Does the Money Buy the Week?

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Pick a career. Finish Run the Numbers in Canvas first. Then choose one career here and say why.
Enter your week. Copy your ten years out hours from My Definition of Success. Total: 168. Add the career's hours, commute, shift, and source.
Compare. Read the bars and the tool's comments about time and money. Decide what you agree with and why.
Write and submit. Answer all three reflection questions. Press Build my reflection, then Copy. Paste into Canvas and submit.

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Part 1

The career you're leaning toward

Choose one career to test. You can switch later. This isn't a final career decision.

Why that one, in a line? Write one sentence. Name a number or fact that draws you to this career.

Part 2

The week you want, and the week the career asks for

Open your My Definition of Success submission. Copy the ten years out hours into the closest matching rows. If that column's blank, estimate the week you'd want.

Do this: enter all seven rows, including zeros. The total must be 168. Then add the career's work week below and name your source.

The week you want, about ten years from now

A normal work week in this career

Paid hours a week Use your research sheet or a job posting. Three 12 hour shifts = 36 hours.

Commute, minutes one way Enter minutes for one trip to work. Use 0 if you'd work from home.

Unpaid hours it eats Estimate unpaid time each week, such as grading or studying for a license. Use 0 if there's none.

Shift pattern

Where you got the work week from Name your research sheet, a job posting, a career guide, or the person you asked.

Part 3

Where the week and the money fight

Compare the top bar (your wanted week) with the bottom bar (the career's week). Read the comments below. Choose at least two to discuss in your reflection. There's nothing to enter on this step.

Part 4

Your reflection

Write one paragraph (at least 80 characters) for each question. Use your numbers. In your answers, discuss at least two comments from Where they fight. Say whether you agree with each and why. There's no required career choice.

1. Does the money buy the week? Use the money left after bills and the loan. What does it cover in the life you want? What doesn't it cover? 2. The loan and the first years. How would the loan payment affect your first three to five years? If you wouldn't borrow, explain what that frees up and how you'd avoid debt. 3. The tradeoff you'd make, and the number that would change your mind. Name one tradeoff you'd accept. Give a specific number, such as a salary or commute time, that would change your mind.

Build it, copy it, turn it in

Finish the checklist below. Build puts your numbers and all three answers into one text block.

Do this, in order: 1. Press Build my reflection. 2. Read it once. 3. Press Copy. 4. Paste into the Lifestyle Fit Reflection box under this tool in Canvas and press Submit. Then check Grades for a dash.

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