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Your Financial Stress Profile—Questionnaire
Rate each statement listed below in terms of the amount of pressure you feel and circle your answer. How strongly would each affect you if you were in that situation?
StressorNNo.o9.—5AFminbiationncsial Discipline
PRESSURE FROM VARIOUS LEVELS OF DISCIPLINE
NONE
MILD
MODERATE
SEVERE
You realize you’ll have to give up watching your favorite TV shows in order to work overtime and pay your bills
You want to buy a new boat so you can enjoy going to the lake in style; but you’ll have to go in debt to buy it
They’re downsizing at work and you’re going to have to take a cut in pay in order to keep your job, which makes your budget very tight
Your boss has asked you to get some extra schooling so you can stay current with technological developments affecting your job
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Your best friend asks you to sign a contract before he will lend you money 0123
You’re having trouble staying on the diet you outlined for yourself when you discovered you were growing out of your clothes
You’re accused of being grouchy with the family at home, stemming largely from problems you’re having at work
You’re confronted with a need to prepare your taxes as the deadline draws near instead of playing this weekend
You’re asked for an emergency loan from a friend who’s continually getting into financial hot water because of bad money management
Your spouse criticizes you for doing what appears to be a sloppy job managing your joint checking account
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TOTAL
This rates the pressure you feel from financial discipline. SUBTOTALS:
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“Discipline is something that can be learned during the first year of school—or the first year of married life!”
~ Anonymous
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