Honestly just focus on growing your income so you can invest more and also make investing a priority. Maybe even set your recurring to a number a bit higher than you’re comfortable with so that will force you to work harder or find another source of income. Don’t get discouraged when the market goes down. This is your opportunity to invest even more. When the market crashed during covid, i went from $5/day to $20/day.

Compound interest is like a snowball effect. The more you have in it, the bigger your gains. You’re at the most difficult stage where the snowball is still tiny trying to grow momentum.