Worst Mistakes Teenagers Make After High School Ends

Growing up is tough, but it can be a whole lot tougher if you don't check out today's new video! Find out the worst mistakes teens make after finishing high school so you can avoid them and go on to lead a happy and successful life!

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[JoseFlores-xhcj]

As a 31yr old, I believe the best advice would be to follow your passion and be very cautious with the propaganda and traps planted in your head all your life. Military, college, car loans, moving out, be very careful with this things.

[armer]

As a Latino that moved out 3 years ago to the us, I can say that I made a couple of mistakes, first one was to give me time off from school, went i moved out over here to the us, I had to start over to go to college, and college was way more expensive than over back in Honduras, especially if you recently moved out to the us, so I decided to wait a year until the charge me the regular price and I had some money saved up, then covid hit, and schools were making it hard to make me go back it, I didn't have any knowledge about how school worked. Second mistake was eating, back in Honduras I would eat all my food and I will be fine, and they teach you not to waste any of your food, so I would eat a lot with no problem, when I moved over to the US, I eated they same way I used to, and I gained 40 pounds, turned out, food over here is way more processed, and it's cheaper to eat junk food. My third mistake was not getting ready for the future, back in Honduras, minimum wage was 400 dólars, so coming over here to the us and making more money, make me feel like I was rich and had my future secured, it turns out I'm really poor, and that even though I got everything I couldn't afford, it's impossible with an income like that. But thankfully now I'm doing better, I'm going to school, I'm buying my first house soon, I lost 47 pounds, and I'm trying to start a business soon. It definitely made me feel better, and even though I don't really like what I'm studying, I'm trying to find out really what I like, and make money from it, school makes you feel like life is linear but the reality is that you gotta find and try everything you can. It's okay to give up or fail sometimes, just remember to always get up! 👌🏻

[raymondmartin]

Good advise, from a 77 year old, born in London during WWII, parents and I then
immigrated to the US when I was about
to start school, they first had a clothing
store. then other work. I was a good student,
graduated from college and served as
an Officer in the USAF in the late 1960's
until early 1970's, and went through all
that life throws at you and took care of
my parents later in their lives, 20 and 30
years ago. Very tough to see them die,
as we're close in our lives.

[juan]

The lesson from this video:

Good parents will always want you to be successful, if your parents are good or if you have a good role model near you, listen to them, you'll probably be thankful

[dtbroad]

Joining the military for four years after high school was the best move, I could have made. Saw the world, got a large enlistment bonus, G.I. bill for school after my term, and already had my Associates degree before I left. Not to mention I was able to buy my first house with a V.A. loan before I was even out of my twenties.

[joemacy]

I am currently 26. I started college at 18, but I decided to go part time in order to keep my stress level down. As a result, I am still not graduated yet even though our society pushes this idea of graduating college at 22. I also still don't really know what I want to do career wise, but I am hoping I will figure that out eventually. While I am still currently taking classes, I am three classes away from my bachelor's which is good. I'm also not very good about taking care of my health. I did find this to be some good advice though.

[alexgomez]

Mistake #6: Following Your “Passion”

This does kind of go along with planning for your future, but it’s always important to remember, “passion” eventually drains, it’s motivation, dedication, and hard work that truly pays off in the end. Everything pretty much applies to me though.

[dellgamer]

I was 29 by the time I started university but the wait gave me the time to grow and truly learn what I wanted to do in life and in a career I love rather than hate.

[bloodyhellevator]

I didn't plan much and wasn't really sure of what I was going to do after high school. It kind of feels like I've been spending a lot of time cleaning up the personal mistakes that I've made for myself. Lately I've been working on exercising more frequently and eating better while staying in college. Thank you so much for the great video!

[LaziestToast]

Thanks! I like your show and all you talk about btw.

[loganmalough]

I’m 22 and I just started college last September. During my late teens, I had a bit of a yes and no answer to what I wanna do with my life. Still living with my parents, but if you have a disability, it kinda has its perks.

