<prompt> Human: Hey all. Im a High School senior with a part time job. Ive saved about 1000 last year and 1200 so far this year. I take 50 of all money I recieve Paychecks, Gifts, Selling things and put it in my savings. Ive also been working a lot at my near-minimum wage job.Yesterday, I took my car which was a gift to the mechanic for a problem with the power steering and a problem with the transmission. Found out there were multiple leaks and replacing the necesary components will run me about 500.Ive checked online resources and I dont think my mechanic is lying to me, and Ive asked other mechanics what the price would be for that work and its all been about the same. I really need to do this repair, because ignoring it could lead to me destroying the steering assembly or transmission which would leave me carless. Basically, I do have to pay this 500.Even though I have 2200 saved up, this is hard for me, mentally. I know that many people are far worse off, but losing 25 of all the money I posess and have been working hard for is really stressing me out. How do you cope with large expenditures like this? I keep getting upset realizing that this is two work weeks down the drain. Thanks in advance.  <response>: Some day, when youre not a high school student, youll have more than 2200 saved up and the occasionally 500 emergency isnt going to be such a huge fraction of your wealth or such a stressful event.All you can do is what youve been doing- save prudently, and weigh what percentage youre saving against your life expenses. If nothing else this is a good motivational experience for continuing to make good financial decisions. 