<prompt> Human: Throwaway account for obvious reasons, and a serious case of first world problems. First, some backstory:I grew up very middle class and have always practiced frugality, often to a fault. Around middle school, my parents earned a great deal of money from a successful business venture so they set up a trust fund for me.Other than a few neat cars and a move to a wealthier neighborhood, I went off and lived a classic upper middle class kids life - public high school, public collage though scholarships ending up with the ever so useful liberal arts degree. I moved back home and have been working on an internet business that has had very middling success enough to sustain my very low expenses living at home.My father, essentially a full time investor since his newfound wealth, asked me a few years ago to help him manage the trust fund. He asked me for some investment ideas presumably so I could become more involved with the process and better understand the money. Starting with 190k, I decided since I worked in tech I would invest in silicon, so I bought 1200 shares of NVIDA at 20 a share, along with a bunch of other blue chip stocks, thinking they were safe investments.Fast forward to today and NVIDA is selling at 185 a share. All in all, my net worth is now 450K, plus whatever my internet company is worth. Im finishing up a large project for my company and am thinking its time to move out.TL:DR I have 450k in stocks, am single, live with my parents, dont own a car, have no debts or expenses, and am not sure what to do next.Other than the investment questions Should I get the hell out of the stock market? Everyone here seems to value stability over all else. Id like some advice on how to, I dunno, actually spend it? Ive lived out on my own before but on my parents dime, and my frugal nature keeps telling me Im comfortable at home, but it seems like I really should do something with this at least some of this wealth before I grow old. Ive very passionate about what I do and it makes almost no money so that is a factor as well. Is saving it for the American Dream the best idea here?A side note: Ive never worked a job where I got a W-2, always a K-1. Should I pursue corporate life?  <response>: As the first comment mentioned, you dont need a throwaway. 450k is great but hardly enough to even retire with.That said, you have a lot of money and will live comfortably for the rest of your life if youre intelligent about it. Couple warnings: Be wary about lifestyle inflation. If you move into a nicer home, eat out, travel, and get a nice car while hardly working, that money will be gone in 10 years. Dont stop working. Dont get too cocky.What you should do is invest a lot of it in a diversified equity fund look at ETFs so you are basically all set for retirement. Live life a bit and travel! Find out what you love, you can afford it! Contribute to your community, family, friends, and most importantly, yourself. Continue to work and even go back to school if you can. Youre mostly set up. Put that all into an equity fund and youll have 2.5 million in 30 years. You can live off dividends at that point which will pay out a healthy 70k or so every year without touching the principal.So basically youre sitting on a golden egg. If you plan your life right and you continue to be frugal, youll never worry about money again a day in your life. But keep working. Enjoy life ofcourse but dont think youre all set - continue to be smart. 