SMART Goals: Cali's Story

Meet Cali, a LearnLux member who grew up without access to financial education. As an adult navigating homeownership, debt, and major decisions, Cali needed practical and actionable guidance.
“LearnLux has helped me a lot by setting up smart financial goals, specific, measurable, and realistic for me to achieve. They've also helped me set up a faster payment plan for my car loan, which I use to get to work, snowballing out one of my highest interest debts. Right now we're prioritizing building an emergency savings fund and should be on track for my savings goal by April of next year. On top of all that, I had more disposable income than I had thought initially. We're able to afford a new puppy for our household. So, thanks LearnLux.” - Cali C., Product

For HR and Benefits leaders, Cali’s story demonstrates how a financial wellbeing program can empower employees who never had access to financial education before.

Through LearnLux, Cali was able to:

  • Set up SMART financial goals that were specific, measurable, and achievable
  • Make informed decisions about home repairs and other major expenses
  • Take advantage of employer sponsored retirement benefits and company match
  • Max out Roth IRAs with guidance from financial planners
  • Create a faster car loan payoff plan that reduced high interest debt
  • Build an emergency savings fund with a clear target and timeline
  • Discover additional disposable income she didn’t realize she had

With the right support, employees can feel more confident, reduce financial stress, and make progress toward goals that once felt out of reach. This translates to improved engagement, better financial stability, and stronger overall wellbeing across the workforce.

Cali's Financial Wellness Story

Hi, I'm Cali, and LearnLux has helped me a lot by setting up smart financial goals, and by that I mean that there's specific, measurable, bite sized goals that are realistic for me to achieve. I grew up in a poor metropolitan area where education of any kind wasn't very prominent, especially not financial education.

So there were many people in my life living paycheck to paycheck and most people were renting their homes instead of owning their homes. There was no such thing as emergency savings or responsible credit card usage, or even estate planning. So all of these things I've learned a lot about through LearnLux.

About three years ago, my partner and I bought a house and have been struggling with the upkeep. Since I've started working with LearnLux's financial planners, they've helped me tackle big expenses like saving for a fence repair, taking advantage of my employer's company match for my retirement accounts, and maxing out my Roth IRAs.

They've also helped me set up a faster payment plan for my car loan, which I use to get to work, snowballing out one of my highest interest debts. Right now we're prioritizing building an emergency savings fund and should be on track for my savings goal by April of next year.

On top of all that, I had more disposable income than I had thought initially. And with all the calculations, we're able to afford a new puppy for our household.

Thank you Cali for sharing your LearnLux story!

About LearnLux

LearnLux is the leading provider of employee financial wellness that blends fiduciary digital planning with access to one-on-one guidance from Certified Financial Planner™ professionals. LearnLux's award-winning program equips employees with a financial plan to guide them through decision points like budgeting, paying down debt, electing benefits, understanding equity compensation, starting a family, buying a home, saving for retirement, and more.

Advanced reporting keeps our partners in the know, and drives results like reduction in financial stress, increased productivity, reduced employee turnover, greater use of pretax products, on-time retirement, and healthcare savings. Our holistic financial wellness benefit helps employees feel great about their money, allowing their work and wellbeing to thrive.

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