Date: 11/11/09
Time: 6:00 pm
The workshop, Your Life, Your Money, was held to address the critical subject of personal financial literacy. I didn’t have much money and there was no need for managing it, but I went there because I wondered if it would advise us about how to make money. In fact, it taught us that saving money was making money.
At first, we watched an instructive movie called “Your Life, Your Money,” the same as the title of the workshop, and from this movie we could learn that balancing between incomes and outcomes was really important when we didn’t want to get into debt. Once you get a job, you can be very excited about the money you earn, however, you always have to ask yourself if you are buying it because you need it or because you want it. After watching the movie I had to consider it carefully since I always bought things that I didn’t even want before. Maybe that was the reason why I couldn’t save money.
My favorite part of the workshop was the panel discussion. They answered our questions very well. I still remember that I should keep my credits, even the one I don’t use, since canceling it can have bad effects on my credit history.
I am very satisfied by this workshop because it gave many useful tips that we should know to manage money effectively.