As ridiculous as it may sound, this is exactly what is happening. We want to get a lot out of the money we're aiming for, which we're not even sure will be available in the future. This is not limited to gambling, but a gambler will think like this more because his expectations will always be optimistic in the context of winning a game. Your friend is a true gambler if he places so much hope in gambling and fulfilling so many of his life goals. He needs to start a business so that he can tip people on prospective games to win when they play one.
Yeah, as we gamble. We're thinking about what we're supposed to do with the money that's about to come since most of us are optimistic and think that we're lucky enough to win some games.
It's normal to have to think about what you must do with the money that you await to come but we're also thinking about the opposite of it that, when we lose, what we're also supposed to do.