Personal Management 

Personal management is about mapping a plan for your life that will involve setting short-range and long-range goals and investigating different ways to reach those goals. Education, training, and experience all help make your goals become a reality. To achieve your goals, you will choose the best path and make a commitment to it, while remaining flexible enough to deal with changes and new opportunities. 

REQUIREMENTS NOT COVERED: Requirements 1a,b, 2c,d, 8, & 9 (scouts will receive help with this requirement if needed) 

PREREQUISITES & POSTREQUISITES 

Requirement 1a,b (MUST BE DONE BEFORE CLASS) 

(a) Choose an item that your family might want to purchase that is considered a major expense. 

(b) Write a plan that tells how your family would save money for the purchase identified in requirement 1(a).

Requirement 2c,d (MUST BE DONE AFTER CLASS) 

(c) Track and record your actual income, expenses, and savings for 13 consecutive weeks (the same 13-week period for which you budgeted).  When complete, email Faten Shanar at fshanar@thehealthmuseum.org a copy of your records.

(d) Compare your budget with your actual income and expenses to understand when your budget worked and when it did not work. With your counselor, discuss what you might do differently the next time. 

Requirement 8 (MUST BE DONE AFTER CLASS) 

(c) Follow the one-week schedule you planned. Keep a daily diary or journal during each of the seven days of this week's activities, writing down when you completed each of the tasks on your "to do" list compared to when you scheduled them. 

(d) With your counselor, review your "to do" list, one-week schedule, and diary/journal to understand when your schedule worked and when it did not work. Discuss what you might do differently the next time. 

Requirement 9 (CAN BE DONE BEFORE OR AFTER CLASS)

Prepare a written project plan demonstrating the steps below, including the desired outcome. This is a project on paper, not a real-life project. Examples could include planning a camping trip, developing a community service project or a school or religious event, or creating an annual patrol plan with additional activities not already included in the troop annual plan. Discuss your completed project plan with your counselor. 

(a) Define the project. What is your goal? 

(b) Develop a timeline for your project that shows the steps you must take from beginning to completion. 

(c) Describe your project. 

(d) Develop a list of resources. Identify how these resources will help you achieve your goal. 

(e) Develop a budget for your project. 

Note to SCOUTS: Get approval from your counselor before attending this course and bring your blue card with you to get signed. Bring a lunch, water and a pen. Scout B uniform or athletic wear is acceptable. Most importantly, BE PREPARED. 

Note to MUSEUM MEMBERS: Please sign in or register at the top right-hand corner of the screen to receive up to a $5.00 member discount for each workshop. Your tickets will be discounted upon check out.