Personal Financial Strategy and Goals

  1. Establish a personal financial strategy that includes goals while in college, goals in the first year outside of school, five-year, ten-year, fifteen-year, retirement and lifetime financial goals.
  2. Each stage or timeframe should have a written explanation of what you would like to accomplish financially, and show where you want to be at each stage/year in the financial journey.
  3. Determine what will be necessary to reach those goals and show the strategy in terms of how much you must be earning, how much you must be saving, etc.
  4. Include a timeline for when you will review and make changes to your strategy and goals to make sure you are staying on target.
  5. Be sure and include life event changes that may occur (marriage, children, etc.) 6. This project when done well will take 5-10 pages to spell out your goals and strategies.