Well, you could play a game of Department of Treasury and print
your own money at home. Then you could work with that. Might be
more fun than being stressed.
Before I played with stocks (years ago; don't have the $ for it
now 'cause I spent all my gains - took 12 years though!) , all
the great "how to's" had you start off with monopoly money 'til
you get used to how it works.
I just dove straight in and dipped my toe in and learned as I
went. $20 here, $10 there. I guess I'm a bit masochistic?
I'm also great at giving advice and not following it, probably
because it's bad advice. I have equally awful financial issues
in other departments and only pretend to have it all together.
I'm the "EVERYTHING'S FINE" guy, who quietly tries to fix
problems as they happen while not letting anybody around me
suspect that there's a problem at all.