2.1.2.

G1

Money in Your
Life
Advanced Level

2.1.2.G1

What makes you happy?

WHAT ARE FIVE
ACTIVITIES THAT MAKE
YOU HAPPY?

1.

WHY DOES THIS ACTIVITY MAKE

YOU HAPPY?

1. Five activities
that make you
happy
2. Explain why
that activity
makes you
happy
3. Add one of the
following icons:

$$ = ACTIVITY
DIRECTLY COSTS
MONEY
$ = ACTIVITY
INDIRECTLY COSTS
MONEY
= ACTIVITY COSTS
NO MONEY

Ico
n
$$

WHAT WELL-BEING
DOMAIN(S) DOES
THIS ACTIVITY
CONTRIBUTE TO?

Explanation

Example

Requires
money
May not cost
money at the
time but at
one point cost
money
Costs
absolutely no
money

Going to a movie theater

Playing a video game
may not cost money at
the time but at some
point the gaming
console/video game
probably
Hangingcost
out money
with
friends

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Why does feeling happy

matter?

A happy
person

High
wellbeing

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High wellbeing
comes from
feeling
good about
your life

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Characteristics of people
with high well-being
Are
positive

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Feel gratitude, joy, love, enthusiasm, and

satisfaction

Love
what
they do

Actively engage in activities such as work

and play

In healthy
relationshi
ps

Relationships are loving and

dependable
Activities and relationships are important
Find
meaning to themselves, others and often involve
in life
giving
Feel
achievem Feel successful in their activities and
relationships
ent
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What makes you happy?

Does the activity make you feel
gratitude, joy, love, enthusiasm,
and satisfaction?
Do you love or enjoy the activity? Do
you lose track of time when you do
this activity?
Does the activity involve
spending time with people you
enjoy?
Do you find meaning in the
activity or feel it is important?
Does the activity make you feel successful?
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Stand if you have an

activity that makes you
happy because
It has positive characteristics

Positiv
e
Enjoy

You enjoy it

Relationsh
ips
Meaning
Achievem
ent
?

It involves relationships with others

It provides meaning to your life

It makes you feel successful

Are there other reasons an activity makes you

happy?
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Well-being can be divided

into five domains
Physi
cal
Financia
l

Emotion
al

Intellect
ual

Social

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What contributes to
well-being in each
domain?
Physi
cal Intellectua
Financia
l

Emotion
al

Socia
l

Taking
care of
your body
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What contributes to
well-being in each
domain?
Physic
al

Intellect
ual

Financia
l

Emotion
al

Socia
l

Gaining and
using
knowledge
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What contributes to
well-being in each
domain?
Physic
al
Financia
l

Intellectua
l

Emotion
al

Soci
al

Having a
network of
friends and
family
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What contributes to
well-being in each
domain?
Physic
al
Financia
l

Intellectua
l

Socia
l

Emotiona
l
How you
feel

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What contributes to
well-being in each
domain?
Physic
al

Financ
ial
Emotion
al

Intellectua
l

Socia
l

Your
financial
outlook
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2.1.2.G1

What makes you happy?

Refer to column 4. What well-being domain(s)
does each activity contribute to?
Physi
cal
Financi
al

Emotion
al

Intellectu
al

Soci
al

Overall
well-being

Are you missing any well-being domains?

What specific things could you do that would
contribute to your overall well-being?
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What makes you happy?

How many $$ did you have?
How many $ signs did you have?
Was there any activity on your list
that
didnt require money in some
way?
What does this say about how
important money is to your happiness?
Imagine that you didnt have money. How
would your well-being be affected?
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Financial Well-Being
Physica
l
Financi
al

Emotion
al

Intellectu
al

Soci
al

Financial
well-being
affects
overall wellbeing

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How can you create

positive financial wellbeing?
After you have
enough money
to pay for
necessities

2.1.2.G1

How you
manage your
money increases
well-being

Managing money well is critical to

increasing a persons well-being

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Understand your
feelings about money
Do you feel
positive about
your financial
situation
compared to
others around
you?
Are you in
healthy
relationships
with positive
communication
about money?

2.1.2.G1

Do you feel
positive about
having enough
money to
purchase basic
needs?

Do you have
positive
feelings about
the way you
manage your
money?

Do you feel
successful about
your present
and future
financial
position?

