Constantly be making investments.

And here's what I mean.

So my personality is such that I tend to bet big, if you will.

I tend to make larger investments and fewer of them based on the research that I do.

That has worked out well for me, but it can be a little volatile.

But I've also missed out on a lot of things because I'm like, oh, well, I don't really have any capital right now.

I don't want to sell this.

If you see something that's interesting, make a little investment.

I'm Mary Long, and that's Motley Fool, senior analyst, David Meyer.

The start of the new year comes with the promise of possibility.

Where might you be one year from now?

How about in five?

10? 20.

Something you start today could kick off a whole new way of being.

You've just got to set the intention, make the leap, and keep on showing up, keep on giving it your best shot. Maybe your resolution is to go to the gym three times a week. Maybe it's to finally write that novel. Maybe

it's to invest a bit more each paycheck. Maybe it's to start investing in the first place.

To welcome in the new year, I rounded up a few of our foolish analysts and talked with them about their investing origin stories, things they've learned since then, and what advice they'd give to folks who are making the first steps in what is hopefully a lifelong journey as a foolish investor.

First, I went to Alicia Alfieri, a senior analyst here at The Fool, to ask her, when did you first start to think of yourself as an investor?

This is a good question. And I think this also goes to the confidence of people investing. The first time I invested was in high school. I got my dad to agree to purchase a mutual

fund with me, which was a great experience. And we could talk more about that later. But then when I graduated college, you know, you have

bills to pay and it's your first time living as an independent person. And so I waited a while

to invest. So I feel like I didn't really give myself the title of investor until many years later when I was in my 30s.

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