swiateczna paczka

Aspect - Service
Time - 3 hours

Before Christmas our school participated in the Swiateczna Paczka action. Thanks to Paulina Szymanska and her initiative a very poor family had received not only basic necessities but also Christmas gifts. My contribution, however, not that meaningful, but also important - I helped packing the presents and carried the packages. It needed collaboration with others, and took about 3 hours. I consider it as undertaking new challenges, because this is something that I have done for the first time. Through that action I engaged myself in the issue of a global importance - poverty, I "thought globally and acted locally", because we should start changing the world from our surrounding.
I also "considered the ethical implications of my actions", what is important that I realized that there are people who can not even spend normal Christmas, not caring about the basic necessities, not to mention the smallest gifts.

Time to gain some practical skill.

Aspects - creativity, service
Time - 5 hours
Supervisor - Martyna Kalka

Last weekend I worked as a volunteer at a one of the juice bars “Skok na Sok” located in Kabaty district. I had to cooperate with other people and help them, which was difficult for because they went really harsh on me, anyhow I enjoyed time spent there ! By reason of that I developed new skill which may be useful in my future life. I am really satisfied with what I have been doing because because it showed that I can work collaboratively with others. Being a bartender means that you have to get in contact with your colleagues and communicate well with them, because this is the only ket to success. I am really happy that I actually had an opportunity to take part in the "real life", doing something for real, it was not fun, but I like to talk with customers and spend time with other people, because there is always something you can learn from them. I consider it as a planed and initiated activity, due to the fact that I had to be there at a certain hour - 10 a.m. and it was planned 1 week before the activity. It was also my own initiative, having on my mind CAS hours I asked if there would be a chance for me to work, and fortunately there was. I think that every work experience is really valuable, especially considering the fact that in the near future I will have to work, and this was really useful for me.

Think. Create. Design.

Aspect - creativity
Time - 3 hrs

I find a great interest in fashion, one year ago I was a big activist, I took part in many fashion shows, and mode played an important role in my life. Although, this year I don’t have much free time I took out one of my old jackets and decide to change something about it. 

My goal was to put some life into it through very little details, give it the avant-guard look and I think I managed to achieve it. I have looked for some nice buttons and I've ordered them on the Internet. Although I am not very good at sewing I managed to deal with them. I have also cut around 15 cm of the sleeves, so that the jacket gained more "modern" look. What is important about redesigning is to remember what we want to achieve. I wanted to make it more interesting and eye catching.
By reason of that activity I managed to achieve these outcomes:
-"working collaboratively with others" - I had a model, who was not a pro, and it is really hard to work with someone who does not have any experience, however, we got on easily together and I am really happy about our collaboration.
-"developing new skill" - although this is not my first time with sewing and designing I feel like I have done something new, because I have never used any "background" before. This time I decided to only change the old and useless jacket, put some life into it, which is I think even harder than to simply create a new piece.
 

The photo attached presents my work.

spin, spin

Aspect - creativity
Time - 5 hours

Undertaking new challenges is indeed demanding, I've never tried DJ'ing before, but I thought why don't go for it and as soon as I had the opportunity I used it. I find it really creative and involving, I started to like it, even though I didn't formerly. I've been practicing for 5 straight hours and I am really satisfied with the results. Despite the satisfaction that practice taught me that it is never to late to take up new activities, I didn't think that I would ever be able to mix, and as it turned out I was. I think that we should do as many things as possible because we can find them really interesting and then they might be useful in our future life because we never know - maybe one day, we will find ourselves at someone's birthday and will have to play some music? For me this is precisely what CAS is all about, teaching us how to be able to act in every (unusual) situation. Thanks to that activity I have increased awareness of my my own strengths and areas for growth. Formerly I had literally no idea that I actually could be a DJ and by reason of that activity I know that we could do whatever we like, it demands only some work and self-confidence. Of course I am very far from being pro, but I am sure that if I only want I can improve in that area.

Let's swim !

Aspect - Action
Time - 1 hour, every Saturday, duration - 3 months.

As on every Saturday I go to the swimming pool I did go today as well. I always spend exactly 60 minutes using various types of swimming strokes :

-butterfly stroke 

-crawl 

-backstroke 

But this time I was focused on backstroke because of my back pains caused by sitting down for a long time. I've been swimming for even more time 90 minutes (!) and then went to SPA to get some rest. Swimming is very important and contributes to a healthy lifestyle. It also is very important because helps maintaining your organism balanced. Swimming is something that I have initiated and planned, I decided that I want to swim to develop my body and keep the overall health at a good level. Through that activity I have also shown perseverance and commitment to my activity, because I am doing that regularly and I am really devoted to it. I really enjoy swimming, it's entertaining and helps developing my body.

Work OUT !

Aspect - action
Time - 1 hour, once a week
Total time - 15 hours, duration 15 weeks, 3 months.

Today is Tuesday, so I went to the gym with a friend of mine Tommy Cylny and I did a full-time work out. I've started two weeks ago and I am doing very well so far. Work-out is something very important and contributes to the healthy lifestyle. What is very important about GYM is that it helps not only developing body, but also keeps your organism balanced and in good health. I think that going to the gym regularly is very important for the health. It's a planned and initiated activity, because I do it once a week, on Tuesday and it is my own initiative. Today I did all exercises including: -Bodyweight exercises (push-ups, abdominal crunch)

-Dumbbell workout

-Chest workout 

-Arms workout 

-Leg workout

I use the newest training machines (Techno Gym) and the results are satisfying!