your so damn lucky to be alive , on planet earth, lucky earth even exist.
please give life the best shot you can work hard all day even if they pay is not so good.
if you work hard and save ur money and ur lucky, ull make it some day ;p

you should work as much as you can 15-72 hours , try pick up extra shifts w/e
i work 16 hours a week but ive been able to push 29-32 hours just by asking for more
i would prefer to work 50+ but its tough times, im sure many people work less hours than they want to.

I would either put it in a high yield savings account 1.35% , you can never have to much emergency savings ;p

buy a certificate of deposit

or if your rather savvy, skilled, and lucky,

make a rule-based buy and sell decision on a stock you believe will make you money!

if you choose to invest, be sure to read up !

don’t just buy one cuz u ‘think’ or ‘feel’ its gonna go up

it might , and u may make money, but thats gambling , not the proper strategy!

i have a gut feeling kroger stock is going to go up in october then drop a little

but im not gonna invest purely on that, plus i only have 100$ im basically gonna try save 300$ a month till january first [up to 1000$] and either invest if i find a stock that meets my 11 different high standard criteria :) or apply it to my debts — currently 2500$+ 24% interest.

im currently applying for a 2500 loan at 7.5% interest [not confirmed yet] from my companies credit union , if i get that loan i may lean more heavily towards a good stock invest ment 10-20%+

or just pay off 1k debt in a big fell swoop

If I had credit-card debt, that would be at the top of the list. But my wife and I made it a priority to eliminate our debt, so we’re doing okay there.

For me I would put it towards my current top priority: topping off my emergency fund.

We’re going to :
1) Pay off some debt ($4500 of loans from family members)
2) Put $1000 into an emergency fund
3) Add insulation to the attic (and replace our soffits?)
4) The rest will go towards my wife’s student loans

Any additional $1000s that may find their way to our house will go towards paying down debts.

I’d pay off debt. If I didn’t have the debt, I’d probably do the emergency fund thing.