Creativity - Origami

After some time making origami I examine how much paper I actually used. I will definitively continue to do that paper folding game, but I will consider the ethical issue and use paper that is already used and intended to be trowed out. I have practiced working with small elements which requires a lot of concentration and patience. 

Initially I treated origami as something I have to do in order to fulfill creativity, but as time goes by I have to admit that I do it with pleasure and consider it as the time for relaxation and quietening. I am really happy for starting to do it.

Because of upcoming Easter I did something not specially from paper however as well demanding and creative.

CAS outcomes:

- Increased awareness of strengths and areas for grow, 

- Showing perseverance and commitment, 

- Undertaking new challenges,

- Developing new skills,

- Consideration of ethical implication,

- Planned and initiated activities. 

Service - Orphanage

Orphanage house was quite a journey. I thought that it will be the children who would have to get use to my presence, but that was me who had to domesticate. They welcome me with open arms and I felt as a part of their family. At the turn of those few months I saw that I somehow influence their perspectives on life.  I talk with them a lot and explain some things. I could say that I felt life theirs older sister and they liked me.

Now I know that I would be able to become a teacher or the superior of such kids. I developed my being-mother skills. I also believe that supervisors of the orphanage house were happy about work with me. I helped them a lot with helping to do children's homework.

I am glad that I have family that will help me if I would be in troubles or have problems and place where i am always welcome. I started to appreciate my parents massively. Moreover I decided that when I will start earning I will help some children charities as I am know fully aware that their need other's help.

CAS outcomes:

- Increased awareness of strengths and areas for grow, 

- Showing perseverance and commitment, 

- Undertaking new challenges,

- Developing new skills,

- Consideration of ethical implication,

- Working collaboratively with others,

- Planned and initiated activities 

Creativity - Origami

During these recent months I saw that I made a progress and I am actually looking for more complicated origami to do. Lately really strong comparison came across my mind. Actually origami is like life. Sometimes it works and is easy and sometimes it does not. Sometimes you put it together in the wrong way and you have to improve it to make it right, which sometimes is hard as you not always know where you made a mistake. Same situation is in life, you are making mistakes and have to know how to work them out.

Even when you plan things in advance, that you will do this or that origami is not always accessible as when you examine the step by step instruction sometimes you are confused and you can not understand, thus you do not do it. Basically, you cannot always control either you are able to do something or not, same in life there is a higher power that in some way affect your decision and actions, thus not always you can realize what you have planned.

 Here are some of my works. It is clearly seen that they are slightly more time- consuming and demanding than my last origami.

Activity - Gym

Recently, I have again started going to the gym. This time I intend to build my muscle (at least try to) and focus mostly on abs and gluts parts. I decided upon drawing inspiration and creating my workout plan from videos shared by people on Instagram. I have to admit that exercises are quite creative and I would never thought that I can do them on particular gym devices.  I seems sometimes to gain other's attention and be in the spotlight as mostly 30-40 years old people attend the gym in the time I also goes there. Thus, I have to deal with glances, which is stressful and intimidating, however I proud that my work might look professional.

What I started to like and respect is the fact that some people are able to devote their life to staying in healthy condition and basically accept the gym as their second home.  I do not know how they can stay motivated for that long time period. Also I have noticed that many of elders attend the gym. It brings thought whether I will find determination in their age and try to be fit.

CAS outcomes:

- Increased awareness of strengths and areas for grow, 

- Showing perseverance and commitment, 

- Undertaking new challenges,

- Developing new skills,

- Consideration of ethical implication,

- Planned and initiated activities.

Service - Orphanage

When decided upon that type of voluntary I was partially consciousness that it will bring something different to my life. It does. Actually, I have started to deliberate about meaning of the life.
I  think about what some people have done to live the life they have. Did they deserve it? It is unfair that we cannot fully control our destination. In the very begging of their lives they were marked with the adversity. They do not distinguish between good and evil, because there wasn't anybody to taught them - no parents.

 I know that there are people in the orphanage, who look after them, but I swear that it is definitively impossible for 1 person to raise that number of children.  Yeah, there is only one supervisor on the work-shift, who is there sometimes half of a day. So I am asking HOW he or she can handle it? Especially that these children need special care, they need somebody to be with them all the time. I can see, for example, how hard it is to do a homework with them. Sometimes I literally spend 2 hours helping a girl to do  4 math's tasks. And know imagine that there is 15 or 20 kid, who need the same help. In my opinion the government should introduce some solution, because at least 2 supervisors are needed at one work-shift.

Because of that experience I am glad that I have both parents, who are who they are and I am quite often complain about them, but I know that they love me and they contributed to making me who I am.

Creativity - Origami

I am doing my best to create some origami-looking like "art". Actually, I thought it will be much easier to only fold the paper several times in various directions, but it appeared differently. The origami has several main basic forms which are needed to create more composed figures. I hope I will learn them and won't use instruction every time I started to do some origami.

I noticed that it is also a hard work for me, because it needs patient and involve precision with small details. It amuse me that folding the paper could be a tough task and surely I would say that physical work is much easier for me. My work look like a child's work, which is more ridiculous. I have to say that I really challenged myself, but I won't give up and I expect that successful progress would be seen sooner or later.





Here are some, let just call them "work".

A dolphin 

A frog

A box for my fineliners markers and pens

A bookmark

3D Hearts

Service - Orphanage

Tomorrow I will start voluntary service in the local orphanage. I have already been there last week to check whether I will handle that hard task. To be honest it was difficult for me. First I got there, the supervisor of the orphanage was busy, because some parent came to talk. I stood in the corridor and saw some children passing by - one boy and 2 girls.

One of the girl, she looked like she had 6/7 years old, stopped and introduce herself, than she started to asking questions. She acted as she know me and had no barrier. It was like hundred question per minute and I felt weird. I was more embarrassed than a child.

There are 14 or 15 people form 6 to 17 years old. Boys are so aggressive. When they were asked to get ready, because we were supposed to go to the circus, few boys started to tease one another and start a fight which was 'for fun'. I was shocked, but wasn't frighten. But what surprise me was that they acted as normal even as I was somebody new. I said them to stopped and thought that, maybe, because I was a stranger they would stop, but they wouldn't.

Children there are either to open and emotional or aggressive and shameless. These 2 girls are the only girls there, and they truly want to know everything about me. I feel a bit sorry for them and even for these boys. Before I went there I said that I will try to treat them as normal people, that is why I try to not look at them with compassion, but sometimes it is hard. I hope it will not overwhelm me and my psychology.