<prompt> Human: 41 years old. Mostly week to week. Wife has 401k with her job, but nothing on my end. Recently inherited a modest amount and using most to pay off debts.The question: Is it worth investing as little as 500 towards the futureretirement, and what is the best way to do that?Honestly financially illiterate since Ive always lived check to check.  <response>: To cure some of your lack of knowledge, print this flowchart from the wiki put it somewhere conspicuous so you can see it and study it frequently, and do what it says. 