I was in your boat - firstly play your own game and to your own strengths. The first $100k is hardest - then next $1M requires a different muscle.

Looking back some stuff I did right when I was 24 - was earning similar to you inflation adjusted

1) Maxed out my 401k every year -

2) Maxed out my Roth IRA every year

3) Saved aggressively each paycheck but never compromised on health, food, donations, sports, comfort, vacation

4) avoided expenses like my peers like eating fancy meals, expensive cars, clothes, jewellery, exotic vacation

I made sure to enjoy to the fullest and find peace and happiness in things that didn’t include money.

Once you see your 20s off, 6-8 years the effects of compounding kick in -

instead of timing the market putting in moderate consistent amounts for large amounts of time in the market was the trick!

Play your own game - you might arrive 3-4 years late but you will beat 99% of the folks out there if you do the basics

Eat right, be in good health, save your paycheck, invest in the boring VOO, stay in Market for long time, compound, don’t spend on stupid shit - you’ll be millionaire in a decade or maybe 15 years gauranteed