Hey financial planners!

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So, even though I realize that I haven't paid off my last gear purchase or spent my christmas money on, say, a flight to go visit friends cross country, it still seems like I'm doing a pretty good job of living within or just beneath my means. Would a better way to put extra money to use be:

a) buy myself more presents!
b) start putting some money into my pathetic little savings account
c) make larger monthly student loan payments
d) look into those weird things on the car before they get weirder

or some combination of a few/all of these?

Comments

[lostbutton.livejournal.com]

d'oh, that was me :)

[hexagonalcarbon.livejournal.com]

I like this advice the best. Having a buffer of a few thousand dollars is pretty critical in case your vehicles suddenly have hugely expensive problems or you lose jobs or have some other emergency. You won't make any real money off of it, but the stress it will remove from your life will make you live years longer, so it's a good investment.

After that, r0ckc4ndy gives very sensible advice. (See? I figured it was just a matter of time.)