These days, everyone should be taking some time for their financial health whether it be minutes, hours or a whole day! If you're not already doing so - you might need a break the most.  

Naturally, it’s harder to find time for your finances than it seems. Work, entertainment and social events can leave you too busy to deal with your financial wellbeing. And when you do find a moment, you don't know where to begin.

With so much happening, it's understandable that financial health breaks take a step back. But that's exactly why we need them. Financial health breaks give you time to process your situation, check what you can handle better, and plan for the future. If you're still unconvinced, know that taking time now is better as you might miss out on certain opportunities later.

Now that you on board, you probably thinking of what to do on your financial health breaks. The honest answer is anything that works for you. Since everyone is different, activities need to be geared to your situation.

To help get you started, we've come up with 7 ideas to try the next time you have a moment for your financial health:

1. Take inventory of your life.

Focus on your personal financial situation. Are you spending more than you earn? Do you have debt you need to repay? Take note of whatever it is you've got going on so that you can find customised solutions going forward.

2. Focus on your needs.

Pay attention to your financial needs. It's not uncommon for people to use their money to treat themselves. We're not saying a treat every now and then is a bad thing, but you need to ensure that your expenses are covered. Another common mistake is people using their money to show off for others, to which we say: learn to live for yourself and not others.

3. Check in on your goals.

If you've got financial goals, check to see how's your progress going. Whether it be saving, sticking to your budget or, just improving your financial literacy. If you not making any progress, rethink the relevancy of your goals or change the way you going about achieving them.

4. Catch up on content.

Spend some time consuming your favourite financial content. Whether it be listening to a podcast, watching a show or, reading a newsletter. Whatever type of content you like, keep coming back to similar types next time you have a moment for your financial health.

5. Clean up your space.

Looking at your financial space, check if there is anything that needs cleaning up.  Maybe it is physically cleaning up your wallet or just organising your online bank statements. This cleanup should leave you feeling more relaxed and even keen to delve further into your finances.

6. Keep a financial self-care list.

Make notes on the things you would like to do when taking care of your financial health. Maybe it's checking your budgeting app or creating a spreadsheet. Add to the list over time so you know exactly what you need to do next time you have some minutes for your financial health.  

7. Think about what you want.

Reflect on what you want to attain from your financial heath breaks. Maybe you want to focus on a specific financial aspect of your life like retirement or, maybe you just want to learn some basic financial skills. Going forward, ensure that whatever you want to gain is incorporated into your financial health timeouts.

IN THIS ARTICLE: Breaks | Financial Health | Goals