How Do I Not End Up Broke at 25? (18 y/o here)
Here’s my situation: Just turned 18 (living in New Zealand) and I’ll be starting university next year (majoring in engineering) My current finances/investments (if you can even call them investments) are:
- $8000USD in cash
- $4700USD invested in sealed Pokémon products
- $3500USD purchased car
- only make $150USD a week working, and I also run a small watch business which makes sporadically 50USD-200USD a week
Was wanting some advice on what I should do to make sure I’m financially comfortable in the future, should I start investing weekly in a index fund? Should I sell the Pokémon stuff? Thanks for the advice
Posted Dec 11, 2025, 9:35 AM UTC
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