<p>The past two years have tough on Jodie, a 29-year-old bartender living in Toronto. Between restaurant closures, Jodie had been surviving off a federal benefit of around $270 a week before returning to work recently. On top of this, she and her mother dealt with more rough news at the end of 2021: COVID-19 had claimed the lives of her grandparents. A strange, silver lining, though Jodie says she often feels guilty, is money that her grandparents left her after they passed. </p>

The past two years have tough on Jodie, a 29-year-old bartender living in Toronto. Between restaurant closures, Jodie had been surviving off a federal benefit of around $270 a week before returning to work recently. On top of this, she and her mother dealt with more rough news at the end of 2021: COVID-19 had claimed the lives of her grandparents. A strange, silver lining, though Jodie says she often feels guilty, is money that her grandparents left her after they passed.

<p>The past two years have tough on Jodie, a 29-year-old bartender living in Toronto. Between restaurant closures, Jodie had been surviving off a federal benefit of around $270 a week before returning to work recently. On top of this, she and her mother dealt with more rough news at the end of 2021: COVID-19 had claimed the lives of her grandparents. A strange, silver lining, though Jodie says she often feels guilty, is money that her grandparents left her after they passed.&nbsp;</p>

29-year-old survived off federal benefit but has come into an inheritance

Millennials face an unprecedented financial landscape in modern life. We’ve been told all along there are financial markers to being a grown-up: owning a home, having kids, traveling, having some kind of social life. But for many millennials, lots of those things feel well out of reach. We’re fumbling through a brand new version of adulthood, but how do we navigate that without being stressed about finances all the time?
 
Business reporter Ghada Alsharif speaks to fellow millennials about their relatable financial dilemmas, then brings it all straight to an expert to work out some options, because money is more than numbers on a spreadsheet. This is your life. And we’re talking about it, here on Millennial Money.

Business

Education

Investing

How To

Millennials face an unprecedented financial landscape in modern life. We’ve been told all along there are financial markers to being a grown-up: owning a home, having kids, traveling, having some kind of social life. But for many millennials, lots of those things feel well out of reach. We’re fumbling through a brand new version of adulthood, but how do we navigate that without being stressed about finances all the time? Business reporter Ghada Alsharif speaks to fellow millennials about their relatable financial dilemmas, then brings it all straight to an expert to work out some options, because money is more than numbers on a spreadsheet. This is your life. And we’re talking about it, here on Millennial Money.

Share 29-year-old survived off federal benefit but has come into an inheritance

Sign up to save your podcasts

29-year-old survived off federal benefit but has come into an inheritance

29-year-old survived off federal benefit but has come into an inheritance

More shows like Millennial Money

Build Wealth Canada Podcast

Canadian True Crime

The Daily

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

BiggerPockets Money Podcast

This Matters

IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson

Deep Left Field with Mike Wilner

The Loonie Hour

Responsible Investing for a Sustainable Economy

Betrayal: Weekly

It's Political with Althia Raj

Funny Cuz It's True with Elyse Myers

The Mel Robbins Podcast

Angry Mortgage

Hustled

The Kids Aren't All Right

Road Trip | Electric Avenues

Prof G Markets

The Beaten Path

Small Things Big Climate

Titanic: Ship of Dreams

Easy Money: The Charles Ponzi Story

Placeline Hamilton

The Best People with Nicolle Wallace