Jake Hurst

thank you onestone for showing me how to make greener pastures without expensive machinery!

Jake Hurst My name is Jake Hurst, I’m 17 years old and I live in Idaho. I've always been a lone wolf of a sort, I tend to keep to myself as much as I can. I don't have an issue with socializing with others but I can get more done alone. I am very black and white, there isn't anything really unique about me or the way I present myself, and I like that about me. I don't need any unnecessary attention so I keep things simple. I’ve always loved helping people, even when I was little I would always hold the door open for others and I would always give my all to ensure that others are happy. To this day I am the counselor of my friend group, I have helped others through the darkest pits of life and I’ve always been there for anyone who needs me. I enjoy hard work, especially tree removal. There is something gratifying about doing a lot of work and seeing the good that comes out of it, at the end of the day I may be sore but it is a good burn. My T popper perfectly reflects my personality and interests, as it should. This artifact relates to my T popper because everything on my T popper is about hard work and the outdoors. I only ever get feelings of true joy if I’m outdoors, I guess that’s just how I was meant to be. To do good in my eyes is the art of helping others and taking action to spread joy and to aid the downtrodden. Many people have many definitions, and that is just the way it needs to be. If everyone had the same definition of what it means to do good then we would only be doing good in one area, for me, empathy and labor are where I excel. For others it could be patience and nurturing. Either way there are opportunities for good to be done in every aspect of our lives and there is a plethora of people who can do that good, they just need guidance on how to turn their potential into action. If I am being completely honest the biggest thing that breaks my heart is death, and next to that is lost potential. I wouldn't say that this artifact reflects what breaks my heart. This artifact reflects on the things that fill my heart. I absolutely love helping others, I love the outdoors, I love hard work, and this artifact shows it all. I believe that it's important to focus on what fills your heart before you focus on what breaks your heart, that way you are able to refill your cup if it gets emptied while you focus on sad things. I hope that my artifact can inspire others to get outside and to understand that hard work does in fact pay off. All of the little things that were done at my cabin make huge differences in the way we live our lives up there. We are able to have a good time and to be happy because we put in the work. I hope that others can understand that a good work ethic will propel you so far in life and it will also allow you to help others to a great extent. Over the last ten weeks I’ve realized that doing good comes in all sorts of fashions. I usually show appreciation by helping people with hard work but due to corona and my knee injury, I’ve had to adapt. One Stone showed me that doing good empathetically can be just as meaningful as 6 hours of back breaking work. For example, I wasn't able to see my grandparents for a while because of the virus so I wrote them a 3 page letter to tell them how much they mean to me and how happy I am to have them in my life. My grandma told me that she wasn't having the best day and that when she got my letter it totally changed her mood and made her feel a lot better. She called me in tears of joy to tell me how much it meant to her and that is a feeling that can't be replaced.