<prompt> Human: I currently have a job and I make around 450 after taxes every two weeks I already been saving at least 60 bucks from every pay check I just started working so I have 120 so far and I already have about 1,400 in a checking account. EDIT: I dont blow the 390 i dont save I just take 60 dollars out every paycheck in cash and I really save the rest maybe spending less than 70 dollars every month. The 60 dollars I take out is to save for a car or maybe another big purchase but I dont know yet.EDIT 2: Some of you ask what i plan on doing for my career I just enlisted in the US army as a X-Ray tech I hope to stay in the army for 20 years and retire then after i get out of the army I dont know if i should continue as being a X-Ray tech or become a police officer. If I di become a police officer I plan on being there another 20 years so Ill be only 57 when i retire again. Then I would try to become a JROTCROTC instructor at a high school or a college.  <response>: At your age you need to start practicing how to save and spend toether. Start learning how to budget for the things you want ahead of time, and start planning major purchases. In your case, school expenses, car, girlfriend, major trips with friends, etc. You are learning how to save, now start learning how to use that money.y advice, open a credit and debit line and start building your credit card with small purchases so that when you turn 18 you have a year of credit for your first apartment. 