{"id":34736,"date":"2018-04-09T12:59:29","date_gmt":"2018-04-09T19:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldvision.org\/?p=34736"},"modified":"2018-04-09T17:07:40","modified_gmt":"2018-04-10T00:07:40","slug":"adulting-101-how-to-be-a-generous-grown-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldvision.org\/charitable-giving-news-stories\/adulting-101-how-to-be-a-generous-grown-up","title":{"rendered":"Adulting 101: How to be a generous grown-up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you think learning to do your own laundry, meal plan, budgeting, and taxes would be the central curriculum in an “Adulting 101” class, you’d be right. But learning how to be generous as an adult takes some extra intentionality.<\/p>\n

“Adulting” is full of the mundane tasks of being a grown-up. There are days when being a grown-up is hard, and you’d rather make a fort or climb a tree. But there are definite perks as well. One of those perks and challenges is finally having an income and deciding where and how to spend this hard-earned money.<\/p>\n

Step 1: Set a budget<\/h2>\n

When you were a kid, did you have one of those piggy banks with different sections for save, spend, and give? I did. The system my parents came up with involved jars with different labels for each category. For every dollar I got, 10 cents went into my save jar, then 80 cents into the spend jar, and 10 cents into the give jar. I would then take the contents of my give jar to church to put in the offering every week.<\/p>\n

Budgeting as an adult is a bit more complicated (so many bills), but the basic principle still applies. So pick a budgeting app, and get going! Not having a budget is the financial equivalent of driving blindfolded. You need to be in control of your income and know where it’s going.<\/p>\n

Step 2: Decide where and how to give<\/h2>\n

If you’re a Christian, the Bible<\/a> gives lots of instructions on how to be generous<\/a>. Here are a few examples of intentional giving and generosity:<\/p>\n