I have already mentioned that I also came back to running as part of my CAS Activity. Although this time I ran for a shorter time, I also did some boxing and all the complementary exercises, so it would be a whole full training. I find it much more rewarding when I connect all the elements like that, and it also makes the training more diverse and less boring as the activities are changing. This way it is easier for me to make a full one hour workout, by using this kind of diversity.

As I have mentioned previously, I am trying to add more colour to my drawings. This time I once again discovered crayons that I have not used in at least few years. What is special about these crayons, is that when their scriber is soaked in water they behave as water-colours. This property really came in handy when drawing a sunset with vibrant colours of water.

During this meeting we looked closer on the matter of sea turtles and what threats there are to their existence. Apart from obvious problems like trashing the oceans or general water pollution, issues such as artificial light might be risky for turtles. When young turtles hatch, they are supposed to head to the water and in the direction of moon’s light. But if there are any lights on in the houses near the beach, it might cause the turtles to head in the wrong direction, posing a major threat to them making it to the water.

Apart from running, I still do workouts based mostly on boxing and few additional exercises, for example including the dumbbells. This way exercises like planks, press-ups or crunches become rather complimentary ones for boxing that is my primary activity. It has been some time now since I started doing this and I feel like boxing is a really good outlet for excessive energy and is also really good in terms of burning calories.

This time I came back to drawing people. Yet, to give it a different spin, I decided for it to be more abstract, like with the hairstyles practice. In this work I went for the kind of hippie look, with a bandana and sunglasses. Though for it to be more extraordinary I gave the character green hair and pink skin. This is also a part of me adding more colour to my works that I usually did and having fun with the crayons alongside practicing my sketching.

This time during our Animal Rights Faculty meeting we took on the matter of deforestation and its impact on animals particularly. We discussed how growing agriculture and monstrous numbers of cattle that are bred, contribute to the amounts of forests people destroy each year, and how therefore animals inhibiting those forests loose their habitats.

Apart from boxing and doing various exercises, I also came back to running on a running track. I usually go and run for about 20 or 25 minutes and in this time I do something above 3 km, using a peaceful tempo. After I sometimes do additional exercises from my workout sessions, so I combine all the elements into one longer workout that will last for about an hour.

This time I also wanted to experiment with some flowers, but I picked one type this time and I put it in the foreground, so it would partly overlap with the face that would be in the background. I also wanted it to kind of float in space in order to appear more imaginary. The floating leaves are supposed to not only show some movement of air, but also movement of time in a way, they are supposed to indicate that time is passing.

This time it was my turn to make an awareness raising presentation about some endangered species. The one I chose was hazel dormouse, a small mammal that lives on the territory of almost whole Poland and is under strict protection here and also in United Kingdom. The threats it has to withstand are not only its natural predators, but also deforestation and major shortage of food sources.

As a part of my home workout I decided to take up boxing. Doing simple exercises like press-ups or planks was too little for me in terms of diversity, so I decided to try something new. I have never boxed previously or attended any trainings in this area, so it will be entirely self-taught. I train using a bag and with time I will hopefully be getting better at it.