Step 2 Preparation
- Make a list of time expenses (hours spent commuting, making brown-bag lunches, shopping for clothes, non-paid overtime, and other) that are associated with your job.
- Make a list of things you have to pay for out of your pocket in order to maintain your job (work clothes, commuting costs, child-care, lunches, and so on).
- Before you continue, consider these questions:
Look at your “lifetime earnings” work in Step 1 and ascertain how much of that money came from paid employment as opposed to other income streams?