Real Game 03 After Work 02
Post date: Mar 1, 2017 5:35:55 PM
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Today we calculated our "must do" activities and then see if we have enough time to actually do our leisure activities!
Work: Look at your work profile and see how many hours per week you work. In the job description it may mention if you work more than 5 days per week, but if it does not say, assume a 5 day work week. The first column is how many HOURS you work in one DAY. The second column is frequency, or how many times in a week this happens. For most of you, that number will be 5.
Sleeping: enter a number between 5-? where ? is any number of hours you see yourself sleeping per day. Remember we estimating, so if you typically sleep longer on weekends take an average. The average = sum of all terms/number of terms. You cannot choose a number less than 5.Getting ready: How long does it take you to get ready for work in the morning not including breakfast, just getting dressed an maybe a shower or whatever else you need to do to get ready in the morning. .25 hours is the same as 15 minutes. .5 is 30 minutes and .75 is 45 minutes. An hour and forty-five minutes would be 1.75. For the second number, put the same number as the number of days you worked.Commuting: Consult your house in your "wish list" (don't forget to click calculate otherwise your current work won't be saved). Also, consider your job and your mode of transportation you took. All calculations are round trip, to and from work.
If you live and work in the city, you can walk 1 hour (includes to and from work), if you take a cab that is .5 hours to and from work, if you bike that is .5 to and from work. If you have your own car use .75 hours to and from work. If you use the bus or train use 1 hour.
If you live outside city AKA suburbs than use one of these numbers: Bike 2 hrs, train 2.5 hours, car = 1 hour.
If you live in the country home use the suburb numbers +.5 but you cannot bike.
Laundry: If you have elected to role play and you have a spouse who DOES NOT WORK! then you don't have to count her/him in your laundry time. If you CURRENTLY as an 8th grader do your own laundry, you don't have to count your kids (if you have them) for this. Otherwise use these numbers: .75 hours X 1 day as a base. If you have kids add +.5 for each kid plus 1 day (unless you have a spouse that does not work. If you have a WORKING spouse add .5 plus one day.Meals: Most people eat three meals a day, so you will have to do some basic math for this one. How long does it take you (remember possible family too) to PREPARE AND EAT breakfast? How long to PREPARE AND EAT lunch? How long to PREPARE AND EAT dinner? Add those three numbers together. Think about your life currently how long these times typically take remembering the .25 = 15 minutesShopping: This is the time it takes to go out to get groceries. If you have a spouse who does not work you can say .1 for time 1 day per week. There are two basic types of people when it comes to shopping. Go on BIG trips less often, or go on several small trips.
If you are more of a BIG trip less often you can use these number: 2 hours X 1
If you're on frequent trips to the store do 1 hour X 3 times per week.
If you have kids add .25 for each kid in the hours' section. Shopping with kids slows you down!
Cleaning and Chores: If you have a spouse who does NOT work, you can simply add .5 X 3. Like shopping, there are two types of people, do alot in one day or do A LITTLE Every day. There are two other things to consider before putting in numbers. How big are your accommodations ( the place you live)? Do you have kids? Here is your base number: .25 per room per day. meaning, if you have a 4 bedroom house that means you have 1 hour of cleaning to do per day so the numbers you use would be 1 X 7. If you want to wait and do it all in one day, say 7 X 1. If you are a bit of a sloppy person and your future family is too, let's say you can use 1 X 4. If you have kids add .1 hours per kid to your left column number.
Errands: If you have a spouse who does not work, you can put 0 in this category. If you are a forgetful or an unorganized person you will probably have to do a lot of errands. "OOoops, I forgot the duct tape". If you live far from town, obviously the time it takes you to do an errand will take longer than someone who lives in the city. Look at your commute time towards the top of the page. Add .25 to that number (15 minutes to get in and out of the store). If you take public transportation because you only have 1 car and your spouse uses it for work, you can use the car for errands, in which case use the car commuter numbers given earlier for your numbers. The second column is how many times a week you have to do errands. You MUST do at least 1. If you forgetful do 3 days/times. If your really forgetful do 5. If you have kids add 3 to the "days" column because you have to drive them here and there.Now click the "calculate I must do hours"If your balance (actual leisure time) is negative (red) that means you are spending more leisure time than what you have. go to your wish list and take off or reduce some of your leisure activity time.
If your balance (actual leisure time) is black but greater than 7 hours you have too much time on your hands. Go to wishlist and add to or extend some of your leisure time activities.
