r/wealth

Hypothetically, you’re in your late 20s and someone hands you £100k. What do you do with it sensibly?

I am 53F, empty nester, no current health problems.

Four years ago, I sold my house and quit my job to move in with my ex-fiancee in a new city. The relationship ended so I bought a 125k house and paid for it in cash. I never went back to work and have just been living off of the money I got from selling my house.

I have 200k in savings, no debt. My living costs are about 25k per year.

My dad passed away this spring. I received $400k from his life insurance.

I had planned to go back to work next year, but with the inheritance, I don't want to go back to work anymore.

My mom is 70 and my dad left her $14M in assets. I have 5 siblings and we all expect/assume that our mom will divide her assets equally.

If my living costs remain fairly the same, am I making a financial mistake by just living off of my savings until my mom passes away and I get my inheritance?

Should I go back to work and invest that 400k instead?

I really don't know what to do. Please offer me some guidance. TIA

EDIT: I want to add that my mom would be OK if I wanted move in with her at any time. She wouldn't even require me to get a job or pay for any living expenses. Therefore my 600k would go a lot farther if I moved in with her. BUT I don't want to live with her which is the reason I'm asking for advice on the best approach for dealing with my 600k until my next inheritance.

"But how do you know you're even getting an inheritance?" I just know because she's my mom and I know how she operates. I may not know the exact amount, but I'm 100% sure that I'm getting something, certainly more than the 400k from my dad. Can you guys just go with that scenario if you're going to give advice? Snarky or rude comments aren't helpful.

Yeah, money is good to have, and it is necessary as well, but lately ive realized that my life kinda revolves around it: I pay WAAAY too much attention to buying stuff like shoes and clothes, I run my household like a business (which gets in the way of our marriage sometimes, because I’m like “I shouldn’t have to help you because that’s what you’re good at and im not”), and I feel like the most important thing in my life is having money, and a LOT of it.

Currently I own a business that I started myself from scratch, make around half a mil a year in profit for myself. Contrast to how I grew up: my sister and I bought our clothes with our own money starting in high school because we felt bad that our parents had no money and were putting themselves in cc debt for everything. My dad ALWAYS talked about how he had no money (and even made it into a JOKE, like “I just paid the electric bill, now i don’t have a penny to my name, haha!”).

Im starting to live my life the way I want instead of feeling like I have to conform to what ive been taught in the house or in school, and this is one of the things im trying to wrap my head around: how to have money be IMPORTANT (cuz you need it) and go after a LOT of it (so you can be financially free and make a bigger impact on the world), while at the same time having other values as your #1 and #2 values. Money can be #3.

I have been very stressed lately about my financial situation. I just turned 25 and I have almost zero savings, I have spent a lot of money on stuff I shouldn't and now I have stopped. I'm currently unemployed and I have 18k student loans on me.

I'm really mad at myself for buying a lot of useless things and items for hobbies that lasted only a few weeks. I cannot stop thinking about my mistakes.

How should I proceed with my current situation? What are the best ways to save money?

Im 19F, and omg...im so tired of this broke life. Im just tryna make some good money and live on my own for a bit. Like id do anything to make some money atp like.....All I want is 300k , Idk how to even make 300k any tips?????Im in atl and barely anyone be hiring ever its like why even have job hiring ads when yall refuse to hire.

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I grew up very lower middle class, borderline poverty level. My wife grew up upper middle class, but her family was pretty frugal. Together, at age 52 and 50, we have a net worth of $4.5M. Zero debt other than a mortgage, the right amount of life and long term care insurance, good paying jobs with health care, have enough set aside for colleges for our 3 kids, etc. No matter what our financial planner tells her in terms of how we are doing financially, she continues to act like we are just scraping by and we are just one bad thing from happening before we are living in a can down by the river.

Any tips out there for getting her to loosen up a bit? She pays the bills so she knows our cash flow better than I do and I think that’s most bothersome for her (she handles all the “short term” financial stuff and I handle the “long term” stuff).

I have $900k in 401k/roth (90% 401k), $500k+ home equity and a mortgage rate so low for another $500k that I won’t bother mentioning it or I’ll be called a liar. i have prob $120k in other more liquid investments. Own my cars and am paying college in advance. I do owe $25k in student loans that I’m stubbornly avoiding paying off. My wife is a teacher and makes $50k but I got laid off after nearly 20 years and havent found a job yet.

