Status: Done. Sort of. When I arrived in CO this summer, I went to the library and checked out a number of books on financial planning for women, for young people, etc. Everything convinced me that I should start saving RIGHT NOW as these years when I am young are key (as in tens of thousands of dollars key when I am older) even though it might be very hard to do so financially speaking. For the past few years I kept thinking “When I have $1000 saved up I will put it into a Roth IRA since that is the minimum amount needed to start a Roth at my credit union.” But, even when I did have $1000 saved up I did not do that so clearly that plan was not working. So I visited my credit union and it turns out they have a Roth savings account! So I opened one. With $100. It is a start. I have to email someone to have money transferred into that account and once it is there I cannot take it out without being penalized which is a good incentive for me NOT to transfer it to cover the cost of clothes etc.
Plan of Action (POA): Keep adding to my Roth Savings account EVERY month even though it feels like a huge burden up to the maximum amount each year ($2000). By the time I am 30, put something into the S&P500 and also invest in a “green” mutual fund or something of that nature.
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