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The two learning outcomes remaining

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Learning Outcomes:

Learning outcome 1 (identify own strengths and develop areas for growth)

My greatest challenge was consistency. In the sport areas I am used to keeping my discipline intact throughout the year, which opposes my scheduling skills when it comes to service and charity work. I often caught myself putting the service chores in the second place following the everyday school responsibilities and daily routine. Fortunately I have managed to overcome this difficulty through consistent motivation from my family and myself. My strength is the opposite - being able to remain consistent in the sports routine. It is mostly driven by my fear of losing all progress in my cardiovascular endurance and overall physique and aesthetic fitness. Also, I found myself blocked with my creative approach throughout the artistic journey of completing the creativity strand. That is why I forced myself to try out numerous different techniques like charcoal drawing and new approaches to ink drawing.

Learning outcome 2 (demonstrate that challenges have been undertaken, developing new skills in the process)

Even though completing CAS this year involved some amount of struggle and difficulties to overcome, I perceive it as a rather enjoyable experience connecting my passions with IB style documentations and pursuit of improvement. The thing I enjoyed most about the process was the motivation derived from regular monthly challenges I went through to build a satisfactory CAS portfolio, especially my cycling skills and endurance which are my most prominent goals at the time being. It has improved my reflection skills through thorough analysis of my achievements through the strava app and its statistical data. Apart from improving my time management skills I have also worked on my communication while setting up the charity work, reflection connected to planning into the future and progressing in my activities and knowledge gathering skills linked to the research I conducted on the scientific spectrum of my journey. Also challenging myself with new art styles made me more conscious about the risk taking skills connected to the cost of numerous unfinished projects and failed trials.

I have never worked in a long term charity project, which made me face issues with motivation, due to the lack of deadlines and structured workflow. I had to set my mind, so that I think of the charity work as one of my school chores connected to CAS, which made me more focused on completing it.

Learning outcomes 3 (demonstrate how to initiate and plan a CAS experience)

The strand that required most planning turned out to be the sport category. It required me to adjust for weather and seasonal conditions while maintaining form. This is why I prepared a specialized training programme involving both, indoors and outdoors activities, which had to complement each other. For instance, I worked hard on the stairmaster machine to master my watt output during my rides. I also wanted to run a lot to improve my cardiovascular endurance for the cycling experience. Unfortunately, this plan did not work out due to the injury I acquired after completing a 15km run from Wilanów to Żoliborz. My preparation before service also required consistency. I got the contact to the charity supervisor from my aunt and continued the planning through gmail, simultaneously learning the skills required to improve the website. The creativity strand also required some planning skills, to assess the new creative approaches which were ment to improve my skills in corresponding art styles. For instance charcoal drawing improved my shading skills in drawing with ink.

Learning outcomes 4 (Show commitment to and perseverance in CAS experiences)

Throughout the CAS documentation commitment and perseverance played an important role to navigate through successes and setbacks. In the category of sports I remained consistent with my cycling and running trails to have a more detailed insight into my progress concerning the heart rate, pace and endurance on a given distance. Even though sometimes weather conditions made it difficult to train for endurance I switched to indoor machines to remain fit. Also, during the charity work I designed a schedule that kept me motivated throughout a long period of time. My perseverance was especially tested in the creative strand, where the projects resulted in unfinished and failed pieces. Despite all that, I managed to continue my journey.

Learning outcomes 5 (demonstrate the skills and recognize the benefits of working collaboratively)

I have done numerous of my activities collaboratively. For instance, during my ski trip I was traveling with a group of five friends who helped me to navigate through the mountains and the activity would not be possible without them. Similarly, I asked my family and friends to assess my drawing skills and progress, which made me more objective in the analysis. During the charity work I had to collaborate with the supervisor, collectively deciding on how to design the website most efficiently, effectively and intuitively. I have also assisted my family in decorating the house for Christmas once and helped my friends numerous times in their own CAS activities. I have also contributed to the drawing community by posting some of my drawings on pinterest and instagram. Also, during my running and cycling journey I often took my friends with me and even managed to introduce one of them to the gym, which was my passion for a long time before. My friends also helped me mentally during the injury recovery and I recognize their contribution to the entire project.

