So a while a go I went on a 40 minute walk with Anusha, Sarah , and Marcia. We walked about forty minutes in the heat and it was great. We had had tons of fun and it was a great experience to be sweating so much. We stopped at a park and just stayed in the sun as we relaxed. After that we went on another walk about ten to fifteen minutes around her neighborhood. It was svery peaceful even though we were yelling and laugh ting the whole time.
1.participation
In the participation category I have always shown up maybe missing one or two classes if I was away. I always have gym strip with me. I usually have extra as well. I usually like to get into the games. I learned that in this year I definitely tried a lot harder. I got more involved in the games and tried a lot harder on fitness days. Of course you're going to experience off days where its had to try your best and sometimes it gets in the way or getting better at something. I try very hard at games like speed ball where you have to run and get the balls because its something I enjoyed doing. I enjoyed almost everything we did this year even if they were brutal, they were just so we could find our comfort zone in our discomfort zone.
2.Social responsibility and contribution
When we set up a a game I do like to help with getting the equipments and to set up games. Usually when we set up games and we have members that we don't know we play little games to get to know everyone. We yell our names to let them know who we are. During games and fitness days I like to motivate people and til them how good they did while they were doing it. Even if we're on opposite teams. On fitness days I write what happened and what I experience. I stay true to what happened on those days because I can look back on them and see how much of a change I made within myself.
3.Healthy living
I worked hard on this part. I usually did 40 minute to hour long work outs and went for walks. I also ate way more fruits and drank way more water them before. My goal with all of this is to do better at anything than before. I used to not last running for long periods of time and her I am running longer than I thought I could have. At the end of the day with all the process that I've done I can be proud of it. I don't think I have too many posts of healthy living at home because I do the same things everyday. For school I started packing healthier lunches with more vegetables and having more nutritious breakfasts. I carried a water bottle anywhere I went outside of school. I had though during the workouts i did that it was just getting easier and the workouts didn't impact me as they did before. I actually was watching a show when a man had said when you work out some times you get used to it. That you need to intensify the workouts. Once I started doing this I was awaiting more and feeling more of a burn. Some days I would focus on things like stretching. And this was all so I could better my self.
4.Digital portfolio and reflective skills
On my blog I started of the year without posting as much as I should have. But I was able to gradually build up on it. I have pictures and I try to include what happened on those days. I had set goals on what I had wanted to archive and sometime I couldn't reach them but I tried. I knew I wasn't going to do perfect on my blog but I put more effort than I did pervious years. I included pictures and summeries of what I did after school. Sometimes people would comment on my blog telling me I should include more photos or I did a good job or things that would help me improve. I started adding more pictures and taking advice from people. They would say things like take it easy but not too easy. They had encouraged me to better myself. When I was commenting on other peoples blogs I was impressed at how well they were able to organize it and include all kinds of things. It made me want to start including things I though wouldn't matter like 10 minute walk. But it did for me because I was able to see that I put in effort to someone different then that past me. I have about a little over thirty posts on my blog and those are things I've done over the year that impress me. I can look back and be motivated to try and beat thoses scores.
I think for my percentage I would chose about 84%. I think so since I did try so much harder this year. I feel strong and I feel better than o have ever. I set a goal at the beginning of the year to find happiness in discomfort. To smile through the pain and to feel it the next day. When I'm done with something I usually like to say it wasnt that bad and its not. If you work hard and put effort and time you'll get results you might have never thought you would see. And that's what I discovered about my self. Mr. Neuf always said to be comfortable with being uncomfortable and that's something I agree because that can some many ways. It about stepping out and aiming higher than you thought you could.
Today I went on a nice 15 minute walk with my dog. We just walk around the neighborhood. It was nice to get out and have some nice fresh air. It was good since it kind of gets you mind off of the provincials. Even though it was around eight to nine pm it was still kind of warm. The walk wasnt a run or 40 minute walk but its still great to get out and relax a little.
On our normal p.e. days we played modified baseball. The game got really interesting and difficult during times. Especially when the ball would travel way to far away. I did have a fear of the ball traveling into or near the road. Later on we found a kick ball and decided to try using that. The game got harder since we had to put mor effort into it to hit it. We also used a cricket bat instead of a baseball bat. It was heavy and kind of hard to use. That day was great even if it was sunny and we were sweating.
So about a week ago we did yoga for fitness and it was great. It didn't feel that long but it was worth it. I had tons of fun and I was able to test my flexibility limits. I got quite into it but I definitely had trouble on some parts for example the push ups. That means I have to focus on building more arm strength. But I modified the push ups to knee push ups for I could still continue. I now know that balance on my right foot is what need to work on too. My left foot is pretty steady but my right foot shakes and I usually have to drop my leg and start over again. The class was pretty fun and we built up a sweat.
