Your Real-Life Playbook

Name: Your Real-Life Playbook
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ISBN: 9798891242975

A Student's Playbook for Money, Decisions & Adult Life

Austin Collins

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English

Argyle Fox Publishing
21 April 2026

Libraries, museums, schools (Children's&YA); Money (Children's&YA)

School teaches math, history, and science, but it rarely teaches what happens when real life starts.

Your Real-Life Playbook is an interactive workbook designed to help students understand how money, decisions, and lifestyle choices connect in the real world. Instead of vague advice, this playbook uses real numbers, real scenarios, and guided exercises to show how everyday decisions shape your financial future.

Throughout the book, you will build a realistic life simulation by choosing a career path, estimating take-home pay, creating a budget, and seeing how decisions about college, debt, cars, housing, and investing affect your long-term outcomes. This hands-on approach allows you to explore choices now and understand their impact before real money is on the line.

This playbook is not about discouraging ambition or telling students what they cannot do. It is about helping them start adult life in the strongest position possible.

You do not need to make crazy amounts of money to build a great life.

You need clarity, smart decisions, and time on your side.

By: Austin Collins
Imprint: Argyle Fox Publishing
Dimensions: Height: 279mm, Width: 216mm, Spine: 9mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9798891242975
Pages: 136
Publication Date: 21 April 2026
Recommended Age: From 13 to 18 years
Audience: Young adult , Preschool (0-5)
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Austin Collins graduated from Lee University in Cleveland, Tennessee, with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. During college, he became licensed in health and life insurance and gained early exposure to personal finance, risk management, and long-term planning. He has spent the past 14 years working in industrial automation, working closely with manufacturers, engineers, and business owners, gaining firsthand experience in how financial decisions, discipline, and planning affect long-term outcomes in both business and life. Austin also holds a real estate license, which he uses to flip properties, purchase rental properties, and build homes for resale. This hands-on experience has given him practical insight into mortgages, cash flow, debt management, and wealth-building through real assets. As a husband and father of two, Austin became increasingly aware of how little practical financial education students receive before entering adulthood. Your Real-Life Playbook was created to bridge that gap by giving students a realistic, hands-on way to understand money, decisions, and the long-term impact of everyday choices. Austin lives in Tennessee with his wife, daughter, and son.