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Metamask and Brave wallets are free, popular and very easy to set up. They're considered hot wallets and not as secure as a hardware cold wallet like Ledger, but you'd have to wait for shipping and it isn't free.
https://brave.com/wallet/
https://metamask.io/
If it's at least $1000, buy a Trezor:
https://trezor.io/
It's easier to use than Ledger, has a better history with privacy and the knowledge you get from using it will be good for you in the future.
Under $1000 I use Bluewallet on my phone, the most important is to not click on a scammy ad instead of a real wallet (look at the number of downloads to make sure you don't get scammed).
Use https://slip39.com
Create a new seed (using your own dice tools to create good entropy).
Practice recovering your BIP-39 Mnemonic from your SLIP-39 Mnemonit cards.
Print out the cards, and decide who you’ll share them with. Send them.
Then, transfer your Bitcoin, etc. into the address printed / QR-coded on the card.
No hardware wallet required; later, use a hardware wallet to recover the account private keys, and use your coins.