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Reflection post:

Even though completing CAS this year involved some amount of struggle and difficulties to overcome, I perceive it as a rather enjoyable experience connecting my passions with IB style documentations and pursuit of improvement. The thing I enjoyed most about the process was the motivation derived from regular monthly challenges I went through to build a satisfactory CAS portfolio, especially my cycling skills and endurance which are my most prominent goals at the time being. It has improved my reflection skills through thorough analysis of my achievements through the strava app and its statistical data. 

My greatest challenge was consistency. In the sport areas I am used to keeping my discipline intact throughout the year, which opposes my scheduling skills when it comes to service and charity work. I often caught myself putting the service chores in the second place following the everyday school responsibilities and daily routine. Fortunately I have managed to overcome this difficulty through consistent motivation from my family and myself, remembering the good I contributed to the charity helping poor children in Uganda. Working on their website increased the audience interaction with it and made more people interested in the charity. To achieve this, I had to work on my communication skills to effectively translate the volunteer posts into foreign languages.

Apart from improving my time management skills I have also worked on my communication while setting up the charity work, reflection connected to planning into the future and progressing in my activities and knowledge gathering skills linked to the research I conducted on the scientific spectrum of my journey. Also challenging myself with new art styles made me more conscious about the risk taking skills connected to the cost of numerous unfinished projects and failed trials.

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Service 2

I helped to unpack the bus before the science trip

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This month I have cycled for 80km. Most of it was done during several occasional rides. Also, when the conditions allow me to I ride to school on my bike which by itself provides me with an hour of zone 2 cardio daily and saves me some time on my way to school. Right now I am waiting for the weather to allow me to ride for longer, like during the previous week when I accomplished over 200 km in a week.

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Action 1

This month I have made significant progress in my gym journey. My pull up strength has increased by one rep which prefectly mirrors my expectations and even though I decreased the overall intensity by changing my split (from push pull legs to upper cycling) i have put a lot of organisation effort into proper sleep and recovery. I am very proud of my achievements and feel like the progression is still trending upwards in my muscle gain.

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Creativity 2

This month I have done some more photography during the science trip. It provided me with great conditions and inspiration from my friends. Also, I stumbled upon a meteorological event I have never seen before - an orange halo around the silhouette of the sun behind the horizon. I always enjoy new opportunities to explore my creativity and this trip was surely one of them. The only regret I have is that I did not take a camera with me.

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Creativity 1

This month I continued my portrait training, this time though i have done it on my ipad. I have drawn Mr. Zamek and a friend of mine, Olivia. Below you can see some random doodles to trigger creativity. I have drawn around 10 drawings and spent around 4 hours in total on it. I can say that my flow and precision in the craft has improved and I dont need as many tries as before to make something beautiful. In the future I am planning to extend my set of skills to some other art branches like sculpting or film.

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Service 1

I have completed 10 more posts from the previous month. The entire process is layed down in the previous post. It is a very monotone type of work but the fact that it is intended for a higher purpose makes it more enjoyable. Even though the work is pleasent, next time I will pick a job which is less remote.

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Service 2

I completed a ride with my friend with the common purpose of promoting the expanding of bike trails around Warsaw. Hundreds of riders gathered to support the community and I had a really nice time because it combined a greater goal with my passion of cycling. I also had the opportunity to talk with several people about their motives and views on the stance. I felt the connection with the community.

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Service 1

I continued the work on the Wings of Life website. My job is to copy all posts from the old page to the new one and translate them into English while simultaneously optimizing it all for foreign viewers. Throughout this month I managed to complete 9 posts, which alone took me 4 hours. It is very fatiguing due to intense copy writing and not intuitive software but i am slowly getting used to it. I really enjoy working with the charity and hope for further collaboration

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Creativity 2

During my trip to Mazury and several rides on my bike I practiced some photography and editing skills in the lightroom software. I experimented with composition and the two photos submited here are just two examples from the full series. I have been connected to this hobby since my childhood and still enjoy it.