Daniel is studying Public Health at Brigham Young University. He wants to be a physician and so he is preparing to attend medical school after graduation. In his free time, Daniel enjoys the outdoors, so anything you can image doing outside in Idaho and Utah (e.g., mountain biking, running, climbing, etc.) he enjoys doing.
Daniel Boggess
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Why That Run Might Be Saving Your Relationship
Have you ever been on a run or participated in some form of physical activity and wondered to yourself, “How does this actually benefit me?” I have been on plenty of runs where the adrenaline and excitement have long worn off and the salt streaks on my face, combined with the aching in my muscles, made me question whether working out is all it has been hyped up to be. Those experiences allowed me to seriously consider whether working out is a benefit or a burden, leading me to explore its impacts more deeply, especially regarding marriage relationships. Today, I want to share a few things I have learned, specifically focusing on how exercise might impact marriage relationships.
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Shared Goals, Shared Roles: Keys to Financial and Marital Satisfaction
Marriage requires the sharing of many things. There is a shift from individual goals and mindsets to setting goals as a couple, a change in focus and a new pattern, strengthening and supporting each other, and everything in between. During this adjustment, financial questions are often top of mind. How should we handle finances? Who handles the budgeting, income, and savings? Is it one partner, both, or something in between? And is one way of approaching it better than another approach? These questions are similar to those asked by researchers who sought to better understand how financial management roles influenced couple relationships.1,2,3
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More Than Saving: Building Retirement Confidence as a Couple
Retirement. The dream within a dream. The eventual likelihood for every working person and often a major goal and milestone for many people. Yet there is also sometimes a less talked-about but essential aspect to retirement. I term it a perpetual gloom and doom for some, with the hopes and dreams of fun, worthwhile, and fulfilling retirement being met with disappointment as financial worry overshadows it all. But are financial worries about retirement really such a big deal today? Do people still see them as a regular part of the retirement experience?
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Debt, Assets, and ‘I Do’: Rethinking Financial Beliefs in Emerging Adulthood
Welcome! Today, I want to take you on a journey about how emerging adults navigate specific aspects of marriage preparation, with the help of Matthew Saxey and colleagues.1 I specifically want to target financial attitudes and beliefs and how they might impact an emerging adult’s marriage preparation and financial well-being. Emerging adulthood is a time of exploration and change during which values and beliefs are shaped and solidified. It also tends to be a time where people remain highly moldable as if the clay has yet to harden. One belief currently circulating among many emerging adults is the notion that financial barriers limit their ability to get married or their capacity to afford or be ready for marriage. In other words, some emerging adults think marriage should be put off until later in their future because they’re not financially ready for marriage yet. But do beliefs about financial barriers to marriage actually impact an emerging adult’s preparation (debt reduction and asset gain)?
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Swipe, Spend, Self-Discover: How Financial Behaviors Learned Can Shape Your Adult Identity
When I was growing up, I couldn’t wait to be an adult. Now that I am one, I often find myself wondering what being an adult really means. Do we wake up one day and feel like we are an adult? Or is it something that develops as we go through adult-like experiences? To answer these questions, let's examine the concept of adult identity.
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Shaping Financial Behavior, Stress, and Optimism: Financial Socialization Differences by Race
Race is one of many factors that can affect our experiences. For example, in the United States there is vast economic inequality by race due to past and present racism and differences in opportunities (for example, the average White family has twice the income and 13 times the wealth as the average Black family).1 Socioeconomic status tends to be an inherited trait, with kids of wealthy parents being more likely to become wealthy themselves, and kids of impoverished parents being more likely to live in poverty themselves.2 Racism and economic inequality can also affect families’ access to and experience with banks and financial institutions.3 A combination of these and other factors could contribute to differences in how parents of different races teach their kids about money.
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