“And you think you have it tough?” I can’t count the number of times my parents said these words to me over the years in the hopes it would make me lick my wounds and keep going. I have to say, most of the time it worked! I recently read an article (see below) on some of the issues facing millennials and what strategies and tools are available for enhancing one's financial well-being. They may not have had to walk uphill to school in their bare feet, both ways, carrying two pails of water or pry their jackets off the walls in the morning with a crowbar, but millennials are facing real issues. So if you have a millennial in your life, give them a hug and tell them soon enough they will be able to tell their kids stories about how tough it was in the good old days! Here is the link to the article I read: https://business.financialpost.com/personal-finance/millennials-are-facing-all-the-risk-and-none-of-the-reward-in-todays-financial-realities Troy Troy Milnthorp is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries, Senior Managing Director of Corporate Fund Services at Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation, and Volunteer Content Creator for CPBI Saskatchewan. CLICK HERE to learn more about CPBI Saskatchewan! |