When looking through the photos on The Atlantic, this one stood out to me, because it was not acknowledging a problem that was occurring in the world, but instead it was highlighting beauty and simplicity of a sunset and a surfer, that would not cause controversy, but instead places a warm feeling on the people who view it. The picture captures a surfer in California who catches air with a beautiful orange sunset in the background, which not only shows talent by the surfer, but also by the photographer. The artist was able to capture a moment that flew by in the blink of an eye, that also brings a more warming and happier feeling to the world of images, during a rather controversial time.

This week I decided to take a look through the #trending page on Twitter. I don’t typically look at Twitter, but as I went on I was very impressed with how many posts were being made in matter of seconds! This morning, one of the most popular tweets was the #HarryStylesTODAY. Over 30,000 people were trying to get fan passes for his small concert at the TODAY show this morning. As I kept scrolling I almost felt as if I was there watching the concert! There were so many people posting videos of the different songs he was performing. I then logged on about an hour later and received more videos and funny stories about crazy fans crying to meet him. After all of this I said screw buying concert tickets… I can just watch from Twitter!

As I look into possible careers to go into in the future, the concept of nursing really interests me, specifically NicU nursing. In an article called “The Day in the Life of an NICU Nurse”, it dives into what to expect on a day as a nurse for premature babies. Although the author then states how there is not really a “typical” day on this job. NICU nursing is extremely different than the rest of nursing because instead of seeing big changes in patients who are older, these nurses look for the smallest of changes that are considered major improvements. I love the idea of that concept because it really shows how small improvements can be a lot in the long run. This concept I like to also think applies to life in general. Instead of always aiming for big changes, it is important to notice the smaller ones, and appreciate them. Being a NICU nurse is a goal that I jabo had for a long time, and with the mindset that they have to have on a daily basis makes me want to be more of a positive person like them!

For this Activity of the week, I decided to share my time that I spent volunteering the the Ronald McDonald House in Winfield. The Ronald McDonald House is a place where people who are getting treated for cancer can stay so that they don’t have to keep traveling from the hospital back to their homes every single day. The house is a great place that is located directly across from CDH. I chose to volunteer here because my cousin once stayed at this house, and I felt like it was important to give back to it. Before Christmas break, there was a house holiday party that the Teen Board was able to plan and run. We spent almost eight hours at the house setting up, cooking, and providing activities for the kids and families to participate in as the holidays approached. Although it was a long day, the excitement of the children’s and the thankfulness the parents expressed to us made it worth the long day. I now regularly volunteer there and hope to do it until I go to college!

I have recently taken an interest in a topic brought up by a student in AP research that focuses around the correlation between your personality, and your favorite TV show character. I have not done much research on it, but from what I have broadly seen is that your personality traits, whether that be outgoing and comical, to shy or dark, the correlation between your traits and your favorite TV show character should match up, or they should have a trait that you lack, allowing you to like them more than others. For instance, my favorite TV show character is Barney Stinson, from How I Met Your Mother. Although I don’t see myself as comical as him, his enthusiasm and sense of humor somewhat matches mine, drawing me to like him more than other characters. I think it would be interesting to continue to see correlations between people and their characteristics and their favorite TV show characters.