Pick your car. Pick your housing. Pick how you eat, what you spend, and how you live. Then add it all up and see if it works. This activity puts participants in the driver's seat of a real monthly budget — choosing from actual cost options across housing, transportation, food, phone plans, hobbies, and more. Each participant is assigned a real-life character with a set income, family situation, and financial pressures. The goal is simple: build a budget that actually works for the life you were given — not the one you wish you had.