Self Improvement Project

I explained to her that personal behavior changes, such as saving money, takes place in defined stages over a period of time. Hence, I showed her the content on table one and asked her to give me her opinions of what would work for her to influence her money-saving behavior. Since she is at the contemplation stage and recognizes that there is a problem and wants to fix it. One of the ways that she thinks she can conquer this problem is re-evaluating the reasoning behind her excessive spending and imagining how her life could be better if she changed her behavior. This means targeting the source of the issue. She suggested opting out for a mailed check instead of direct deposit, since receiving the funds electronically facilitates her to spend the money as soon as possible. Another option she said that could help change her spending habit is asking her family members who live with her to babysit while she is at work. Lastly, she believes conducting an ongoing review of her budget would critically help her track her spending habits. In doing this interview, I have learned that changing a lifelong behavior is hard and it requires persistence and positive thoughts and commitment. The consciousness-raising and the self-reevaluation of the model influenced me the most and made me realize how

The amount of money that I spent on discretionary expenses was eye opening. I did not really realize the amount of money that was being spent on food and drinks every day that could be saved by bringing a lunch or just buying the drinks in bulk and bringing them from home. While I was looking on the spreadsheet before totaling the amounts I was not expecting the costs to add up so fast. By completing this assignment, it has caused me to realize the amount of money I could be saving in my bank account or saving for purchases that will make a difference in my life.

Herbert A. Simon, a Nobel laureate, suggested that a decision maker did not always make the best financial decision because of limited educational resources and personal inclinations. Because of this, we seek the advice of others to make better financial decisions. In David’s Chiltons The Wealthy Barber Returns, he explains why saving first, spending less, and investing your money now will help secure your financial future. In my opinion, the advice he gives are simple but well founded. After reading this book, I will put my credit/debit cards in the freezer, set up an automatic savings plan with Tangerine, and invest 5% of my pre-tax income. Even though you are probably confused as to why I’m doing this, hopefully everything will be clear

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My personal finances are solid and on track with my attitudes towards money and savings. This budget exercise is common practice for me as I keep track of every dollar I spend. I am a saver and I keep track of my savings using a spreadsheet and updating my information almost every day. Budgeting is a necessary step in order to figure out where exactly money is going and how much of it is being allocated to different items.

‘Animal welfare’ refers to the dominant ideology surrounding animal use in western cultures. The term assumes that humans have the right to use animals in ways that are detrimental and sometimes fatal to them; for purposes such as food, clothing or the testing of medicinal or cosmetic products; although it also stipulates that humans should acknowledge the animal’s inherent right, as a sentient creature, not to be treated with ‘unnecessary cruelty’ within those already accepted uses and behaviours.

My project began when I was first handed the self-change contract and had to ask myself “What do I really need to improve.” After a lot of thought and self-reflection, I thought that to boost my grades, improve my work ethic, and make things easier for myself I needed to improve my procrastination in regards to my studying and dedication. The first step was to identify everything about the problem. I took some time got a sheet of paper and made essentially a mind map without knowing what it was at the time.) I broke procrastination down and discovered that at least for me the two big things that were causing my procrastination were the “I can do it later” attitude, and the perceived difficulty of tasks. So after identifying the main issues, I had to figure out what I was going to do about it.

List several of the "Strategies for Saving" that would be the most valuable one’s for you to help you with your financial situation? Why? I think the two Strategies for saving that would be most valuable to me are eliminating Doodads and paying myself first. After thinking about it I realized all the silly little things I spend money on that I don’t really need, by eliminating these things that money would really start add up that I could put into my savings each month. I also think paying myself first would help me to save a lot more. I tend to spend whatever I have in my account, I don’t spend what I don’t have, but even if I have extra I always seem to find something to spend it on. So by putting aside a certain amount of money into my savings account before I do anything else that money is already gone, and then I can budget my month with the remaining

The first two weeks that I began tracking my spending had very different beginnings and endings. In "Week 1", I did not have a lot of money to spend, so I obviously used my money very sparingly; I spent most of the money on necessities. The reason that I did not have a lot of money that week is because it had almost been two weeks since I had been paid, and I had spent most of my pay check in those previous weeks. So, I ended that week with less than six dollars and pretty much nothing to put into savings. This situation happens to me almost every pay check and it never really phased me until I started putting it on the Excel spread sheet and put a zero dollars in the "Amount to be saved" space. In "Week 2", I wanted to have an amount to

“The Goal” is a book written by Eliyahu M. Goldratt and Jeff Cox in 1984. The book is very famous in the management field. In 2004, the author published the third revision of it and celebrated selling over than three million copied of it around the world. Also, the goal book is taught in over than 120 collages. The book was recommended by my professor to be read and summarize as an extra credit.

Although a budget is one part of this process, we must learn to save money first. Specifically, in this book it says to set aside one-tenth of what we earn and save it (ch.5). Setting aside one-tenth of what we earn allows us to make more suitable decisions on what we do with the other nine-tenths to live our daily lives. After a certain point, the one-tenth that we save every time we earn grows more and more to be able to buy the things we want or even really need.

The only challenge I experienced during this assignment was not having money to spend. Every day I either didn’t spend anything or only spent 40 cents for my lunch daily. There was once in awhile where I had some extra money and I saved it or didn’t spend it. There were a few times when my mother spent money on me or I went out dining a few times. My expenses were recorded at least once a week. Which I suppose isn’t the best idea if I’m going to be keeping track of how much I spend in the future. I should be keeping track of how much I spend daily.

Personal budgeting is an important factor in regards to successful long term financial stability. Budgeting has many great aspects as well as showing areas of weakness. It can show the truth about your personal financial spending habits, areas that are not looked at enough, and if there are needs for a larger emergency fund. The reality of personal budgeting is that many people potentially do not keep a personal budget for one reason or another. People also don’t consider the negative effect that it could have on one personally and or how it effects the economy.

Thesis: Today I will inform the audience of the power of saving small amounts of money for the future and how compound interest works in their favor when they start saving as soon as possible.

Money is a precious thing and it can become challenging to not spend it immediately after getting it. It is crucial that this does not happen. There is no denying that money is an important part of society. The world revolves around money and without it, one? would not be able to function. In everyday life the average household will spend one hundred and sixty dollars daily. It is safe to say that money is an resource used daily. It is a tool that can be used to connect with other people or buy anything a person could want or need. Yet it is easy to spend money without realizing how much is really being spent. With only a few simple tips it will become much easier to save money instead of spending it on frivolous things. One’s hard-earned dollar should be saved, and simple tips such as using cash instead of cards, saving small change and only purchasing what one really needs are a few of many ways of doing this. The power of money can easily be abused and it is very important to make sure that a person is well informed on ways to save and spend money wisely.