Financial Wellness Wise Badge
This badge recognizes your efforts to develop financial responsibility and discipline by learning to budget, balancing spending and saving, and sharing your knowledge to promote financial stability in your community. **Your Personal Info Will Not Be Shared** **For employees, students, and family members**
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Criteria
Complete at least one activity from each category—Learn, Do, and Share—to earn your badge.
Learn:
-Complete a short course or module on budgeting through BYU’s Financial Fitness Center
-Meet with a Wellness Coach to learn how to create a budget
-Learn how credit scores work, monitor yours regularly, and work on improving it
-Meet with a DMBA or TIAA financial consultant https://hrd.byu.edu/financialwellbeing employees only
-Watch TIAA financial workshop https://hrs.byu.edu/additional-retirement-plans-tiaa employees only
Do:
-Track expenses over a month, making adjustments to balance income and spending
-Don't eat out - pack a lunch for 1 week
-Try a no-spend week or month to identify unnecessary expenses
-Arrage DMBA financial workshop for your department https://hrd.byu.edu/financialwellbeing employees only
-Watch BYU's Financail Wellness video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vImNaKAhWrc
Share:
-Help someone create their budget
-Write a reflection on your budgeting experience and any financial insights gained. You can also post about your experience on social media.
Please refer to the BYU Wellness Wise site for resources. https://wellnesswise.byu.edu/financial
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