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Build Your Personal Money Map: Financial Foundations for Creatives & Artists

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Barbara Isenberg

CEO & Founder at Fiscal New Yorker.

New York, NY, USA

Hi, I’m Barbara. My entire career has been focused on one thing: talking about money.

I trained as a journalist, where I learned to think critically, ask tough questions, and translate government budget decisions into engaging stories. I first applied these skills as a local government reporter, then moved into economic intelligence and advisory reporting. Throughout my career, I have interrogated who controls money, how it’s spent, and who is granted access to it.

A few years ago, I expanded my focus from macroeconomics and finance reporting for businesses to personal finance. True to my investigative roots, I immersed myself in the field: reading widely, interviewing experts, and drawing data-driven conclusions

Today, I’m a Certified Financial Education Instructor and a Certified Personal Financial Wellness Consultant. I use this expertise to help ambitious people use money as a tool to build the lives they want. I also specialize in creating accessible educational and thought leadership content for startups, media companies, and global corporations. I cover everything from budgeting and credit to investing, always with the goal of making finance feel approachable. I’d love to stay in touch. Here’s where to find me:

📝 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barbarajisenberg/

📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barbara.j.isenberg/

💌 Email: barbara@fiscalnewyorker.com

🌐 Website: fiscalnewyorker.com

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About this FieldTrip

Take control of your money with a clear, personalized plan.

In this practical, hands-on workshop, you’ll learn a simple framework for understanding and organizing your finances. Together, we’ll walk through the key elements that shape your financial life – your resources, commitments, goals, and spending.

By the end of the session, you’ll bring these four pillars of money together to create your own personalized “money map” – a clear, practical view of where your money is coming from, where it’s going, and how it can support the goals that matter most to you.

Agenda

  • We’ll focus on mapping out a top-line view of the four pillars of money and how they apply to your life: resources, commitments, goals, and spending

  • You’ll identify your income, assets, and other resources, and list the bills and obligations you pay each month. For this section, it will be helpful to know or have on hand your current income and expense information, for example, your latest W-2 and credit card statements.

  • Once we map out what’s coming in and what has to go out, you’ll define your savings and debt-payoff goals and see how they fit into your overall plan. You’ll be able to share your ideas in the chat and be inspired by others’ plans and goals too.

  • Then we’ll get into daily spending: what’s left after your expenses and goals, and what’s important for you to prioritize spending on?

  • You’ll leave the workshop with a clearer snapshot of where your money is coming from, where it’s going, and how to align it with your goals. My aspiration for you is to leave with a calmer, more grounded sense of your financial picture.

What to know or bring

  • You’ll identify your income, assets, and other resources, and list the bills and obligations you pay each month. For this section, it will be helpful to know or have on hand your current income and expense information, for example, your latest W-2 and credit card statements. If you don't have these items, don't worry; you can estimate and fill the details in later.

What to expect

Workshop format!

A hands-on session where participants get to build, craft, or create something tangible.

It will be recorded!

The recording will be shared within 24 hours in the follow up email for a 4-day window, and available at the top of this page. Make sure to register for access!

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Your Host

Barbara Isenberg

CEO & Founder at Fiscal New Yorker.

New York, NY, USA
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About Barbara Isenberg

Hi, I’m Barbara. My entire career has been focused on one thing: talking about money.

I trained as a journalist, where I learned to think critically, ask tough questions, and translate government budget decisions into engaging stories. I first applied these skills as a local government reporter, then moved into economic intelligence and advisory reporting. Throughout my career, I have interrogated who controls money, how it’s spent, and who is granted access to it.

A few years ago, I expanded my focus from macroeconomics and finance reporting for businesses to personal finance. True to my investigative roots, I immersed myself in the field: reading widely, interviewing experts, and drawing data-driven conclusions

Today, I’m a Certified Financial Education Instructor and a Certified Personal Financial Wellness Consultant. I use this expertise to help ambitious people use money as a tool to build the lives they want. I also specialize in creating accessible educational and thought leadership content for startups, media companies, and global corporations. I cover everything from budgeting and credit to investing, always with the goal of making finance feel approachable. I’d love to stay in touch. Here’s where to find me:

📝 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barbarajisenberg/

📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barbara.j.isenberg/

💌 Email: barbara@fiscalnewyorker.com

🌐 Website: fiscalnewyorker.com

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Show up fully

Get ready to be immersed! Engage with smiles, nods, waves, emojis. Share in the chat. Get cozy. Turn off notifications. Sip your favorite beverage.

Stay curious

Wear your beginner’s hat. Go with the flow. Welcome the stumbles and fumbles. Congratulate yourself for trying. Keep going! 

Celebrate your host

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Support each other

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