Last weeks weren't sparing me at all. I've had so many things to get done that keeping up with CAS became a sad duty instead of something that gives me joy and self-satisfaction.
I completely stopped running because it takes a lot of time and it's actually really cold outside so that I can't find any motivation to go out. I'm so mad at myself! My whole activity limits to exercsing on a stationary bike every Saturday and one trip to a roller-skating rink with my best friend. I'm disappointed with myself because I planned November to be the month I spend a lot of time exercising. The only thing that I've learned recently is that I'm a lazybones. But this whole situation gave me some motivation to set up new goals for December and start working way harder on my Activity. Hopefully I won't end up sitting under the blanket for the whole month and eating all leftovers from the Christmas dinner.
When it comes to Service... I'm not even sure if I want to mention it. It's a complete disaster. The ZOO isn't contacting me and I have to look for something else but it's really hard. I don't like working with children, but it seems like the only solution. I think I'll start my cooperation with Anioły Stróże in January. For now on I usually limit my Service to simple acts of kindness like buying a homeless person a warm meal or helping my frinds with homework. I've also signed to Wielka Orkiestra Świątecznej Pomocy and other charity events in 2017. Hopefully it's all going to work out.
The only thing that I actually haven't failed this moth is Creativity. Me and Adrian had some rehersals, althought our failure in the last competition kind of undermined our motivation. That's why this month I decided to improve my voice. I was working hard, following the instructions and youtube videos in order to widen the scale of my voice. I was pretty sure that one moth will make no difference but I was so wrong. My voice feels stronger and more confident now and it really surprises me. I've discovered what a power my voice really is and it gave me a lot of motivation to keep on working on it. It seems that babysteps become a huge steps sometimes.
29.11.2016
4.11.2016
Creativity - Halloween
A couple days ago there was a really special holiday. HALLOWEEN!
For every horror freak, like me, it's a super festive day and so was it this year.
Obviously, I carved a beautiful pumpkin and put it next to my front door to put me in the Halloween mood.
Me and my mates decided to celebrate by dressing up as various monsters and scary creatures and go to the party. We wanted to look perfect and somehow stand out from the crowd. Everybody knows I really like makeup and I'm actually quite good at it. That's why I decided to create special makeups for me and my friends. As I'm perfectly fine with contouring my face or doing the winged eyeliner, as creating a zombie or a vampire was incredibly challenging.
I was trying really hard to make us look "good" (Why did I put this word in a quotation mark? You'll se on the pictures). I even prepared some fake blood and... I doscovered a new talent!
We all looked great and very realistically. People were noticing us from the end of the street, children were scared (good job, Paulina) and other friends couldn't stop complimenting our looks.
The party was pretty fine, by the way. We were dancing all night long!
Now I'm planning to go on a characterization course, because I want to develop myself in that field. Maybe in the future I'll be able to do it not only for fun, but also as an odd job, who knows?
Learning Outcomes:
1. Identify own strengths and develop areas for growth
2. Demonstrate that challenges have been undertaken,developing new skills in the process
For every horror freak, like me, it's a super festive day and so was it this year.
Obviously, I carved a beautiful pumpkin and put it next to my front door to put me in the Halloween mood.
Me and my mates decided to celebrate by dressing up as various monsters and scary creatures and go to the party. We wanted to look perfect and somehow stand out from the crowd. Everybody knows I really like makeup and I'm actually quite good at it. That's why I decided to create special makeups for me and my friends. As I'm perfectly fine with contouring my face or doing the winged eyeliner, as creating a zombie or a vampire was incredibly challenging.
I was trying really hard to make us look "good" (Why did I put this word in a quotation mark? You'll se on the pictures). I even prepared some fake blood and... I doscovered a new talent!
We all looked great and very realistically. People were noticing us from the end of the street, children were scared (good job, Paulina) and other friends couldn't stop complimenting our looks.
The party was pretty fine, by the way. We were dancing all night long!
Now I'm planning to go on a characterization course, because I want to develop myself in that field. Maybe in the future I'll be able to do it not only for fun, but also as an odd job, who knows?
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| Natalia as a fresh goner, Adrian as a zombie, and me as a vampire :) |
Learning Outcomes:
1. Identify own strengths and develop areas for growth
2. Demonstrate that challenges have been undertaken,developing new skills in the process
31.10.2016
Creativity - Hiraeth
A couple weeks ago, me and my classmate - Adrian, decided to set up a band. Both of us really like music; I sing and he plays the piano, so we thought that a music band will be a great way to develop our talents, hobbies and become more creative.
A month ago there was our first serious rehearsal, so we met in his house and began to work.
As we're going to paticipate in a band competition in November, at first we decided which two songs we want to perform. It turned out we will cover "Can't help falling in love" by Elvis Presley and "Stay with me" by Sam Smith.
After that, we divided the parts of every song, decided about the arrange and... started to sing!
After a moment I thought to myself; "What a disaster, we will never work it out.". But I didn't say a thing and kept trying. It was really hard. It turns out that singing together is way harder than doing it all alone.
Happily, we decided not to give up and practice regularly. After a couple of rehersals I can say that we sound like a real band and I'm proud of it! Of course there's much work in front of us, but we're motivated enough to keep on working and developing ourselves.
I've learned that you should never give up without putting much effort into something you really want, even if at first you're convinced it's not going to work.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Identify own strengths and develop areas for growth
A month ago there was our first serious rehearsal, so we met in his house and began to work.
