<prompt> Human: My late and beautiful aunt left everything to all of her nieces and nephews. I found out the other day that I will receive 50K from this. I know I want to pay off my credit card debt and pay off my car. After I do this I will still have about 40k. I know there are smart ways to go about investing and saving this but I have no idea where to start!? I know nothing about finance or investing but I know I dont want to just throw this money away on frivolous things. Does anybody have any good suggestions for me?  <response>: Definitely check out the windfall link that uDaveAlot provided. Also: How to handle money gives a list of priorities. 