<prompt> Human: Im a 20 yr old student, going to college full-time and interning part-time. I have invested 600 so far in a Roth IRA using Betterment, and learned recently that I have severe investing anxiety. I frantically check my portfolio everyday to see if it has gone up or down. I already lost 40 from the stock market crash a few weeks ago, and that has made me worry even more.Because of this anxiety, I am considering investing ONLY 1000 and letting that grow until retirement. Is this a dumb idea? Should I keep investing more money, or withdraw all my money and close my IRA account?  <response>: Slow and steady wins the race. You wont have very much at retirement if you only keep 1,000 in there and never contribute anymore.For what its worth, I started investing years ago with only 1k myself, and I checked it all the time. I would get so happy when it went up 20 thinking it was more than I made in interest in an entire year at the bank, and I also experienced the pain when it would go down.With the most recent crash, I lost thousands, and thats nothing compared to many people. However, you learn not to think about it, and you know that if you keep making steady contributions, you will come out ahead in the end. 