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Making a budget is Step Zero
This is pretty much true for every single person in every single financial situation. Whether you're a millionaire, or paycheck to paycheck, or homeless. You need to understand where your money is coming from and where it's going.
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List of Recommended Resources for Further Learning
This list will continue to be updated.
In no particular order:
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Bogleheads Wiki: investing advice
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ChooseFI: Financial independence focused podcast. While their end goal is financial independence (which usually means early retirement), they also have a lot of tips and hacks and advice that applies to anyone at any stage.
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THE PRIME DIRECTIVE
This is a flowchart that is a broadly-applicable answer to the question "what should I do with my money?" at almost every stage of your personal finance journey. It is a general rule of thumb that should almost always be your guiding star.