Cameron and Michelle: Making Positive Changes Cameron was very active in extracurricular activities while studying for her degree in criminal justice. She volunteered two days a week at a local agency, worked 25 to 30 hours a week at the mall to earn extra money, and was vice president of a national student organization on campus. She felt she was on a good path to building experiences to help her compete for the job she wanted at graduation as a case manager with the local courts. Share 54 Part 1 Explore Your Potential Her high-energy personality and eagerness to be Involved in meaningful work and activitles were an asset. Cameron belleved that the more she did, the better quallfied she would be. Cameron was really passionate about everything she did, but found she had difficulty getting things done. Her grades were very good. Cameron put her studles before her work and other activities. When Cameron was promoted to asslstant store manager, she was required to stay to the store closing four nights a week. She began running late for her early morning classes once her work scheduled changed. She had to cut corners on the volunteer and organization projects she was committed to. She knew she had to make some positive changes, but wasn't sure where to start. Her roommate, Michelle, was also involved In several activities on and off campus, but seemed to get major projects done on time, keep up her grades, and even have a small amount of free time every week for herself. Two nights a week, Michelle had a routine of keeping two hours open in her schedule. Although she was involved in a lot of things, she spent those four hours a week working on her business plan for her entrepreneurship class. Michelle planned on opening her own catering ousiness atter graduation and was using this class project as ner actual busi ness plan with the help of her current boss and her teacher. Part of her project was bullding a financial plan to Include starting small, regularly scheduled investments in a retirement account. Michelle's grandparents advised her to do this after retiring and realizing that it was possible that they could outlive their retirement money. Michelle was grateful to learn how important this one positive change to her business plan would be. While Michelle kept a pretty busy schedule, she decided to hold back from making any extra commitments of her time until she was finished with her business plan. Discussion Questions 1. How were Cameron and Michelle different from each other? 2. What could Cameron do to better manage her time and still accomplish her work? 3. Was Michelle's business plan realistic? Why or why not