Blog #4

• The total of my future expenses each year are approximately $22,500.  I know this is logical because my primary sources for information are other similarly situated filmmakers as well as websites like Living Wage and Take Charge America.
  
  
• According to financial planning websites such as the ones listed above, I can likely count on making $72,000 each year in my future job as a production designer.  My education/training to get that job will cost $20,000 total for all years of training.
  
  
• I want to save $6,500 for my rainy day fund each year, and $9,000 for retirement each year.  If I save $9,000 for retirement each year, by the time I am 65 years old I will have $405,000 plus interest.
  
  
• Comparing my future income and expenses makes me think that filmmaking can be a very profitable job as long as one changes certain lifestyle habits to fit their particular occupation.