Quarterlife Solutions

Here is an article by Jocelyn Jones that appeared in The Scroll at Brigham Young Univeristy Jocelyn Jones Scroll Staff April 5, 2005

Students in their late teens, twenties or early thirties are bombarded with questions and decisions like: What should I pick as a major?

Jason Steinle’s book, UPLOAD EXPERIENCE: Quarterlife Solutions for Teens and Twentysomethings, offers decision advice for “quarterlifers”

The term “upload experience” means, “to transfer the life skills of another person into your own life,” Steinle said.

Steinle hosts a radio and television show in

Colorado geared towards “quarterlifers.” He has taken special interest in asking older generations what they know now that they wish they had known earlier in life.

“People would tell me things they didn’t learn in school, but that they learned in the school of hard knocks,” Steinle said.

He has spent the past three and a half years compiling this counsel and guidance into his new book.

Steinle shared the key ingredient successful people in all walks of life have in common.

“They have a motivational source, whether it is a book, a movie, a song, etc. They have something they can refer to,” he said.

One dilemma that Steinle addresses in his book is procrastination.

“The key to quit procrastination is to link activities in your life to what you think your purpose is,” he said.

“The one thing that I got out of this whole process is that right now we have a lot of uncertainty and worry.

“The questions that we’re facing right now are questions that we’re going to face for the rest of our lives,” he said. “The difference in older people asking those questions is that they have learned to live with uncertainty.

“The majority of people I talk to say that one of the most exciting times in life is the quarterlife … and you don’t need to stress. They wish they would have enjoyed it and appreciated it more and not worried so much. Everything works out,” Steinle said.

UPLOAD EXPERIENCE: Quarterlife Solutions for Teens and Twentysomethings will be officially released May 5, but is currently available through www.amazon.com or www.uploadexperience.com.

The book contains about 100 profiles and “you see what other people are worried about. The book is very interactive but it is also something you could just pick up and read for 5 minutes,” Steinle said.

For more information about the book or about Jason Steinle visit www.uploadexperience.com.

The

Average

College Student

The student body is diverse, but trends show similarities.
students will drop out of
school by their second year.
• 26 percent of people age 25
and over have completed four
years or more of college in
the

United States.
• More than 1,100 college
students commit suicide each
year.
• 30 percent of college
students identified themselves
as suffering from an anxiety
disorder or depression.

Sources:

U.S. Census Beureau,
2003

American College Health
Association survey

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