[pooprah]

hurts that my sister seems to be making these mistakes— gonna make sure i don’t make the same tho, thanks dudes

[kaitlyn]

I'm 23, and have statistically spent at least 10% of my life, including sleep, on the steam platform playing games. This amounts to over 20, 000 hours of playtime and I have vowed to never regret it. It was valuable escapism that helped me stay away from self-harm and harder drugs over the course of an abusive and traumatic life. I am only just now beginning to get my life straight, and now that I don't have to play games to cope, I don't really want to! Just follow your heart and listen to your head and things will work out in the end.

[esho]

I appreciate the diversity on this channel. Honestly never know what kind of video we’ll get next and they always manage to make them interesting beginning to end. Bravo Infographics Team! 😄😄

[GoldenRing]

I'm graduating high school next Monday and I'm watching this when I do. I'm still nervous about the ceremony, All I can say now is...I did it.

[jasoethesentienteyeshapedg]

My life in a nutshell:

- Grew up abroad from kindergarten to 4th High School. *(All-boys school from 6th grade to 4th Year High School)*

- Grew up non-productive, lazy, and didn't take education too seriously and not too seriously at the same time.

- Dad has a second family that forces me to choose which parent to be with.

- Felt like my entire brain and confidence just reset back to level 1 when I and my mom had to go back home to the Philippines.

- I choose computer college instead of a job for 2 years but felt like it was a huge financial and emotional regret.

- Took a position as an OJT in City Hall, but instead of asking for a real job, I pussied out on the last day.

- My mom compared me to my 3 older brothers who have a job and families but not one of them getting into college.

- I wanted to speak out to my mother about growing depression but I can't due to having a mindset of a servant.

- Feel like any more forceful advice is going to hurt my head even more.

- I wish I could be like the struggling determined kids here in the Philippines from day one, but it felt like it was too late.

Help.

[Verelkia]

Great video, honestly. I'm happy I'm seeing this right now, given I'm a 18 year old in college.

And to all you high school students worrying about graduation, I don't blame you. When I graduated high school, I had the same thoughts "I'm not ready to be an adult yet." and that is okay, most people have those feelings, and I won't lie to you, it is scary. Most people do not know what they wanna do during that age, including myself. I've already switched my major in college, which was Enology and Viticulture, to Agribusiness, mainly because I realized I didn't like chemistry. Something I didn't realize until I tried it. Luckily, I'm blessed with parents who want me to grow up by taking my time, while not slaking off, and are letting me stay with them as I continue to try other stuff like fixing my health, being more organized, figure out careers, and... learning now to throw my luck up in the air.

(Btw, if you're curious on how I choose agriculture related majors, I live in a very agriculture based region of the United States, and it has been a family passion I guess. But I actually have a passion in agriculture, so don't just pick a major because other people tell you too.)

[legendarykairock]

Thank you Infographics, very cool. I'm a senior in high school and graduation is just a couple months away, it really helped me get an idea of what to do.

[danieldavila]

This is an excellent video to watch if you're just starting out.

There are few things in this video that should be noted as well, don't focus on what others are doing and learn to love who you are. Very very important.

You'll never feel good enough and content with yourself without doing those two things. I used to be so preoccupied with why everyone is ahead of me and why I struggled in college.

I eventually stopped focusing on others and loved who I am, I was able to finish college last year (after 7 years) and was able to buy a house, pay off my car, and land a real job using my degree by 25! Things can turn around quickly once you take your eyes off of others.

[JGonzZ.]

I'm nearing 20 years old and graduated in 2020, I've been working minimum wage and recently got a second job and I make about 1, 800 a month (Tx panhandle). And to top it off, I got diagnosed with diabetes last year, its been really hard since the car I have is always failing on something as its really old, and working customer service is just the worst, especially working every day abt 8-10 hours sometimes I feel like I just can't do it or just give up but I just suppress all of it and just constantly repeat myself "It's part of the grind" Eventually all the hard work will pay off, I hope things start to look up for me soon. :)
Thankfully I dont pay for bills yet since I still live with my parents which has greatly contributed to saving my money, I'm currently saving for a new car that I really love which is a Mazda 3 hatch, after paying most of the car I'm planning to go to college, I don't know what I want to study but recently culinary arts has been interesting me a lot. As for the meantime, I have been trying to enjoy life by playing some Forza to relax and working out right when I get out of work, it really helps to distress a lot my mind and getting to think what to do in the future.

This might sound generic, but don't give up, every journey ends at some point :)