Money Fit Financial Courses
My Life My Choices™ Series
The My Life My Choices™ series uses scenario-based budgeting activities to help learners practice financial decisions before those choices become real bills.
The series includes editions for students, people preparing for reentry after incarceration, and service members preparing for civilian life. Teachers and program staff can also download classroom and activity materials.
Where to start
For classrooms and youth financial education, start with My Life My Choices™: Student Edition. It is designed for middle and high school students and works well as a guided budgeting activity.
For reentry programs, review My Life My Choices™: Corrections Edition. For military transition programs, review My Life My Choices™: Military Edition. The current Corrections and Military editions remain available while refreshed versions are prepared.
Choose a My Life My Choices edition
Each edition uses a scenario-based approach, but the setting and audience are different.
My Life My Choices™: Student Edition
A scenario-based budgeting activity for middle and high school students that shows how income, expenses, and lifestyle choices affect the bottom line.
Open Student Edition
My Life My Choices™: Corrections Edition
A free, 25- to 45-minute scenario-based budgeting activity for people preparing for reentry after incarceration.
Open Corrections EditionThe current course is available now. A refreshed version is expected by late summer 2026.
My Life My Choices™: Military Edition
A free, 25- to 45-minute budgeting and scenario-based activity for service members preparing for civilian life.
Open Military EditionThe current course is available now. A refreshed version is expected by late summer 2026.
Classroom and program resources
These resources can help teachers, corrections educators, counselors, and program staff run the activity with a group.
Classroom Teacher Packet
Download teacher instructions, student priority sheets, and the class flow register for guiding a Student Edition session.
Download PacketOpens a download from the Money Fit course site.
Classroom PowerPoint
Use the slide deck to present My Life My Choices™: Student Edition in class with key talking points and visuals.
Download PPTXOpens a download from the Money Fit course site.
Cash Flow Register for Corrections Edition
A printable register for tracking income and expenses during the Corrections Edition activity. It may be useful, but it is not required.
Download PDFOpens a PDF from the Money Fit course site.
How to choose the right edition
The editions share the same practical idea: make financial choices in a scenario, then see how those choices affect the budget. The right edition depends on the learner and the setting.
For middle and high school students
Use the Student Edition and classroom resources for a guided activity on income, spending, saving, and tradeoffs.
Use Student EditionFor reentry education
Use the Corrections Edition when the goal is to practice money decisions connected to life after incarceration.
Use Corrections EditionFor military transition
Use the Military Edition when learners are preparing for the financial changes that can come with civilian life.
Use Military EditionRecognized financial education with broad classroom use
The current My Life My Choices™ materials note that the Student Edition received AFCPE’s Outstanding Consumer Financial Information Award in 2019, and the Military Transition Edition received the same recognition in 2020.
The current series page also notes more than 10,000 completed sessions by learners across all 50 states, 5 territories, and 107 countries. Those numbers are useful context, but the real value of the series is simpler: learners get to test financial choices before those choices carry real consequences.
Scenario-based learning turns money lessons into decisions
People often hear financial advice as a list of rules. Spend less. Save more. Avoid debt. Build credit. Those ideas matter, but they become more useful when learners can see how one choice affects another.
My Life My Choices™ works because it puts tradeoffs into motion. A learner has limited income, real expenses, competing priorities, and choices to make. That kind of practice can create a better conversation than a lecture alone.
Help us keep the series useful
Have a question about using My Life My Choices™ in a classroom, correctional education setting, reentry program, or military transition program? Send it to Money Fit. Practical feedback helps us improve the series.
Frequently asked questions about My Life My Choices
Which editions are included in the My Life My Choices series?
The series includes Student Edition, Corrections Edition, and Military Edition. Each edition uses scenario-based budgeting, but the audience and setting are different.
Are the editions free?
The current My Life My Choices editions are presented as free financial education activities. Review each edition page for current access details and instructions.
Can teachers use the Student Edition in class?
Yes. Teachers can use the Student Edition along with the classroom teacher packet and PowerPoint linked on this page.
Are classroom materials included?
Yes. This page includes links to a classroom teacher packet, classroom PowerPoint, and a Corrections Edition cash flow register.
Are the Corrections and Military editions available now?
Yes. The current Corrections and Military editions are available through the Money Fit course site. Refreshed versions are expected by late summer 2026.
Do these activities provide personal financial advice?
No. These activities are for general financial education. They do not provide legal, tax, investment, credit repair, military benefits, reentry case management, or individualized financial advice.
