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Jan. 22nd, 2009 09:29 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
blue_lotus13Since I'd done a lot of work on Monday and Tuesday, I took yesterday off. I went to a yoga class, then went to the bank to see if I could get a meeting with a financial advisor. Since I'd changed jobs, I had to make some decisions regarding my pension plan. I've had the forms for a long time, but every time I opened the folder, I was overwhelmed by all the paper and jargon and ended up closing it up.
The financial advisor told me that feeling overwhelmed is quite common, because financial institutions tend to give five billion sheets of paper, half of which you don't really need to do what you want to do. She was able to help me do a bunch of things to improve my financial health.
Money and finances is one of the areas where I really struggle to feel adequate and to understand. I generally feel overwhelmed and scared by this area. I need to learn how to tackle finances head on, to grow up and to understand what it's all about.
I'm thinking of taking some economics courses after I am done my food security certificate, just to gain some more general knowledge. It's good to tackle these fears head on.
After I went to the bank, I went to the Alberta Gallery of Art for the first time because I wanted to see an exhibit called Imagining Science . My favourite part of the exhibit was an interactive exhibit meant to mimic a genetically modified seed bank. Many of the installations were thought provoking, and I wished that I'd had someone with me to talk about these things with.
The financial advisor told me that feeling overwhelmed is quite common, because financial institutions tend to give five billion sheets of paper, half of which you don't really need to do what you want to do. She was able to help me do a bunch of things to improve my financial health.
Money and finances is one of the areas where I really struggle to feel adequate and to understand. I generally feel overwhelmed and scared by this area. I need to learn how to tackle finances head on, to grow up and to understand what it's all about.
I'm thinking of taking some economics courses after I am done my food security certificate, just to gain some more general knowledge. It's good to tackle these fears head on.
After I went to the bank, I went to the Alberta Gallery of Art for the first time because I wanted to see an exhibit called Imagining Science . My favourite part of the exhibit was an interactive exhibit meant to mimic a genetically modified seed bank. Many of the installations were thought provoking, and I wished that I'd had someone with me to talk about these things with.
