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Making Good Choices

How what you do today impacts your tomorrow

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Everything matters

It all depends on how you choose

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You make choices every day!

Some choices are simple!! You can do them without even thinking….

What are some simple choices that you made today?

What to wear?

What to have for breakfast?

Should I hit snooze again?

Do I tie my left shoe or right shoe first?

Chocolate milk or vanilla milk at lunch?

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There are always consequences for your choices. Before you choose, make sure you are prepared for them.

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What are the consequences?

What to wear?

I’m comfortable in my clothes or I’m uncomfortable….

What to have for breakfast?

I might be hungry or I might eat a good breakfast and be focused for the day….

Should I hit snooze again?

I’m up and on time or I am late to school

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Are all consequences this simple?

NO!!!!

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I choose not to do my homework.

I’m tired… I don’t want to do that homework assignment.

I get a zero and my grade drops

I get a detention and have to miss hanging out with my friends.

I skip the detention and get an ISS

I get mad a Mr. Crayton and yell at him, so I get kicked out of ISS

Now I have OSS because I got kicked out of ISS

What’s the point of even trying… all I’m going to do is get in trouble.

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Then what?

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Some things to ask yourself before you make a decision

What does that “little voice” inside my head say?
Could it hurt anyone-- including me?
Have I done it before in the past and how did it work out for me before?
How would I feel if someone did it to me?
Is it wrong?
How do I feel deep down about it?
How will I feel about myself later if I do it?
What would adults that I respect say about it?

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STOP!!!

You always have time to make a decision. Stop and count to 10 and while you do that, think about the different options that you have. Then you can do what is best for you and others. Notice it doesn’t say do what is easiest, or do what is the most fun, or will get me the most attention. But do what is best for yourself and for others. If you have questions about it, then it’s probably not the right decision. Believe it or not, the decisions that you make today will definitely impact your future. Value yourself and the future that you have before you. The people you surround yourself with now influence your decisions and your future. Don’t believe me, watch… many of you may have seen this video before, but I believe that it is really impactful about how one poor choice makes other poor choices easier to make.

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Watch...

https://youtu.be/Li7vpzLA9uw