Chapter 5Lifestyle Choices

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Chapter 5 Lifestyle Choices

• Career Financial Management

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Overview

• What is a lifestyle?
• Why is it important?
• How lifestyles change
• Volunteerism
• Altruism

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Choosing a career will

• Effect your income
• Effect your self-esteem- _________________________
  __________________________________________________
  ___
• Help determine your lifestyle
• Lifestyle- the way you choose to live and spend
  your time.
• Do you work nights/weekends?
• Where do you live?/type of home/community

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A Healthy Lifestyle
WHAT DO YOU DO?
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Lifestyles-Components

• Community where you live
• Home, Apartment
• Job, Career
• Who you live with
• Friends, Leisure time
• How you spend

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What can CHANGE a lifestyle?

• Technology
• ______________

• _________________
• ______________
• Family
• Environment

A change in these factors will likely change
your lifestyle
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Why do changes in these factors cause lifestyle
changes???

• List 3 different examples

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Changes in Employment practices

• Lifestyle changes can produce changes in
  employment environments and practices
• Flexible Scheduling- a.k.a. flex-hour schedules
• Single-parent families
• Working at home
• Cottage Industries- ______________________________
  ________________________________________________

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Volunteerism vs. Contributing

• Volunteerism- willingness to work on the behalf
  of others without getting paid
• Volunteer- people who give their time, talents to
  help others without being paid
• Contribution- ____________________________________
  ________________________________

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Volunteer examples

• Girl or Boy Scout
• Big Brother or Sister
• Serving on a committee for your church

• Walk-a-thon for the March of Dimes
• Conducting Bake sale for DECA
• Being a candy striper
• Serving on a Board of Education

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Volunteer!!!

• How else can you volunteer?

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Why do People Volunteer?

• Altruism- ________________________________________
  ____________________________
• Raise money for a club, organization
• Feel a sense of good, satisfaction, pride
• Recognition
• Increasing ones self-esteem
• Helping those in need!!!