When you clicked this link you immediately think of that certain someone that you were just complaining about to your absolute best friend when you read the title, didn't you? Good because we're about to turn that complaint into a restraint.

As a freshman in college, I'm highly aware of how easy it is to get distracted by a simple Snapchat notification or a nice girl that I keep trying to make eye contact with me sitting across from me in the library. Although, those are minimal distractions compared to a person who consistently takes your focus away from what you're doing and where you're trying to go in the future.

Unfortunately, these people are the easiest to befriend because they are aimlessly living and that's a lifestyle we all desire but we have responsibilities that need to be tended to. From personal experience, I can tell you that these people are also the easiest to impersonate.

Contrary to popular belief, people who have many responsibilities find time to have "fun" but that follows after business is taken care of. Many of times, I've been sadly influenced by a behavior that put pleasure before business and the consequences were anything but fun.

Missing deadlines, missing opportunities and even missing out on people who really have great intentions.

Since our youth, we've selected who we've surrounded ourselves with based on if they lived near or if they listened to the same music but nowadays those are some of the last things we should consider when choosing a friend.

Real friends support what you want to do with your life and won't do anything to jeopardize that.

In life, you really have to be your own boss and evaluate who is going to either help or hinder you in your path to success and future. I'm not saying all your friends have to be 4.0 scholars or have aspirations to be the world's greatest anesthesiologist, but I am saying that makes your friendships worthwhile.

Don't keep people around who force you to put aside your morals and value for their benefits because then not only are you becoming more like them, you're giving them the green-light to continue.

Well, this is the red light. Right here and right now, it stops.

Whoever who was on your mind 3-second into reading the article, notify them that your "friendship" is over because you don't want to be stagnant and reckless like they are. You got places to be, opportunities to take advantage of and money to be made.

To the person reading this that doesn't know whether or not your friend is toxic or not, think about this:

Do you absolutely need them in your future?

Trick question, you don't need anyone in your future but me, myself and I.