Spend the next decade or so working your ass off building your career and your professional reputation. This is not meant to suggest you must be some sort of office drone. Think of your career in the most expansive of terms. The possibilities are endless. Take those low-cost college living skills you’ve honed and use them to pursue any number of new adventures. Don’t get trapped by an expanding lifestyle or unwind it if you already are. Save and invest at least 50% of your income. Put this in VTSAX or one of the other options we’ve discussed in this book. Fund any 401(k)-type employer
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