What To Expect From The How To Adult School This Year
A letter from Cory.
Good morning readers!
A couple of weeks ago I invited you to kick off 2026 with some financial goal setting (bonus points if you went full grade-school and broke out the coloured pencils). I LOVED reading the emails you sent back. Seeing what you’re working towards this year was motivating, and a wonderful reminder of why I’m building this in the first place.
So it feels only fair that I share some of my own goal with you too.
2026 is going to be a big year for the How To Adult School, but to explain why I need to rewind a bit.
For the last few years I’ve been juggling two other businesses while building this on the side. I believed deeply in what this could become, but was constantly stepping away to do my ‘real’ work, and was endlessly frustrated by not having enough energy to do it all. The candle was burning at both ends, and I could feel an impending crash into a wall of fatigue. It eventually became clear I had to make a decision.
Do I keep playing it safe, sticking with something familiar, stable, and already paying the bills?
Or do I trust my gut and go all-in on building the How To Adult School, which I couldn't stop thinking about?
Much of last year was spent sitting in that tension, not getting anywhere.
Now, I should tell you: I am a card carrying member of the researching, planning, and over-thinking club. I can’t even apply for a new credit card without weeks of analysis and scribbled Venn diagrams. So it’s surprising, even to me, that when it comes to The Big Life Decisions, I have a pattern of trusting my gut.
On good days, I call this intuition.
On bad days, it feels a lot more like jumping first and building the parachute on the way down.
All of that is to say: 2026 is finally the year I will be working full time on The How To Adult School!
I’m excited (SO excited) with a healthy dose of butterflies mixed in. For the first time, I have the space to fully focus on creating the personal finance education programs that have been living in draft mode in my brain for far too long. I finally get to build this the way I’ve always envisioned it.
That means there are a few big things coming your way this year.
Over the next several months, you’ll see the launch of three core offerings:
The Money Club
The Financial Foundations Course
The Investing Essentials Course
The Money Club.
Launching in late February or early March, this membership is built around a simple idea: that we are deeply influenced by the people we surround ourselves with. If you want to get better with money, it helps to be around people who are also learning, questioning, and actively working towards financial stability and growth.
Not everyone has a financially savvy best friend on speed dial. The Money Club is designed to fill that gap. It offers community, accountability, and momentum through monthly webinars, group calls, challenges, book club-style events, and office hours where you can connect with me directly.
The Financial Foundations Course.
Launching this spring, this course focuses on the core personal finance skills many of us were never taught in school. We’ll cover things like budgeting, debt, credit scores, taxes, account structures, and building an automated personal finance system that actually supports your life.
Just as importantly, this course dives into the psychology of money. Because information without application is just entertainment. (Read that again). You can learn new things, but why bother if you’re not putting it into action in your life? This course is designed to help you develop the behaviors and motivation to actually apply what you learn.
The Investing Essentials Course.
This is a beginner friendly introduction to investing that picks up right where The Financial Foundations Course leaves off. Once your foundation is solid, the next step is learning how to grow your wealth.
This course walks you through everything you need to know to go from zero to confidently understanding how to build and manage a self-directed investing portfolio. It blends practical investing knowledge, modern academic research, and the psychological skills required to be a good steady investor in a world that does everything it can to provoke panic and emotional reactions.
Phewf! If you’ve made it this far, I’ll assume you’re either genuinely interested in following along this year…. or are deeply bored at work and overdue for a career update. Either way, this is your gentle nudge to sign up for the wait lists if any of these programs sound like something you’d like to explore when they do launch.
I’ll wrap this up by saying this: Thank you. Truly. For reading, for replying, and for trusting me with your attention as I build this into the kind of financial education I wish existed sooner.
I’m really glad you’re here.
See you next week,
- Cory