My 18-month CAS experience allowed me to grow as a person and develop plenty of useful, important skills. Each CAS component gave me a new perspective to a specific area of life: activity helped me understand the importance of persistence and consistency, creativity allowed me to explore new things and be bold within the things I chose to create, and service helped me look at global issues and notions from a much more personal point of view.
Moreover, I believe that my CAS experience could be defined by the word “exploration”. I truly explored and tried so many new things! After the ending of my CAS project, I started looking for different activities to try and I loved so many of them – I started regularly participating in Zumba classes and pursued an interest in voguing, having the incredible chance to walk my first ball and participate in several workshops with people famous in the European ballroom scene. I became consistent with my creative work and opened to new art styles and techniques. I also participated in plenty of different services, having the opportunity to become a language tutor, support several foundations and connect doing good with my love for animals through activities such as hippotherapy or animal rights faculty. Something I definitely have grown to value in a CAS experience was the reflection part. Naturally, participating in all of these interesting activities was the core of the entire experience, however, each time I took the time to sit down and reflect upon the things that I have done, it made me realize how much I overcame and how valuable all of these small accomplishments were. It helped me understand the importance of team-work, self-discipline and planning – when I look back at my CAS journeys, I start to realize how much I learned through all of these experiences.