Workshop: Mindful Budgeting—Aligning Spending with Your Values

Turn your budget into a tool that helps you make the most of your money and your priorities.

Budgeting doesn’t have to feel restrictive to be effective. This workshop helps participants reframe budgeting as a tool for intention and clarity by aligning spending with what matters most. Through guided reflection, interactive exercises, and practical action planning, participants learn how to create a spending approach that supports their values, reduces stress, and leads to more meaningful, sustainable financial change.

This program is part of the Financial Skills Building series, presented in collaboration with the San Francisco Economic Justice Center.

The San Francisco Economic Justice Center provides free, confidential, one-on-one, personalized financial guidance with a certified financial counselor. This program is open to anyone living, working or receiving services in San Francisco (including noncitizens). Financial counselors provide sessions on the following financial topics: improving your credit score, increasing your savings, opening a safe and affordable bank account, assessing your public benefits options, navigating any changes in your income, communicating with loan servicers and debt collectors, managing and reducing debt and learning more about your consumer rights. Find out more and sign up for one-on-one counseling.