Life Lesson #3
“Everything you do now is for your future. Think about that.”
At times your life right now may seem like the end of the world or the best time that has ever happened, because it is all you have ever known. You just have to remember that all the decisions you make now are going towards what is going to happen in your future. So when a difficult choice turns up, think about how each one will impact your life down the road and choose the one that will make your life easier and better in the long run.
Everyone has had to deal with situations in their life where they only think about the short time consequences or rewards. We can get so blinded by everything occurring right in the moment and then based off of the situation we act completely on impulse. Most of the time those choices we make aren’t the ones we intended on doing and are the ones that jump out at us then. There is no thought about what will happen in the future until it is time to confront anything the comes with the decision.
There are moments in your life when you have time to sit down and plan out exactly what choice you want to make. This usually occurs in important decisions like which college to go to, how to get out of a bad situation, and anything that has to do with your friends and family. These choices that you can weigh the pros and cons will most likely turn out the most ideal. But even with careful planning not everything will go completely accordingly, because not every plan is perfect there is always going to be flaws you just may not see them at the time being.
So I’m going to tell you something that I should have listened to when others told me, “what you do now can and will effect your future.” It’s alright to live in the moment sometimes, but don’t get too caught up in it, you may not be able to get out. Your decisions with school matter, even despite what other people may say. It isn’t cool to not do your homework, you are just going to hurt yourself in the end.
I know this is cliche and you hear it all the time from adults, but make good decisions because they will effect your future. The right decision may not always be the one you would like to make.
The Struggle We Call High School 