Joy Alexander Analysis

Story of Joy Alexander
After four years thinking that this moment would never come, it finally did with a handshake and piece of paper, but the journey had just begun. Joy Alexander graduated from high school with high hopes, and ready to begin her most important years at Lowthian College. She started as a bright eyed 18 year old not sure of what to think of the world, and ended as a mature 21 year old, and ready for any obstacle to come her way.
After spending years at the same school, there is no doubt that you will change from the beginning to the end. Joy not only had a change in maturity, but in work ethic as well. Balancing life and school is always difficult, which she understood, as a young actress Joy recalls “thinking that acting

was the most important, and school was not.” Finding that perfect balance between school and personal life was something that Joy did not understand before, but as she entered her last years of college she found a way to make sure everything important was getting enough attention. Regretting all the time she “spent with friends in my first years” Joy later recognized that “school is important, and without my time in college, I would not have the job that I have now.” She also realized that school was just a load of information given to you, and the real task was finding how to apply that knowledge to life. Joy matured, learning to live alone, and being asked to do something -without having somebody holding her hand through it- and realized that she could no longer be as dependent as she was before.
Joy loved college and had no complaints, but when she was reminiscing about her time there she realized that if she could change some things, she would. Joy believes that “goals are always changing,” and maybe that was something that had to do with the college she picked, but she wishes she had gone somewhere else, she explains that “I did not dislike my college, but I wish that I would have done more research and visited more colleges before picking Lowthian.” Goals are what give you purpose for everything you do, the goal to graduate, the goal to have a career, the goal to travel the world, but whatever your goal is shapes who you are and how you come about life. Joy was always setting goals for herself, striving for achievement and improvement. Her goals helped her reach a new level of adulthood, by teaching her that she would have to figure some things out by herself, like her “goal to finish college with a good GPA, and lots of involvement with the school.”. Joy believes she did achieve everything she set out to do in college, and with every goal finishing milestone, she reached a point of maturity where she was a well abled individual.
Joy is now running a beauty supply, and working part time at the rialto. Constantly setting new goals, she is achieving a well maintained life. She realized to “go with your gut,” and listen to yourself. Joy is content, and still thanks her college experience for her job. She may not lead a life full of riches, but she is perfectly happy.