Instructions

Overview Welcome to the Virtual Living Project. Below you will be given the instructions for the project, but first we should talk about why you are doing this. A lot of students graduate high school and go on to college where they are faced with many daily decisions. A lot of these decisions deal with money. Everyone loves money, but not everyone knows how to handle their money properly. Too many times I hear of students getting into debt that they could have prevented. This project is designed to simulate what it would be like to live on their own, working at a specific job with a specific salary. The goal of this project is to help you to learn how to plan a budget based on a fixed income. Below is an overview of what you will be doing...just clisk on the links, or the pages on the left, and follow the detailed instructions.

**Step 1 - Figuring out your career and salary**

**Step 2 - Figuring out your monthly Net pay**

**Step 3 - Paying Bills and other Expenses**

**Step 4 - Summarize and Report to the class**