Chapter 5 Lifestyle Choices
Career & Financial Management
Overview
What is a lifestyle?
Why is it important?
How lifestyles change
Volunteerism
Altruism
Choosing a career will:
Effect your income
Effect your self-esteem-
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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
A Healthy Lifestyle
A Healthy Lifestyle
WHAT
DO
Nutrition
Sleep YOU
Exercise
Prevention DO?
Lifestyles-Components
Community where you live
Home, Apartment
Job, Career
Who you live with
Friends, Leisure time
How you spend $$$
What can CHANGE a lifestyle?
Technology
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Family
Environment
*A change in these factors will likely change your lifestyle
Why do changes in these factors cause
lifestyle changes???
List 3 different examples
Changes in Employment practices
Lifestyle changes can produce changes in employ
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
Volunteer!!!
How else can you volunteer?
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Why do People Volunteer?
Altruism-
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Raise money for a club, organization
Feel a sense of “good”, satisfaction, pride
Recognition
Increasing one’s self-esteem
Helping those in need!!!