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Personal Finance 101: Align you Money Habits with your Goals

This is a 4-part series offered by the Health and Wellness Program.

Setting a goal, drafting a budget, monitoring your expenses, and reevaluating—these steps sound familiar, right? Despite an abundance of free budgeting and financial tools available through online searches, an astounding 47% of Canadians are still living paycheck to paycheck. Why is that?

The underlying reason is that spending and saving habits are primarily influenced by behaviour. Recognizing this, the Health and Wellness Program is excited to announce a 4-part series kicking off in 2024, focusing on money management with an emphasis on behavioural patterns. Join experienced Money Coach Angie Ross to jumpstart the year by gaining control over your finances and nurturing your financial wellness in 2024. Whether your goal is to get out of debt, stop living paycheck to paycheck or increase your savings – this series is for you!

Note: Although not mandatory, attendance to all four workshops is strongly encouraged. For optimal benefit. the workshop involves homework and application of learned concepts. To enhance commitment, we suggest finding an accountability partner and that you sign-up together.

Workshop #1: Understand your Money and your Behaviour (Feb 6: 12 – 1 PM)

• Complete a .
• Shed light on behaviour that impact how you deal with money using a workbook.
• Understand unconscious spending and actionable strategies to minimize it.
• Know where your money is going and optimize your cash flow.

Workshop #2. Create your Anti-Budget (Feb 27: 12 – 1 PM)

Did you know that 79% of people struggle to stick to a budget? In this workshop, you will:

• Discover a new and efficient budgeting method.
• Create your own unconscious spending plan.
• Apply budgeting behaviour that will make you succeed (make budget realistic, commit to it, track it).

Workshop #3: Establish your Money Goals and yourÌýWHY (March 18: 12 – 1 PM)

• Determine why you want to take control of your finances. Is it to get out of debt? Stop living paycheque to paycheque? Build an emergency fun? Plan a dream vacation?
• Establish your money values.
• Discover different ways to eliminate consumer debt.
• Calculate your debt and determine the best debt payoff method for you.

Workshop #4: Plan, Review, Adjust and Grow (April 8: 12 – 1 PM)

• Assess your spending habits and their impact on your anti-budget's realism. Identify influencing behaviour and success.
• Create floating funds.
• Plan for incoming funds and allocate them (cashbacks, dividends, tax returns).
• Review and modify next month's anti-budget.
• Explore additional financial tools (RRSP, TFSA, HYSA, RESP) and understand banking system nuances.

To register:

1. Ìýthrough Minerva. Registration closes the weekday before the event.

Note: The link to the session will be sent one weekday before the event. You must register for each session individually.