~$1M saved/invested at age 27

As the title says, I have accumulated ~$1M liquid at the age of 27. I understand that this is ultimately not enough to live off of long term, but what would you guys do at this point? Ultimate goal is to be an entrepreneur, but I am in no rush.

Would you stay in industry and continue to save and invest? Go for it now? Move to abroad for a while? Travel?

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I’m 30 and sitting on ~$1.3mm. I’m still doing the same job but thinking on this a lot. One thing to remember is the market could go down -30% and you would be thinking very differently if you altogether left. I would use it as a way to put your job into context—can you stress less knowing that if you’re job went away you’d be fine. My thought is to build a slightly bigger buffer before making a total life change. Realistically you’d be fine if you stopped today and didn’t save another dollar but I’d prefer to have more cushion. 

 

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