The first hour, the first week, and the decisions you cannot take back. Ordered by how fast they expire.
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Almost nobody reads this in advance, which is a shame, because every expensive mistake a lottery winner makes happens in the first fortnight and most of them are irreversible.
What follows is ordered by urgency. The first three items are things that stop being possible if you wait. The last few can safely take months, and taking months is usually the right answer.