ACTIVITY: Assessing Your Money Personality

Practice your positive communication strategies. See if you can handle the conflict with good results for all parties.

Scenario
Your son plays the clarinet. He is taking lessons and has already passed his Grade 5 clarinet exam. His teacher says he is very talented and could perform solos at concerts but she would suggest that he upgrade his instrument now.

The new instrument will cost $1000. She would like him to get the new clarinet within the next month so that he can use it at the next festival coming up in two months.

Consider your money personality and assess its impact by answering these questions.

How has your money personality helped in your life, either as an individual or in dealing with your family life?

How has your money personality caused you difficulty in life, either as an individual or in dealing with your family life?

What are one or two things about your relationship to money that you think you might like to change or modify in some way?

What role, if any, did finances play in your separation?

Considering your money personality and that of your former partner, how you can help to have positive relations regarding financial matters?