As we're going to paticipate in a band competition in November, at first we decided which two songs we want to perform. It turned out we will cover "Can't help falling in love" by Elvis Presley and "Stay with me" by Sam Smith.
After that, we divided the parts of every song, decided about the arrange and... started to sing!
After a moment I thought to myself; "What a disaster, we will never work it out.". But I didn't say a thing and kept trying. It was really hard. It turns out that singing together is way harder than doing it all alone.
Happily, we decided not to give up and practice regularly. After a couple of rehersals I can say that we sound like a real band and I'm proud of it! Of course there's much work in front of us, but we're motivated enough to keep on working and developing ourselves.
I've learned that you should never give up without putting much effort into something you really want, even if at first you're convinced it's not going to work.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Identify own strengths and develop areas for growth
3.
Demonstrate how to initiate and plan a CAS experience
4. Show
commitment and perseverance in CAS experiences
5. Demonstarte
the skills and recognize the benefits of working collaboratively
7. Recognize
and consider the ethics of choices and actions
29.10.2016
Service - A man with a dog
You know those little containers in a car, made to store cups in
them? They are also in my mother's car. And she literally always put
there some money left from a trolley. It's almost a tradition that
everytime I get in the car - I take them for myself. After a couple of
weeks I have a quite big sum of money which I usually spend on coffee.
Some time ago I was walking to school through Stawowa Street and I noticed a man sitting on a wheelchair with a dog cowering by his side. I see him almost everyday while walking to school but this time I looked at him in a different way. I had one hand in my pocked and suddenly I touched some money I took from my mom's car. In that moment I thought - how about not spending that much trolley money on coffee and just share it with the man?
I walked over to him and handed him that small sum but he looked so grateful. We had a small talk, I stroked his dog - a beautiful German Shepherd - and then I just went to school.
But I decided to make a tradition of that small act of kindness.
Everytime I go through Stawowa Street and I see that man - I give him some money from my mom's car. But if I don't see him (because he's not always there) I simply save money for my coffee.
There was one week when I haven't seen the man, not even once, so I saved about 6 zloty just for me. But finally, I spent them on something else and it was a good decision. I bought some dog's food in a can and gave to the man's dog as soon as he appeared on Stawowa again.
He was very grateful again and I realized that despite the fact he can't give me anything in return - helping him makes me really happy.
I don't even know he's name, but I think we're friends now.
Learning Outcomes:
4. Show commitment and persevarance in CAS experiences 6. Demonstrate engagement with issues of global importance
7. Recognize and consider the ethics of choices and actions
Some time ago I was walking to school through Stawowa Street and I noticed a man sitting on a wheelchair with a dog cowering by his side. I see him almost everyday while walking to school but this time I looked at him in a different way. I had one hand in my pocked and suddenly I touched some money I took from my mom's car. In that moment I thought - how about not spending that much trolley money on coffee and just share it with the man?
I walked over to him and handed him that small sum but he looked so grateful. We had a small talk, I stroked his dog - a beautiful German Shepherd - and then I just went to school.
But I decided to make a tradition of that small act of kindness.
Everytime I go through Stawowa Street and I see that man - I give him some money from my mom's car. But if I don't see him (because he's not always there) I simply save money for my coffee.
There was one week when I haven't seen the man, not even once, so I saved about 6 zloty just for me. But finally, I spent them on something else and it was a good decision. I bought some dog's food in a can and gave to the man's dog as soon as he appeared on Stawowa again.
He was very grateful again and I realized that despite the fact he can't give me anything in return - helping him makes me really happy.
I don't even know he's name, but I think we're friends now.
Learning Outcomes:
4. Show commitment and persevarance in CAS experiences 6. Demonstrate engagement with issues of global importance
7. Recognize and consider the ethics of choices and actions
19.10.2016
Activity - Running
A couple months ago I've taken up jogging with my mum.
I was convinced that it's going to be really dull and tiring but it turned out that this activity is great!
Me and my mum started with short distances but now we can run abot 8 kilometres without even stopping which is a huge achievement, at least in my opinion.
Unfortunately, my workouts weren't very regular at first. That's why my goal for the last month was to do jogging as regularly as possible. I was running at least twice a week and I see a huge difference already; my weight went down and my form is better than ever.
Now, jogging makes me feel really relaxed and free. I've got some time to think, listen to music or have just a small talk with my mum.
I've learned that self-discipline and regularity are really important when it comes to any sport, especially jogging, because the more I push myself to run - the more I actually CAN run without feeling that tired.
Here is the track from a couple days ago.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Identify own strengths and develop areas for growth
3. Demonstrate how to initiate and plan a CAS experience
4. Show commitment and perseverance in CAS experience
I was convinced that it's going to be really dull and tiring but it turned out that this activity is great!
Me and my mum started with short distances but now we can run abot 8 kilometres without even stopping which is a huge achievement, at least in my opinion.
Unfortunately, my workouts weren't very regular at first. That's why my goal for the last month was to do jogging as regularly as possible. I was running at least twice a week and I see a huge difference already; my weight went down and my form is better than ever.
Now, jogging makes me feel really relaxed and free. I've got some time to think, listen to music or have just a small talk with my mum.
I've learned that self-discipline and regularity are really important when it comes to any sport, especially jogging, because the more I push myself to run - the more I actually CAN run without feeling that tired.
Here is the track from a couple days ago.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Identify own strengths and develop areas for growth
3. Demonstrate how to initiate and plan a CAS experience
4. Show commitment and perseverance in CAS experience
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