<prompt> Human: I currently make about 500 a year from doing all sorts of jobs around the neighborhood and am sitting on about 2300. I dont really have any plan to spend it soon, but I want the number to grow. I basically want a safety net for when I get out of college. My question is, what would you do with this money, besides saving it.Sorry for poor wording  <response>: First of all, awesome job on having delayed gratification in saving over that time. In general, what you do with saved money depends on how long from now you intend to spend it. If its a decade or more, you can start to invest in stocks do so through an index mutual fund. Otherwise, go with bonds.That applies once youre 18, though. For now, I would keep that in a savings account, and always ensure you have 6 months of living expenses in an emergency fund. This is a great start to financial freedom by not ever living your life paycheck to paycheck. Keep up the great work. 