Do you find
enjoyment and
meaning in life
through
participating in
activities you
enjoy?

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How can you create

positive financial wellbeing?

Participate in
financial
planning for
your present
and future

Financial
planning
managing
money
continuously
through life in
order to reach
financial
goals

2.1.2.G1

Financial
goals specific
objectives
that are
accomplished
through
financial
planning

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What does successful

financial planning look like?

Use financial
planning as a
tool to help
you reach that
happiness

Individualize
your financial
plan

2.1.2.G1

Continually
evaluate and
edit your
financial plan

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2.1.2.G1

Money in Your Life

Learning how to
How you feel about
money contributes to manage your money
will help you create
your well-being
high well-being
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2.1.2.G1

The Roommates

Learn about Hannah

and Morgans life

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Hannahs Well-being
Underline events that positively and
negatively affect Hannahs well-being
Events that affect Hannahs well-being
She stayed up until two in the morning
She feels her research
paper isnt her best work
She is struggling to find time for
her boyfriend in her busy schedule

She has to work extra

hours to make ends meet

She and Caleb have been fighting a l

She only has $25 left until
payday in five days

She cant get Caleb to talk about thingsShe has an overly full schedule
She likes her roommate Morgan
but finds it hard to be around her
since everything seems to always
go her way

She wishes she had the financial

freedom to have a less stressful
schedule

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Hannahs Well-being
Identify one
event that
affects
Hannahs wellbeing in each
domain.
Physical Taking care
of your body
Intellectual Gaining
and using knowledge
Emotional How you
feel
Social Having a
network of friends and
family
Financial Your

Does this event

have a positive or
negative affect on
Hannahs wellbeing? + or -

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Hannahs Well-being
Physical
Taking care
of your
body
Intellectua
l Gaining
and using
knowledge
Emotional
How you
feel

She stayed up until two in the morning

She feels her research paper

isnt her best work

She is struggling to find time for

her boyfriend in her busy
schedule
She cant get Caleb to talk about things
She has an overly full schedule

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Hannahs Well-being
Social
Having a
network
of friends
and
family
Financia
l Your
financial
outlook

She likes her roommate Morgan

and
but finds it hard to be around her
since everything seems to always
go her way
She and Caleb have been fighting a lot
She has to work extra hours to
make ends meet
She only has $25 left until payday
in five days
She wishes she had the financial
freedom to have a less stressful
schedule

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Hannahs Well-being

Do you think Hannah has

high or low well-being?
OR

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Morgans Well-being
Circle events that positively and negatively
affect Morgans well-being
Events that affect Morgans well-being
She runs every morning

She has a lunch scheduled

with her sister

She found out that she received a

scholarship to help pay for college
expenses

Her current job is adding a lot

of stress to her life

She likes and cares about Hannah

She has the time and money

to look for a new job

She is taking two classes that

she really enjoys

She has enough money in her

savings account to pay her bills
for a few months if she doesnt
find a new job right away

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Morgans Well-being
Identify one
event that
affects
Morgans wellbeing in each
domain.
Physical Taking care
of your body
Intellectual Gaining
and using knowledge
Emotional How you
feel
Social Having a
network of friends and
family
Financial Your

Does this event

have a positive or
negative affect on
Morgans wellbeing? + or -

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Morgans Well-being
Physical
Taking care
of your
body
Intellectua
l Gaining
and using
knowledge
Emotional
How you
feel

She runs every morning

She is taking two classes that

she really enjoys

Her current job is adding a lot

of stress to her life
She has the time and money
to look for a new job

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Morgans Well-being
Social
Having a
network
of friends
and
family
Financia
l Your
financial
outlook

She likes and cares about

Hannah
She has a lunch scheduled
with her sister
She found out that she received
a scholarship to help pay for
college expenses
She has enough money in her
savings account to pay her bills
for a few months if she doesnt
find a new job right away

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Morgans Well-being

Do you think Morgan has

high or low well-being?
OR

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Why does Morgan have

higher well-being than
Hannah?

Morgan
participates
in financial
planning

2.1.2.G1

Why else?

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What benefits have

applying for and
receiving scholarships
provided her?
Less stress regarding
paying for college and
living expenses
She can dedicate more
time to other wellbeing domains

What benefits has

saving money
provided her?
Has a sense of
financial security so
she can worry less
about money
Able to find a job
that she enjoys

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