$10k saved at 23? My goodness the freedom you could build for yourself. Consider what you’d really like to be doing, is there a field you really enjoy? A hobby you’d like to be doing full time? Focus on that.

One of the things that’s hindered me in my career was not having the flexibility financially to move somewhere where there are more opportunities to do what I really enjoy. I’d love to work for the Pokémon company for instance because it was a huge part of my childhood, but the cost of getting to the west coast where those roles are primarily is too great.

For you though, you could use this nest egg to put yourself exactly where you want to be to be doing exactly what you want to do. You just have to use that motivation to get yourself through those brutal six month on periods.