<prompt> Human: Hi all, Im using this throwaway account to get some much need finance advice. I was recently in an automobile accident and received 300k in a settlement. I am age 24 and have very little idea what to do with this amount of money. I have my EMT cert but no official degrees beyond my GED. In an ideal world, I would like to invest and work FOR that money opposed to simply investing and continuing to work jobs. With this information, does anyone have advice on what I should do this money? .. EDIT 1: I apologize for the vagueness in this post. I dont have any family or friends who have great advice and dont want to pass up this opportunity while i am young.  <response>: with only 300k, you arent going to be able to invest that and simply work with that money and keep making it grow, its too small of an amount to make grow AND live off of at the same time. You should invest it plenty of information here and elsewhere online and not touch it, and just work. or use some of it to help you go back to school. 