5. Understanding Your Benefits 了解你的津贴

    Now that you have your first real job, you may have all types of questions about your benefits and your salary. You should take advantage of your benefits. They can help you to save money both on your taxes and in your other bills. You may be wondering how to make your paycheck stretch a little bit further each month, you can do this by lowering your taxable income through a flexible spending account.

    拥有第一份真正的工作后，你会对自己的津贴和薪水产生很多疑问。要充分利用自己的津贴。它能在缴税和其他账单上帮助你。怎样能让薪水支票上的数字每月增长一点点？你可以通过津贴发放调低计税收入来实现这一目标。

    6. Managing Your Accounts 管理个人账户

    Managing your money from day to day is essential to finding financial freedom. Once you start working you have more flexibility with your money. You will have more money to spend, and more opportunities to borrow money. You should take these added opportunities seriously. If you have accumulated credit card debt while in college you should work on getting out of debt now. You should also learn how to manage the credit resources that you have available to you now.

    寻求经济自由的必要之处在于每天管理钱财。开始工作之后花钱更有余地，有更多机会花钱，有更多机会借钱。这些多出来的机会，你一定要小心对待。如果在大学期间你已经积累了信用卡债务，你现在应该致力于还清它们了。你也应该学会管理你能利用的这些信用资源。

    7. Investing for Your Future 为将来投资

    The most important thing you can do now is to make your money work for you. By doing this you can shorten the number of years that you need to work and retire much earlier. Additionally you will be able to live much more comfortably over the years. A little sacrifice now will have huge payoffs in the future. You should remember that accumulating stuff is different than building true wealth. You should also take the time to learn as much as you can about money and investing.

    目前最重要的事情是让你的钱为你工作。这样一来你可以缩短工作时间，早一些享受退休生活。另外，这些年你也能生活得更舒适。现在一点小牺牲，将来能有大收获。要清楚的是建立真正财富并非简单的积累，你需要花更多的时间去学习理财和投资。