Commit

How will I make daily progress?

Time:Set the timer to 10 minutes for the Commit section.

Practice:Choose your action partner. Decide when and how you will contact each other.

Action partner’s name

Contact information

Read each commitment aloud to your action partner. Promise to keep your commitments! Sign below.

MY COMMITMENTS
I will work with my family to accurately list my income and living expenses.
I will record my education costs and learn about scholarships, grants, loans, and other financing options.
I will prepare my finance plan for presentation.
I will practice today’s My Foundation principle and teach it to my family.
I will add to my savings—even a coin or two.
I will report to my action partner.

My signature

Action partner’s signature

How will I report my progress?

Practice:Before the next meeting, use this commitment chart to record your progress. In the boxes below, write “Yes,” “No,” or the number of times you kept the commitment.

Worked with family to list income and expenses (Yes/No)	Recorded education costs; studied finance options (Yes/No)	Prepared finance plan presentation (Yes/No)	Practiced Foundation principle and taught it to family (Yes/No)	Added to savings (Yes/No)	Reported to action partner (Yes/No)

Read:Also, remember to track your personal expenses on the back of your My Path to Self-Reliance booklet.

Choose someone to facilitate the My Foundation topic in the next meeting. (Don’t know how to facilitate a My Foundation topic? Read page 17 and the inside front cover.)

Ask someone to offer the closing prayer.

Feedback Welcome

Please send your ideas, feedback, suggestions, and experiences to [e-mail].

Note to Facilitator:

Before the next meeting, prepare instructions for making PEF loan payments in your country. At the next meeting, bring copies of the instructions for each group member.