What Led Me Here....

It all started at the tender age of five when I had my first bank account opened and a ceramic piggy bank given to me. I was excited to have that piggy bank filled as quickly as possible. So at the tender age of 5, I embarked on my goals of filling it and started my first business venture. I painted rocks that I had found and sold them to the neighbourhood children. My mother was mortified. Year by year I continued my ventures but continuously changed ‘products’ from gimp bracelets, beaded bracelets, baked goods to garage sales. I was dedicated. So dedicated, that I was never the child who ran to the ice cream truck as it blasted it beats down the streets. Teenage years finally came and I was hired at my first job. Although I worked and still didn’t spend unnecessary money, those few teenage ‘necessities’ were purchased and the savings pot started to diminish. The diminishing of the pot is what has led me to Financial Planning. 

I wish that at the tender ages of 6, 8, 12, 14, 17, 20’s and so forth, someone in the financial field could have guided me and my finances. I wish that someone could have showed me a better way than a ceramic piggy bank. I wish that that same person would have recommended options to safe keep my money for specific goals. Ultimately, I wish someone in the financial field could have taken a proactive approach rather than a reactive approach to my finances. Instead of only providing me with things I had asked for (ex: “can I please open a Tax Free Savings Account (TFSA)” because I knew they had value) they would recommend opportunities and help me learn the whys and hows.

This short story is what has led me to Financial Planning and has created the drive and passion for what I do. As someone who has experienced saving but had limited professional guidance, I know the importance of that professional  guidance and how much further ahead it can get someone. It always excites me to help build and grow someone’s goals. I make it a commitment to take a proactive approach (rather than a reactive one) and am ultimately here to fill more than one piggy bank for the purpose of more than one goal. I am here to show you how, where, when and most importantly why.


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