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Unit 5 · Lesson 5.1 · Budget the Waves · about 20 minutes

Budgeting on irregular gig income: pay yourself a steady check

Pay yourself a steady check from lumpy gig money. Lesson 5.1, Budget the Waves, is a game you play as your own act, for solo acts, duos and bandleaders.

Lesson 5.1 · about 20 minutes

Budget the Waves

Pay yourself a steady check from lumpy gig money.

Gig money comes in waves. Rent comes every month. Pay yourself a steady check anyway.

Skill: Budget the Waves
Budget game, Lesson 5.1 Budget the Waves: the first call on a phone screen, three dials, then January lands. Pick what you'd really do.
The first call, as you see it in the game. Your act's name goes where it says Your Act.
How it opens
Three dials, then January lands. Pick what you'd really do.
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