Multimedia: 22 and Counting

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"You question your judgement every day. Is this where I should be? Is this what I should be doing? Am I even really happy here?"

"One of the biggest worries I have is that I'm not going to be able to do enough early on in my life, that I'm going to regret it later on."

"It scares me to know that there is no room for failure at all anymore."

These words, spoken to me by my best friend as he tried to describe being 22 and out of college, seemed to summarize how all of us were feeling. Very suddenly, we had a new freedom that came with new responsibilities, and we didn't know how to cope with either. I felt the same way as everyone else, so I picked up a camera.

In the summer of 2006, Doug was at his first job out of college, making $58,000 a year as a software engineer. Melissa was finishing her B.A. in Art History and was stuck in a cubicle paying $600 a month in loans. Matt lived with his parents and was trying not to think about growing up. Meaghan and Alex were the first of their friends to get married, after dating since high school. As for me, I was confused, as usual.