Some suggestions that should be a part of the solution you develop: - Invest part of it in investments that produce cash flow sufficient to cover a comfortable

Some suggestions that should be a part of the solution you develop: - Invest part of it in investments that produce cash flow sufficient to cover a comfortable day-to-day lifestyle - Based on things that are your passions, see if there is some aspect of that, that you can channel into an ongoing self-education about financial management, investment and risk management - Find 2 or 3 financial-investment-successful buddies (or more) with whom you can talk about investment stuff over a beer once a month or so. Things you need from your personal finance plan: - It needs to work in nonefficient markets (because that's what they are; e.g. ignore A Random Walk Down Wall St -- it's based on false assumptions) - It needs to work if people lie to you (such as boards of directors of companies you buy stock in, see Enron etc) - It needs to work if the U.S. currency becomes worth a lot less quickly in the coming years. Hope this helps, -A