HMU Academy: Open Up Your Budget (+ Mixer)

Love is infinite... but rent is due on the 1st. Learn how to get honest and intentional about money with your people — no matter how many!

This Hit Me Up event is open to the public, 21+.

Love is infinite... but rent is due on the 1st. Learn how to get honest and intentional about money with your people — no matter how many or how nontraditional.

About the Workshop

This is a hands-on, 90-minute workshop + 30 minute mixer is designed for people in nontraditional relationship structures who want to get better at talking about money — and making it work together.In this class, you’ll learn how to start low-stress, values-based conversations about budgeting, even in complex networks of care. We’ll explore your personal money stories, discuss common budgeting challenges in polyamorous, ENM, and other relationship dynamics, and practice tools you can use with your partners, housemates, and chosen family.

You’ll Leave With:

1. A better understanding of your own financial values
2. Tools to start money conversations with partners (without spiraling!)
3. A simple, flexible framework for budgeting with multiple people- Worksheets + reflection prompts to keep the work going at home

Workshop Style:

1. This is an interactive and discussion-based class — expect guided exercises, breakout conversations, and time for Q&A.

Level:

1. This class is for everyone! No budgeting experience required.

Who It’s For:

1. Polyamorous/ENM folks, chosen families, queer kin, and people in shared households. All identities, genders, and experience levels welcome. Anyone who wants to approach money with more clarity, consent, and careLight refreshments provided.

About Your Instructor

Derek Miller (he/him) is a money coach working with people in queer, polyamorous, and other non-traditional relationship structures. He is currently on the Steering Crew for Rad Planners, a collective at the intersection of radical politics and finance. He shares resources with Jade, his feline other significant other.

FAQs

FAQ: what should I bring?

*Bring a notebook, a willingness to reflect, and any budgeting baggage you’re ready to unpack.

FAQ: any skill pre-requisites? (i.e., is this for beginners, advanced, everyone?)

*This is a beginner class. No budgeting experience required!

FAQ: what should I wear?

*Comfortable clothing.

FAQ: can I attend solo, or do I need to come with a partner?

*Attend solo, with one or more partners, or with housemates.

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✨Consent Policy: All of our events are ASK FIRST events. The rules of respectful and consensual behavior WILL be enforced. You will be responsible for reading our consent policy and behaving appropriately. Read our consent policy in full: https://www.hitmeupnyc.com/consent. If you have questions, want to make a report, or need support, please contact our third party consent reporting service, available at consent@hitmeupnyc.com.