As in any area of family work, just identifying outcomes and strategies doesn’t mean that they will be successful. It is often helpful to set a date to review the family’s progress in implementing a budget or other changes in money management behaviour.
Reviewing progress can:
- Identify successful strategies that can be expanded
- Celebrate achievement
- Identify where the outcome may have been too big, not specific enough, or no longer relevant
- Identify where strategies aren’t working, and look at alternatives.
Where families have succeeded in achieving savings goals, they may find giving themselves a concrete reward helps keep up motivation.