How many millions until people stop worrying by about money? I don’t buy expensive clothes, vehicles, or anything else really, but I do spend a lot on kids sports, family vacations, etc. I am deathly afraid that not finding a job or ai replacing workers will leave me screwed, eating into our investments, and failing my family. Until I find a job we are eating rice, beans, liver, heart, and a few other healthy staples along with the occasional treat. Tell me it will be ok!!

Average rent is like 2000 a month in many cities in America . Median wage of $65,000 means Americans are spending 1/3 of their income on rent alone. Not including literally every other expense you need to pay to survive. Average American saves only 2.7% of their after tax income leaving only a couple hundred a month if they are lucky, many save 0 at all.

There are people who kiss corporate ass for 40 years with nothing tangible to show for it except a wasted life. Working 8 hours a day for 40 years and their family still isn’t rich. There are people who try to save for years to still have less than a $1000 in a savings account.

Do anything you can to escape this. Learn skills and live at home is my best recommendation to young people. The average person is fat and broke. Don’t be average

Okay, How can I realistically plan to become a millionaire starting from the very basic level?

Right now, I am a corporate employee But being a corporate employee, I feel like it is hard to become a millionaire. I don't know if I'm right about that

What skills should I build that would help me increase my income and build wealth over time? How should I actually plan for this from the beginning?

Also, how important is the environment around you? What kind of people should I surround myself with? Should I be around entrepreneurs, business owners, investors, people who are financially successful, or people who are much more ambitious than me?

And realistically, how much time would something like this take?

I also feel very late when I see all these kids on Instagram making money and becoming successful at 18, 20 or 22.

What skills should Ilearn?
What would i focus on?
Thankss.

I’m sure this will be considered a dumb question but I’ve been thinking about this a lot as my income has exploded this year with a new position.

The main metric of financial success I use is replacing my income. The other rules of thumb are nice, but the younger you can replace your entire income, the sooner you can walk away from any situation you don’t like. In that thinking I remember when I first started out at 65k and how tight everything was and how difficult it was to find those extra dollars to save. Now that I am entering a year where I will make 400,000+k, the idea of replacing that seems daunting and impossible because the number is so big.

This leads me to the question, which is harder to replace? Your lower income when you start out or the one you typically end your career with?

I invest in ETFs and am always mindful that there could come a day when everything crashes globally (which I hope not). I was just curious what others would do if your investments went to zero.

I was wondering how the top 1% got to where they are at. We're they in business, a professional such as a laywer or engineer, innovator, or did they just inherit their wealth.

1. do you find yourself reading physical books, listening to audiobooks or listening to podcasts more?

2. what time of day & for approx. how many minutes a day?

3. do you have a methodology for picking the best ones? find them organically or just mainly get recommendations from other successful people/mentors?

4. my whole thing is that sometimes business books from business and thought leaders end up just being great marketing because their authors know how to do it well but in terms of actual new knowledge or practical advice gained not all books are created equal

i find myself valuing things i learned from the almanack of naval ravikant more so than say rich dad, poor dad or one minute manager.

i'm specifically interested in learning more about AI, analytics, economics, sales, negotiation

appreciate your take and any recommendations!

I’m becoming increasingly interested in understanding the career paths of people earning significantly more than the average professional.

I’m not looking for a get-rich-quick strategy. I’m more interested in understanding what actually created that level of earning power.

For those earning $500k+ annually…

What do you do, and what was the biggest factor that got your income to that level?

I’d especially love to hear from people who didn’t start their careers as unusually high earners.

I live a very simple life, but I have a good amount of money, mostly liquid. Buying stuff do not delight me. To that extent, you could say that my frugal life has tricked my mind into thinking I'm not rich.

But there are moments when reality makes me remember I have more wealth than the regular folk.

One surest sign is that my banks are drowning me with business loan and credit line offers.

Emails, chats, phone calls, SMS messages almost everyday.

One even sent me a Docusign outright for me to e-sign. I almost e-signed it along w/ all the routine docs I sign in my firm when I noticed it was a loan agreement with the amortization schedule already laid out. I didn't sign it.