Personal Finances
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How did his/her family's financial situation affect him? Did it give or deprive him of special opportunities? Select this Topic to record how his/her financial situation changed over his/her life and what this meant.
Would you like to write about his/her family's financial situation when he/she was a child?
- How would he/she describe his/her family's financial situation during these years of his/her life? Would he/she say he/she was poor, middle class, or rich? Did the situation change during his/her life? How?
- During this time in his/her life, did he/she understand what his/her financial situation was? Did he/she actually know how poor or how well off he/she was or did it take some years of growing up to realize it? Why?
- What kind of items was he/she or his/her family able to purchase? Could he/she only afford necessities or could he/she afford luxury items?
- What did his/her or his/her family's monetary assets consist of at this time in his/her life? Did he/she have a bank account or any other funds?
- Did he/she have to work to improve his/her or his/her family's financial situation?
- Did his/her family have any debts? Did he/she or his/her family worry about being able to pay the bills?
- Was he/she satisfied with his/her financial status or did he/she want more or less money? Was he/she ever jealous of anybody because of their financial status?
- Did his/her financial situation give him special opportunities? For example, did he/she travel or go to special schools? Did his/her financial situation deprive him of anything?
Would you like to write about his/her financial situation when he/she was a young adult?
- How would he/she describe his/her financial situation during these years of his/her life? Would he/she say he/she was poor, middle class, or rich? Did this situation change during the rest his/her life? How?
- During this time in his/her life, was he/she living at home or on his/her own? If he/she was on his/her own, was he/she able to make ends meet?
- What kind of items was he/she or his/her family able to purchase? Could he/she only afford necessities or could he/she afford luxury items?
- What did his/her financial assets consist of at this time in his/her life? Did he/she have a bank account or any other funds?
- Did he/she work to improve his/her or his/her family's financial situation?
- Did he/she have any debts? Did he/she or his/her family worry about being able to pay the bills?
- Was he/she satisfied with his/her financial status or did he/she want more or less money? Was he/she ever jealous of anybody because of their financial status?
- Did his/her financial situation give him special opportunities? For example, did he/she travel or go to special schools? Did his/her financial situation deprive him of anything?
Would you like to write about his/her financial situation when he/she was an adult?
- How would he/she describe his/her financial situation during these years of his/her life? Would he/she say he/she was poor, middle class, or rich? Did this situation change during his/her life? How?
- What kinds of items was he/she and his/her family able to purchase? Could he/she only afford necessities or could he/she afford luxury items?
- What did his/her financial assets consist of at this time in his/her life? Did he/she have a bank account or any other funds? Did he/she invest in the stock market or have other investments?
- Did he/she work to improve his/her or his/her family's financial situation?
- Did he/she have any dependents? Did they contribute to his/her finances?
- Did he/she have any debts? Did he/she or his/her family worry about being able to pay the bills?
- Was he/she satisfied with his/her financial status or did he/she want more or less money? Was he/she ever jealous of anybody because of their financial status?
- Did his/her financial situation give him special opportunities? For example, did he/she travel or go to special schools? Did his/her financial situation deprive him of anything?
Would you like to write about his/her financial situation when he/she was a senior?
- How would he/she describe his/her financial situation during these years of his/her life? Would he/she say he/she was poor, middle class, or rich?
- What kind of items was he/she or his/her family able to purchase? Could he/she only afford necessities or could he/she afford luxury items?
- What did his/her or his/her family's monetary assets consist of at this time in his/her life? Did he/she have a bank account or any other funds? Did he/she invest in the stock market?
- Did he/she work to improve his/her or his/her family's financial situation? Was he/she financially independent at this point in his/her life?
- Did he/she have any debts? Did he/she or his/her family worry about being able to pay the bills?
- Did he/she feel he/she was financially prepared for retirement?
- Was he/she satisfied with his/her financial status or did he/she want more or less money? Was he/she ever jealous of anybody because of their financial status?
- Did his/her financial situation give him opportunities? For example, was he/she able to travel or retire early? Did his/her financial situation deprive him of anything?
- Did he/she create a will at this point in his/her life? Was money an important part of it?