Week 8: June 8 - June 12
Pathways/Career Readiness Digital Learning Activities
Title: Balance Work and Social Life
Teacher Instruction
Student Instructions:IntroductionMaintaining a proper balance of work and life is a skill. As time passes, and more responsibility is earned, the more attention you will have to pay to ensure you are able to enjoy the benefits that come along with living the life you want to live. Having good time management allows you to maintain order, feel more accomplished and become productive, each of which influence a successful balance of work and life. There will be learning opportunities along the way, but as you are able to work at and strengthen the skill of good time management you will ultimately be able to improve other aspects of your life.
Activity 1 - The Art of BudgetingStep 1:View PowerPoint presentation: The Art of Budgeting
Step 2:Reflect on and answer the questions in the presentation.
Activity 2 - Budgeting for LifeUse a separate sheet of paper to brainstorm your current expenses, your saving and spending goals for the short term and long term future.
Using the Budgeting Worksheet link, type in the total amount from each of the categories you have listed during your brainstorm: Link to worksheet here.
Additional Activity - How Do You Manage Your Time?Not everyone spends their time in the same manner. Responsibilities and priorities differ from one person to the next. With this in mind, think about how you manage your time throughout a 24 hour span.
Step 1:Consider the following categories:- Sleep
- Creative Work &/ or Homework
- Day Job &/ or School
- Food/ Leisure (fun)
- Exercise/ Meditation
- Other (volunteer, service work, chores, etc.)
Step 2:From the categories above, determine how many hours you spend on each. (Use the activity sheet in Step 3)
Step 3:Use this activity sheet and fill in the blanks for each category and answer each question that follows:
Step 4:Explore "Podio's The Daily Routines of Creative Famous People" and compare your daily routines with the daily routines of famous, creative people.
Answer the questions that follow based on your findings.
Resources:Activity 1: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/17oZZvjASDJCffMZPVXQMCkziOcsgxBj57g_5xj6Jogg/copyActivity 2: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HkStZP15M91wwCrKLt2FMonbb7drru49/view?usp=sharinghttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1aOIecC-ttCc7u4tY__PAGtpvEj1cBLcDflE7dJQS9dU/copyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFY0HBkUm8o&feature=youtu.behttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcAFQzWGtW4https://youtu.be/iS5jqXWECbI
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