“I realized that the 60 dollars a month I'm spending on coffee, I'm borrowing that from future me!

I'm gonna have to pay that back to myself at some point so I have to decide.

Do I want to make it way harder for myself? Or do I want to do stuff now to make it easier?”

“It was really valuable to have each group work on a different scenario and then we discuss it as a larger group and learn different avenues of how you would approach it.

The different perspectives got me thinking through different things each time, there isn’t just one solution.”

“It made me realize how much satisfaction I get from goal setting, goal achieving.

It's a big deal for me and it gave me some insight as to why I can have anxiety around it.

But in turn, when I achieve my goals, and do really well it gives me motivation.

It eased anxiety.”

“Something that I liked about the workshop is the fact that it made finance more humane.

I expected we’d learn how to save, invest, do taxes, but the workshop showed that your other needs are important as well and you're spending habits are up to you.

The important thing is you have to make your goals achievable and ensure they align with your actual needs. That was good to learn.”

“I wasn't really paying attention to how much debt I was getting in.

And I was kind of just, ‘Oh yeah, I'll pay it off later. I'll think about it later.’

But then this program made me realize that right now is the time that you should be saving up for all that debt, because later on it's going to accumulate interest.”

“Strive gave us an opportunity to actually go out there and research the topics and think about goals but not all on our own.

Before, I was scared to do it because once you know what you need to change, you can’t not do it, but it’s hard.

Now I know how to make a budget and what I need to do to achieve those goals.”

“When I entered the program, I thought it was going to be just educational.

I didn't know it was going to involve goal setting.

It helped make everything make sense because now I see the relationship between how I spend my money and long-term finances.”

“I now have the confidence to make informed, well-rounded choices regarding my finances!”

“The group setting holds you more accountable.

When you say what you're going to be doing the upcoming week, when you come back the next week people are checking on you like, ‘Oh, did you do that thing you said you were gonna do?’

That was motivating.”

“The program was more structured than when you research by yourself.

There are tons of information out there but there's no step by step guide on the basics and there's no collaboration.

The strength of this program is that it guided you in a way that made sense logically.”

“One thing I learned is that my finances are very much tied to my health. When I take care of my financial health I’m actually taking care of my overall wellbeing.

My financial health is a big part of my overall health- my mental and emotional health are really impacted by how I’m doing financially.”

“The budgeting sheets were really helpful, they made me realize how much money I have to pay back versus how much income I might be getting.

Seeing how much more debt I’d be in if I don’t start cutting back now was a big difference to realize.”

“It helped me learn how to apply effective problem solving and mindfulness when making choices to ensure they’re in line with my bigger life goals.”

“There were some weeks where I couldn't get to my weekly goals.

I think what really motivated me to still come to class was the environment.

I knew that I was gonna come in here and not be judged by anyone.”