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In April, I did 3 hours of creativity on a commercial set. The boys from our grade asked a couple of people if they were interested in taking part in a commercial they are filming for their social project called pomoc. I was interested and participated in the filming process. Our task was to take part in a couple of scenes, to do some acting. It was one of my first acting experiences ever and I have to say that I enjoyed the process quite a lot. The cameras and the crew’s work was fascinating to me. A challenge in thus task was that although there was a lot of work, most of the time we had to wait around to be called, which left a lot of spare time with nothing to do. Additionally, we often had to re do scenes, sometimes even twenty times which made the process a bit boring at times. Overall, although sometimes it was mundane I am glad I helped my friends out with their project and had a new creative experience at the same time. Perhaps, it would have been more enjoyable if the mocks weren’t just around the corner but all in all, I enjoyed it a lot.

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In March, I did 3 hours of service at school, the picture only shows 2 hours but I came an hour before to help. I showed new people who are considering applying to the school around the building. Doing this was quite nice, I got to talk to new people as well as talk about something I have experience in. I really feel that I must have been quite helpful. I answered questions concerning the building, the classrooms, the plan, physical education, amongst many more. The applicants and their parents were very friendly and had many inquiries which I was glad to help with. I recommended our school and will hopefully see those people again in September. A challenge of this task was that it started in the morning and the evening before my friend had a birthday party, so I returned home quite late and was a bit tired. Although I did not get much sleep I tried not to become irritated with the guests’ questions which I succeeded at. This experience taught me that when I have made commitments the day after, I should not stay out late in order to be rejuvenated and ready to work the following day in order to make a good impression and be helpful overall.

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In February, I did 3 hours of service. I sorted the old clothes in my family’s wardrobe and packed away some thing to charity. My mother and I later deposited the clothes in the special bins. The most challenging part of this activity was deciding which clothes to keep and which to give away. My family has quite a bit of a shopping problem and literally all of our wardrobes are constantly overflowing with clothes, some never even worn. Having said that, it is still hard to give away clothes that were already bought, it can be seen as a waste of money and time. Some of the things aren’t necessarily ugly or unaesthetic but we simply never have an occasion to wear them. For example, my mother and I donated 4 black coats which all looked exactly the same and were never worn, we both could not remember when we bought them. Additionally, we donated some things left in our house by others, my mother often organizes parties on which, sometimes, people leave scarves, hats, or even coats and shoes. None of the people reached out to us for over half a year to collect these items, oh well now somebody else will make a better use of them.

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In January, I did 3 hours of sport. I skied with my family in Neistif im Stubai in Austria. We had a lovely time getting to know the slopes and spending time together (at least for the most part). I was there with my father, my sisters and my grandparents as we do each year during the winter holidays. This year, I downloaded an app which allowed me to race and compare my skiing results with my friends online and it was a great way to stay in touch over the break. The challenging part of this activity was that I was away from my friends which went away together and had major FOMO. I value the time spent with my family but I would probably rather be with my friends during the break. To my surprise the app actually helped me not to feel so bad because I could more or less stay in contact with them. Furthermore, my family is not the easy-going kind. Whenever we travel abroad we have to fight at least a few times and this happened this year as well. Fortunately, my grandma always puts conflicts away and constantly tries to make everybody happy, which helps on such trips.

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In December I did a total of 4 hours of tennis. I had two classes of 1.5 hours and one class that lasted one hour. In this month, doing any physical activity was challenging for me. With school work piling up before Christmas and having to prepare for family activities and diners as well as buy presents for my family, it was hard to schedule time in the week dedicated to activity, Nonetheless, I managed to do that and I feel good that I persevered and managed to stay on track with my tennis lessons, as well as I am starting to see slight progress which is pretty rewarding.

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For creativity, this month, I did roughly about 3 hours of dj-ing at a a party I attended. Originally I did not have that planned at all but my friend decided to teach me and I complied. He taught me how to mix songs together, make smooth transitions and add base. Although I am not very good at it, dj-ing turned out to be a lot of fun. The challenging part of this was the stress factor. There were a lot of people and i did not want to ruin the music for everybody, my friend calmed me down and said that nobody actually notices either way. This way of completing creativity turned out to be very interesting and I might explore it in the future, additionally I am very glad i tried something new and, in my opinion, unconventional.

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For activity, this month, I did a 3 hour biking tour around Groningen together with my mom. We explored the city because I was interested in he university there, but we did not like it too much so we decided against it. The challenging part of this activity was the weather and the length of the trip. It was raining and was quite cold and unpleasant. As for the length, at first it started out very enjoyable, but after a couple of hours it got boring and extremely tiering. Overall I am very happy that I visited that place but I would not go there again and am certainly not going to university in Groningen.

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Service

Last week, for service, I cleaned the apartment of an old lady living in the building next to mine. I did not take any pictures out of respect to her but I attached a screenshot of her message to me below. I spent a total of 9 hours at her place, 3 days. It was very challenging because the lady did not deep clean her apartment for a very long time so there was a lot of work to do. In the end she was very grateful and thanked me for my work.

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This week, for creativity I cooked. I mad homemade falafel and thai, shrimp soup. It took me a total of about 3 hours to make those. It was challenging at times, since the cooking process can become boring after some time but either way it is very rewarding at the end

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Activity

This week for activity I did yoga. I found it challenging to totally clear my mind during the exercises. It was hard not to think about school and other things stressing me out. At the end, once I cleared my head I found it very beneficial.

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Creativity

This week for creativity I did cooking. I made mozzarella and tomato toast, dumplings with my grandma and potato noodles. The noodles were the most challenging since I didn't have enough starch so they turned out looking awful but tasting ok. Next week I'll try to remake them with enough starch.

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Activity this week

I went running twice, cycling and did a HIIT (high intensity interval training) which added up to 3 hours. The most challenging was running and HIIT. Running was challenging since I had to stop all the time and HIIT because intervals are very hard and the workout is long. It also is done from home so you can hypothetically resign at any moment.