Personal Budget Essay

Starting out with this career project my personal budget was kind of hard to make ends meet, but in the end I did find a way to successfully solve it with where I feel I have enough money left over. I feel like this personal budget project has been very challenging, and is also helping me understand and how to use a computer. Compared to what I see other people’s budget mine is kind of low. I chose the profession of becoming a middle school teacher. With my budget I had to make a change of my house and my car. I also had to make sure I would have enough money a year to be able to survive with. My career income was $67,740 and according to Naviance that was just starting out for your first couple of years, so that number will go up in the future. My yearly expenses for the car and house are $4,404.00 and the house payment
I really want to become a teacher but right now I’m asking myself, Is it worth it? Can I survive with my leftover money? I think I am going to stick with becoming a teacher but I would really have to look at what are the wants in life and what are the needs. From the career I have selected and the total expenses I can see I would have to make a change. The pie chart also gave me an indication that my house was too expensive because I saw it took up a lot of the pie chart so I made that change. Real life math skills are very important because if I had no knowledge of math I would be way over budget and I would be in debt. My personal opinion of this project is very good. I say this because now I am starting to see the real world and the everyday lives of adults, and how challenging it is to be able to survive. I feel like this project will help me out in the long run and I will have to always remember what is the smarter choice in life and it may always the one you want but the one you