You’d be surprised how few people think about the future until it’s too late. All of us have goals, whether they’re something measurable, like saving and staying on track for retirement, or something broader, like having a big family. The trick is identifying these goals early, since our number one asset we all have earlier in our lives, is time.
That’s one of the things I’m passionate about and why my primary job is serving as a financial planner for my clients. I find fulfillment in helping people understand early in life that if we start planning and acting now, it will make future goals so much easier to obtain.
This is also one of the reasons I took on a second job a year ago, teaching personal finance to undergraduates at our local university. I’ve always seen myself as an educator and if I can engrain these skills into them early on, then I can rest better about the future of that next generation.
It’s so great being back on campus. I graduated nine years ago and some of my best years came from the experiences (and mistakes) I made as a student. But aside from nostalgia, there’s another reason I took this job, as it better aligned with one of my true passions, college-aged women.