Building Wealth From Very Little

I hope to one day be wealthy. I'm not inclined to the lifestyles of the rich and famous. I can't imagine dropping more than $100 on a dress. I don't dream of buying nice cars. Just can't see myself driving something luxurious through an In-N-Out.

But I do aspire to wealth because of the relative security of it. Figuring out how to get there from where I am has been frustrating.

So much of the information on finances is geared either toward guiding those out of debt and helping those will massive sums of money create more massive sums of money.

Don't get me wrong. Getting out of debt is crucial. I avoid debt like it's the plague. I legitimately fear my parents would disown me if I accrued anything more than $100 in debt. (They're big saving and "live beneath your means" kind of people.)

But at the moment, I'm in no serious danger of going into debt and I'm nowhere close to having massive amounts of money that can be invested in real estate, business ventures, etc.

So how do I begin building wealth with only $4,000 or so to my name? Many web users have posed this question on Bing, Yahoo Ask, etc. The only viable option put forth is to save money until you reach "the massive amounts of money" phase.

For someone like me, in the writing and editing business, it will take me until retirement to get there.

In my subtitle to the "Samantha Learns ... Forex" blog, I state that my objective is to supplement my (meager) income.

I'm beginning to rethink that objective.

Building wealth is important to me. I'm single, don't want to rely on a man or my parents for support, and I have dreams and goals (to be discussed later) that might require some steady cash flow.

It is with all that in mind that I pursue FOREX trading. Clearly, I will need to save some money (real money!) to get things going. But I hope and aspire to become comfortable enough with my trading strategy that I will be able to grow my meager savings into something substantial.

I once heard J.K. Rowling tell a group of college graduates that rock bottom is a great foundation on which to build your life. I'm nowhere near rock bottom, but I hope whatever foundation I'm laying now is good enough for the life I want.