Every day, my daddy told me the same thing. 'Once a task is just begun, never leave it till it's done. Be the labour great or small, do it well or not at all.'
I'm not a money manager, but I can tell you what the conventional wisdom is. The younger you are, the more risk you can take on.
I must have had faith that day. When I went out, I was Henry Fonda again. An unemployed actor but a man.