18th birthdays
They're an adult on paper now. This helps with the rest.
Eighteen means signing their own forms, maybe their own lease, and making their own money calls. Jumpstart Your Life gives them 101 short lessons for the part of adulthood that does not come with a birthday.
A milestone gift with something to say.
Turning 18 comes with responsibilities, not instructions.
At 18 they can sign contracts, open credit cards and make big decisions on their own. Nobody hands them a guide to go with it.
Most of the mistakes young adults make in their first few years are the same ones: debt that snowballs, jobs they hang on to too long, relationships that wear them down.
This book covers those ahead of time, in short lessons that respect their new independence.
Lessons for the first year of adulthood
Plus 98 more across relationships, romance, wealth, health, diet, hygiene, work, education, influence and ethics.
Why it fits the milestone
- Matches the moment
- A gift about becoming an adult, given the day they officially become one.
- Respects their independence
- Advice they can take or leave, written to them as an adult.
- Covers the basics
- Money, work, health, relationships and character, in 101 short lessons.
- Pairs well
- Give it with their first wallet, a savings account deposit, or a toolkit.
Make the 18th birthday count
- Write them a letter in the front cover: what you want them to know about being an adult.
- Bookmark the money lessons and pair the book with a first deposit in a savings account.
- Pick one lesson and promise to talk about it over dinner, adult to adult.
Written by two cousins, for the next generation
Nicholas Gabriel Irmo is a marketer, entrepreneur, husband and father. Vincent Palizzolo Polyanov is a public servant, military veteran and father of two. They wrote Jumpstart Your Life to pass on what their grandparents, Stephen and Helen Irmo, taught the family while raising seven children.
137 pages, 101 lessons, 10 topics, written for ages 13 to 25.
Read the first chapter free
The dedication, introduction and opening relationship lessons, exactly as printed. Download it right after you sign up.
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Questions
Is it too young or too old for an 18 year old?
It is written for teens and young adults, roughly 13 to 25, so 18 is right in the middle.
What topics does it cover?
Relationships, romance, wealth, health, diet, hygiene, work, education, influence and ethics, plus a final lesson called Be You.
Can I read some first?
Yes. Every lesson has a free page on this site, and the first chapter is a free PDF.
Mark the milestone with something that lasts
101 lessons for becoming an adult.