Prior to beginning work on this assignment, read Chapter 4: Financial Forecasting in the textbook, and review the Personal Budget Resource Download Personal Budget Resource. Watch the Week 1 Journal video with Brenda Forde, CPA, MBA.
For this journal, complete two months of the Personal Budget Template Download Personal Budget Template. Then, evaluate your personal budget information and numbers from your completed Personal Budget Template. You may complete the template using your own personal financial data, which will make the activity more meaningful, or hypothetical numbers. Discuss the most important concepts and facts you learned. For example, were there any surprises in the amount or category of your expenses? Your reflection should be a minimum of 350 words.
Submit both your completed template and your reflection to Waypoint.
Carefully review the Grading RubricLinks to an external site. for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.
