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Building My Future No one will ever understand what and how much it takes to be grown. So during this research project I learned a lot about my future. From what my salary will be, to where I want to raise a family. This project helps making planning for the future in advance easier. Everybody always say when I grow up I’m going to live here. Or this is how much money but this project prove otherwise. This project helps teaches you how to budget, and what type of lifestyle fits the budget. The job that I choose for myself is a counseling psychologist. I choose this career because I love talking and helping individuals with personal problems. This job can help from substance abuse problems, marriage problems and etc. I plan on getting my degree …show more content…

Their monthly salary is usually around $6,000.00. On the other hand the median salary is $60,000 a year so it depends on the years of experience. This is according to www.salary.com of how much a counseling psychologist make yearly. According www.learn.org it lets you know the benefits of becoming a counseling psychologist. Some of the benefits of being a counseling psychologist is other than a high pay rate. Another benefit is flexible hours, they can basically either work around your schedule or you can set your own. The greatest benefit of all becoming a counseling psychologist is helping the patient through the hard part in their life. Every job has deductions and major ones from state taxes to federal taxes. The main deductions for a mental health counselor according to www.smallbusiness.com is office expenses, your education. And maybe even your travel expenses if you plan on being one that goes where their client …show more content…

This project showed how budgeting is really done. For instance how to round up how much a family of four spend on groceries. Budget make it clear how much money will be left over after you have paid every bill. As I look at my budget list some things will defiantly be getting changed. My plan is to not any car payments me and my husband will have two paid cars. Maybe when income tax or we have extra money then we’ll get new ones. I’m not going to have credit cards unless I get for emergency only. I will do my best to make sure my grocery bill is low or as low as it can be. I will mainly buy what we need to eat not what everyone wants to eat. My family will go out every now and again but we will mostly be at

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