<prompt> Human: I was in a motorcycle accident last year and the case is finally settling these upcoming weeks, I will be getting a little over 40k and Im not sure what to do with it. Im about 3k in debt which I figured Ill knock out right away. I could also use the money to buy partnership into my families Landscaping business. But Im not sure what the right steps are, investing in CDs? Stocks? No idea really. I dont have any sort of money saved really as I was not able to work and exhausted my savings account over the past 8 months. But know Im back to work and have the settlement. Not entirely sure what direction to go. Please help!  <response>: One of the most frequent questions in rpersonalfinance goes something like:I have X, what should I do with it? 