My Story

I’ve worked with the bank for 22 years, after which I decided to resign to concentrate on my children.it’s a pure different world being a housewife, a niche I never knew before, not as stressfull as my previous role as branch head but quite more challenging coz the office hours were extended from 5-8 hour job to a 24/7 work hours. Frankly, being a banker and dealing with staff,co officer and clients are easier than doing constant boring household chores and specifically spending time and building relationships with the family. Why, we’re disciplined to do urgent matters that are not important than doing important things that are not urgent such as creating memories with our loved ones(The latter being more important.)But with this new role I learned a lot.
One thing I will never get used to is asking money whenever I needed to buy something.
Since grade school,I’ve always been independent. When I started to work,I used to buy things I want, decide what places to go, give money and share things to whoever and whenever I want to.Thus, asking money from anybody was alien to me.
After three years in hiatus,and with more confidence that the kids can quite do things on their own, I decided to work again. After so many explorations and experiments eventually I accepted a client’s invitation to join Sunlife, but after I researched the best insurance and investment company I can be proud to be a part of.
I feel I made the right decision, coz even before I join this company, deep in my heart, I want to help alleviate the plight of so many people, to help them raise their standards of living, to help them be financially independent. And I found out that Sunlife’s advocacy is the same as mine “Financial Independence for all Filipinos.” Before I was coded, there were rigid trainings and exams which I really learned a lot from. I had a paradigm shifting experiences concerning money matters which I feel I had the chance to see in a macro point of view.
Ironically, for 22 years of working in a bank, I’m not yet that financially literate.
I had a revelation that I still yet to learn some more with a handful of information I gained from my previous employment.coz the more I know, the more I still want to know. It’s like transporting to a different world of how to become financially independent.The experience was overwhelming but at the same time Challenging! Why? Coz this kind of job is not so popular! Considering a majority of Filipinos are yet to be financially literate. The more popular products cater more on the “wants” but the products that cater on the “needs”are usually the last thing on their list.
By grace ramos 1:14am 8-14-12