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What's the biggest difference between your teenage years and adulthood?

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The greatest change for me is the level of accountability and responsibility. I used to be a teenager, so I was definitely more reckless and would respond to anger with anger, now I am more of an adult, I make decisions and take full responsibility for them, I also think about what I am feeling before acting. What about you?
 
Maturity stands out clearly as the main difference between us at these two ages. During my teenage years, my feelings controlled my actions whereas now as an adult I analyze my choices before creating them and that's a big difference.
 
cpvr said:
The biggest difference is responsibilities and becoming an adult.

When I was a teenager, I didn’t have any bills, except for web hosting and I wasn’t a parent. I became a parent when I was 18.

I also didn’t think before I acted when I was a teenager as most things didn’t have consequences, but now they do.😅
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I completely understand where you are coming from. The main change for me too is the personal responsibility. Now, I don't think recklessly and I'm more accountable with financial responsibilities.
 
As a teenager, I didn't have financial responsibilities to undertake. Everything was given to me and provided for me by my parents. I could afford to spend money I made lavishly. As an adult, I have to be strategic with how I spend money because I have bills to pay. That's the greatest difference between teenage years and adulthood for me.
 
Zani said:
The difference is very clear. I have freedom as a teenager and without many responsibilities. As an adult, I have lots of responsibilities, making money to also get what I want.
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The obvious change when we crosses the teenage age to adulthood is the responsibility we carry. I was carefree as a teenager, had no one to worry about and no big decisions. But being an adult is a lot and a difficult journey too.
 
Paying of my bills is the biggest difference from my childhood and adulthood. My parents took care of everything when I was a kid and teenager but now, I do everything by myself.
 
lens said:
The obvious change when we crosses the teenage age to adulthood is the responsibility we carry. I was carefree as a teenager, had no one to worry about and no big decisions. But being an adult is a lot and a difficult journey too.
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And it will be more difficult if you don't have helps or people that encourage you to do more. Adulthood take lots of energy especially on responsibility, that's why so many people don't want those responsibilities, they decided to become irresponsible in order to depend on their parents mostly.
 
Well I definitely don't have as much free time as I did when I was a teenager. However I've got much more money than I did back then, heck I have more money than my parents did when I was a teenager. Sadly I grew up poor because my parents made stupid decisions and both were addicted to beer and cigarettes.
 
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