INPUT ARTICLE: Article: When you understand what your long-term goals are, you can determine how best to prioritize your time in high school to accomplish those goals. Write down a list of things you may be interested in doing, then read and research what careers in those fields involve. Narrow your list down until you have identified the career you'd like to pursue, as well as other things you'd like to do, like traveling or learning a language. For example, you may want to become a computer programmer when you grow up. To that end, you may want to pursue computer programming electives. Knowing the opportunities you want to pursue will help you prioritize what you spend your time on. Don't worry if you don't think you have the "right" answer. You can change or adjust your goals at any time. Research the steps it takes to achieve your long-term goals by talking to professionals who have achieved those goals and searching the Internet for information. Then determine what you can do in high school to start taking those steps. Make your short-term goals with both high school and college in mind. Make sure that your grades and extracurriculars match the undergraduate, vocational, or other post high school programs you intend to apply for. If you want to be an engineer, and discover that you can take engineering electives starting in your junior year if you have a certain GPA, then an immediate short-term goal might be to earn that GPA. Then tack the sheet of paper up somewhere where you can see it every day. This will help you understand how you need to organize your time and motivate you to do so. Refer to your long-term goals periodically to help keep yourself focused on priority activities. Your short term goals should be action-oriented, and precise. A good example of a short-term goal is to "earn a 90 or higher in sophomore Chemistry," while a bad example is to "ace all my classes." By thinking through and writing down what it takes to achieve your goals, you'll have a good sense of how to manage your time appropriately.

SUMMARY: Brainstorm some long-term goals. Formulate short-term goals by learning how to accomplish your long-term goals. Write your long-term and short-term goals down on paper.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: If prompted, enter your username or password and click Log in. This is in the left sidebar. If you are making a new group, click Create Group in the upper right. This is in the upper right, under Members. You can enter multiple emails into the field, separated by a comma. If creating a new group, this field will be labeled Members. An invitation to join the group will be sent to that person's email. They can click the link and login with their Facebook account to join the group. If creating a new group, this button will be labeled Create. Alternately, you can copy/paste the group's URL and send it to them via Facebook message or text (if you have their phone number). From that page they can click Join Group. If the group is private you will have to approve the request. This method will not work if the group is secret.

SUMMARY: Navigate to Facebook in your web browser. Click Groups. Click the group you want to invite people to. Click Add Friends to Group. Enter the email of the person you want to invite. Click Invite.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: The release found from self-harm is short-lived. Soon enough, painful emotions like guilt or shame creep in and prompt the need to self-harm again. This addictive, cycling quality of self-injury is partly why it is so dangerous. You may start to lose control and do more damage than you intended or actually attempt suicide. What's more, mental illnesses like eating disorders as well as alcohol and substance abuse may further reduce self-control and intensify the damage of self-injury. This behavior can expose you to bigger problems down the line. The only way to overcome self-harm is learn to cope with your emotions. The burden of keeping self-harm to yourself can become lonely. Once you accept that you need help, it's important to think about a supportive person who you can talk to. Perhaps you can choose someone with whom you have shared confidential information in the past without the person gossiping or judging you. Let your friend know that you need to talk. Try to have such a conversation face-to-face. Explain why you are telling her/him this, how you feel, and allow her/him to process the information. You might say something like this "I have been keeping this secret for a long time and you're the only person I feel comfortable sharing it with. I have been hurting myself. It's getting worse, and I'm scared. Please help me". If you do not have anyone close to confide in, you can talk to your school counselor, a teacher, a coach, a religious leader, a friend's parent, or your family doctor. Any of these individuals should be able to offer you support and refer you to a mental health profession in your area who has experience with self-injury. Once you have identified a therapist who might be a good fit for you, set up an appointment. One type of effective treatment strategy for self-injury is dialectical behavior therapy which focuses on teaching you to regulate your emotions, manage and tolerate life stressors, practice mindfulness, and improve your interpersonal functioning. In the first session, you can expect for the therapist to ask you basic questions about your behaviors, thoughts and feelings. He will also try to learn more about you - your life, your school/work, your family, and your background - in order to personalize treatment to fit your unique circumstances. Some adolescents may also benefit from taking part in family therapy which strives to identify barriers to your recovery and assists family members with understanding what you are going through and being more supportive. Feeling disconnected and alone in your suffering is common with self-injury. Getting involved in a local or online support group that enables you to talk with other teens who are going through the same thing can give you hope and make you feel less isolated. One particularly effective support group is called S.A.F.E., which stands for Self-Abuse Finally ends. Find a support group in your area.

SUMMARY:
Understand why you should stop. Confide in someone you trust. Seek help. Participate in therapy. Join a support group.