1. Marriage and Family Life Unit 2: Making Personal Decisions

2. Objective 1: Identify common areas requiring a personal decision. Career Education Goals Lifestyle Marriage Parenthood Religious beliefs Sexual activity Values

3. Objective 2: Identify the relationship among decision-making, consequences, and personal well-being. Decisions can affect your physical health. Decisions can affect your mental health. Some decisions involve other people, even if you don’t realize it. Decisions should reflect careful thought and consideration.

4. Objective 3: Identify factors that influence decision making. Ambition Beliefs Confidence Culture Environment Family Friends Goals Media Needs and wants Resources Self-image Values

5. Objective 4: Analyze consequences and decisions when given a scenario.

6. Objective 5: Identify the relationship between personal goals and decision making. Goals affect decision making and decision making affects goals. Goals can help guide you in making decisions. When you make decisions with a plan in mind, you can focus on what you need to do and narrow your choices. Throughout your life you will make decisions. Long-term goals can change over time.

7. Objective 6: Explore personal goals and values.

8. Objective 7: Arrange in order the steps in the decision-making process. Identify the decision to be made. Prioritize your goals. Evaluate your resources. Collect and explore information that relates to the decision. Identify possible options. Evaluate the consequences of each option. Choose the best option. Implement your decision. Evaluate the results of your decision.

9. Objective 8: Identify skills useful in decision making. Analysis/critical thinking Common sense Communication Creativity Intuition Organization Objectivity Planning Recognizing alternatives Resource management Seeking appropriate advice

10. Objective 9: Apply the decision-making process.

11. Objective 10: Select strategies for managing time. Group similar tasks Make a to-do list Make use of pockets of time Automate repetitive tasks Delegate tasks Use a monthly calendar and daily planner Use a clock or timer to set time limits for yourself to complete a task Plan calls and e-mails

12. Objective 11: Select strategies for handling stress. Exercise Find a hobby Eat right Get plenty of rest Participate in recreation that is unlike work Accept what cannot be changed Avoid self-medication Deal with only one thing at a time Be realistic Share your feelings

13. Objective 12: Complete a time management exercise.