to purchase urban and suburban properties in various places and turn the bare parcels/lots into community garden spaces for people to be able to plant and grow their own vegetables using organic methods with no synthetic fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides allowed.
 
For a start, I'd keep very, very quiet about it. I'd only tell very close friends and family and not exactly how much, ones I can trust to keep it a secret.

I'd give some to family members who need it, donate some to charity anonymously. I'd buy more music for my music collection, travel more, buy a second property, invest some, put some aside for a rainy day.
 
1. Pay off all my debts
2. Build my custom, net-positive energy home
3. Dump most of it into my investment portfolio
4. Travel the world
5. Hire a nutritionist, a private chef, and a personal trainer for my wife and I
 
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