Hmm… the year I turned 22…
- I got my bachelor's degree (in engineering) -- three months behind the rest of my class, in a year in which there was an engineering hiring slump, and during the period in which (contrary to my reasoning in choosing my specialty) the industry in which I'd specialized completely collapsed
- My parents divorced
- After graduating, I had to move back in with my mother
- With no income, no license, no car, and no financial resources (both parents were seriously struggling!), had to figure out how to travel cross-country for job interviews (the jobs never materialized, either)
- I finally learned photographic printing (I'd been able to develop film easily enough, but without a darkroom, I could not print anything)