Week 2 - Setting Financial Goals

Post date: Sep 25, 2015 2:46:41 PM

Monday 9/28 - Write down (in as much detail as possible) 3 financial goals that you have: 1 for the next 3 months, 1 for the next year, and 1 for the next 5 years.

Tuesday 9/29 - Write a SMART goal that you have for the upcoming year, and explain why it's SMART (5 different sentences). Please make this a different goal from yesterday.

In the lab -> Find out how much each of 3 your goals (from yesterday) will actually cost & cite your sources. Write you information as a separate entry in you journal.

Wednesday 9/30 - Imagine your life, when you first move out on your own (age 18-25). List all of your sources of income & all of your expenses (at least 10).

In class -> 5-7 sentence summary of your topic, 3-5 sentence summary of each other topic (6 topics total)

- Decision making (p19-21)

- Types of expenses (p25-27)

- 6 steps to a winning spending plan (p29-31)

- Cruise to the finish line (p22-23)

- Money 911 (p34-35)

- 7 Ways to strike back (p36-37)

Thursday 10/1 - Make a list of 10 things (expenses) that you "want" and 10 things that you "need."

Assignment Due October 15th - Write down all of your expenses for 2 weeks (10/1-10/15)

Friday 10/2 - List 5 things that you learned these past 2 weeks and write 1 question that you think you'll see on the quiz.

Foolproof #1 will be due October 16th for those of you who didn't get a chance to finish it in class