So I've been out of the Marine Corps for about 3 years -0331, and I'm halfway done with my engineering degree. Two months ago I paid off my Kawasaki Ninja -total impulse buy, I've learned my lesson on that- and my truck. I sold the bike but still have the truck, even though I don't drive it and take public transportation everywhere -I live in Chicago. I have 6k in my savings and I purchased 2500 worth of silver when the price was around 42, with half the money I got back from my motorcycle. So it cost me about 1000 a month to live -rent, food, cable, phone, etc and between my GI bill and my part time job I take home roughly 2700 a month. I know there's a ton of these posts, but most people have some debt to worry about, I'm fortunate enough to not have any debt to worry about. Thank you for your time.

tl;dr: Almost done with school, 6k in savings and 2.5k worth of silver -bought in at 42, no debt at all, have an extra 1700 a month to invest or save.