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There’s a chapter in the book I’m writing where I mention five stages of identity formulation for the college-age years – and then how to help people through these. There are reasons why I can’t just tell all of them here (like the publisher wants you to buy the book vs. me give you all the info through a blog), but I wanted to allude to one of them today.
It’s that group of people who just seem to be floating along the road to nowhere. There are many factors that bring college-age people to end up in this stage of identity, but the reality is there are many college-age people who don’t do much of anything at all. They have a minimal job (if any), don’t really have any sense of goals in life, aren’t moving forward in education…really aren’t pursuing any direction. They tend to be very lazy, only engaging in the things they immediately desire.
How do you help people in this place of life? Spiritually I mean.
Kick them in the rear?
Be patient, just walking alongside of them?
All of the above?
Is there anything you can tell them that will kick them into gear? What role does circumstances play in moving someone out of this stage?
Working with college-age people is a blast.
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