TMWLP-Osaka Financial Planning for Life

In order to succeed in a career and, indeed, in life, you must plan ahead. Program sponsor MetLife led a “financial literacy” session on February 21, 2014 in Osakato introduce program mentees to the importance of personal financial planning and empowerment.  

In the weeks preceding the session, the mentees completed individual online courses on the basics of financial planning in preparation for the interactive group activities and presentations of February 21. They collaborated in groups to create model life plans for women pursuing different lifestyles, learned to analyze cash flow simulations, and drafted their own individual life plans. The session gave the mentees an opportunity to think about women’s lives in the long-term, and about what it takes to be financially independent. The instructors stressed the importance of balancing income with expenses and to start saving money early to prepare for the future. The key message repeated throughout the evening was:  “the person who will save you in the future is yourself now.”