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After reading The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey and The Young Traveler's Gift by Andy Andrews, I have found nine areas where typical teens are different from productive young adults. In these nine posts, I'll be explaining them and asking you to decide where you are right now and where you would like to be in the future.

Teenagers just go with the flow and follow the crowd while young adults make a plan. Covey's second habit is “begin with the end in mind” (74). Andrews calls it “I have a decided heart” (82). Life can be compared to a big puzzle. You pour out all the puzzle pieces, and look at the box to see the picture, but the box is blank. If you don't have a plan for your life, you're not going to know what to do. This is important to young adults because they need to know where they are going, instead of just going with the flow. Once you have a plan, use your decided heart, and stick with that plan. No procrastination. As Andrews reminds us, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step” (83).

• Are you going with the flow or do you have a plan? What do you want to accomplish? What will you have to do to accomplish that?

Coming up...I'll do it tomorrow!

Sources:

Andrews, Andy. The Young Traveler's Gift. Nashville, Tenn.: Tommy Nelson, 2004. Print.

 Covey, Sean, and Inc OverDrive. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens. S.I.: Touchstone, 2014. Print.