4th day of the meeting
Written by the Kaunas group
THURSDAY, 25th April
Thursday morning we started the day by finishing our blog posts and then we had a conversation with a mental health specialist from the Public Health Bureau of the Vilnius City Municipality. She talked about mental health being stigmatized. She gave us some examples:
Representation in the media
Ignoring the problem
Hoping it will go away
Not going to the mental institution
That it is fake
Young generations do it for attention
Then we went to Swedbank, we met with a specialist in the economic field. She guided us to the financial laboratory where she talked about personal finance. She gave us some tips about saving money:
To count your money
Divide your money into sections (savings, needs, wants)
Do not spend it on stuff that you buy daily (ex: coffee, cigarettes….)
When you get money put 20% of it to your savings account
Think carefully before making a purchase