Vieira, Euselia PaveglioBasso, Emanoele2021-04-122021-04-122019http://repositorio.uricer.edu.br/handle/35974/333Conscious consumption is one of the goals of financial education. Human beings need to know how to behave in the face of their debts, understanding the importance of having a good personal financial planning, mainly concerned with keeping a financial reserve for unexpected events or for the realization of dreams. This article aims to verify the importance of financial planning and satisfaction and quality of life of some of the citizens of the city of Aratiba / RS. To this end, a bibliographic study was first carried out to support the main themes related to financial education. It was used a research of applied nature, descriptive, qualitative with the data collection through a questionnaire, being systematized and analyzed. It was found in the study that of the 56 respondents, most are aware that you must save to have a better quality of life, but do not know or know how to do financial planning. It is concluded that the research performed serves as a parameter to determine the degree of knowledge about financial education and its function in improving the quality of life of the inhabitants of this city.pt-BRPlanejamento financeiroEducação financeiraQualidade de vidaArtigo Científico