Refrain your impulsive self before doing anything stupid

   A high schooler is typically characterized by people as a lot of things, I would say, a lot of adjectives, to describe them; and including in these adjectives is something that I think is pretty evident, and that is the idea of impulsivity of high schoolers, of people being reckless and doing things without thinking of the consequences. Well, whereas some people may argue that this description is negative and bad, personally, as a high schooler, I have observed it so often, and honestly I believe that whereas impulsivity is pretty normal during this age, some people take it too far and it becomes something stupid. Because of this, knowing how to control yourself as well as refraining your impulsive self before doing anything stupid is very crucial, because the things that you're doing now can directly or indirectly affect your future when you're an adult, and without being careful in your decisions now, in the future you will definitely are going to regret the things that you have done - but by that time, it will be too late 

   The first thing that I would recommend you to do, which I have personally practiced, is to always do things with the idea of long-termism in mind. So what is long-termism? Long-termism is essentially that you do things while caring about the consequences of these things, and you care about the future, about your future self and that what you do now can affect the future. For example, if you are being lured into taking drugs, think about the future, about what will happen if you do it - instead of just thinking about the joy now, think about the consequences of what will happen if you consume drugs. Similarly, let's do an example about skipping school. Skipping school is maybe fun for now, but when you think in the long run, it will be so consequential, because when you skip school, you are missing out on a lot of things at school, and that in the future, you will not get into a good college or a good job. Always having the mindset of what will happen if you do this thing in the future, you can honestly refrain from your desires as well as preventing yourself from doing bad things. So to wrap up what I mean by this thing, always think about the consequences of everything you do, because even if you don't mean it or not, some things are still going to affect others, and without being careful, you can unintentionally or intentionally hurt other people, which can be very bad for yourself and your reputation.

   For the next tip, learn from the experiences of other people as reference. I believe that you are going to be acquaintances with people who are older than you and who have passed the years of adolescence; and because they have had more experience with life, they will certainly be able to share with you some of their tips on how to control yourself before doing anything stupid, because they are living proof of what bad things can do to them in the future. Learn about people who have used drugs and are caught by the police. Learn about the people who don't study much and are now barely getting a job that is stable. Learn about people who are addicted to games and end up not able to get away from it and make themselves a burden to the family. Thinking about these living proofs, I assure you that you build yourself a mindset of whether it is worth it to do impulsive things or not. At the end of the day, it is up to your choices whether you will do something or not, but before you actually make that decision, learn from others, learn from the experiences of people who have actually done it and receive the consequences, because personally, you will not going to learn from something if you don't go through it - and of course, we don't want to go through it right? So learn from people around you, learn from people have done it before you actually want to do something that can be consequential.

   Last but not least, if you have done something bad, learn from it and don't make bad choices again, instead of keep falling for it. Humans are prone to make mistakes, I understand that; however, this is not an excuse for you to make a mistake again. If you have done something horrible, learn from it and don't do it again. Some people, they don't learn from the mistake and they end up just falling for what they have done before. Please, always take responsibility for what happened and grow from it, so that in the future, you will be able to deal with more things in life especially when the world isn't as easy as when you are younger and still in the arms of your parents.