Thanks to this post over on my friend's CAS blog, I was reminded that writing my reflections on this blog actually counts for creativity too. Two birds with one stone, right?


I'm happy to hear this as I'm currently running 3 blogs: this one, an extremely successful one and a not-yet-so-successful one. I wasn't aware that the blogging itself also counted as creativity, but rather the activities behind it. For me these would be photography and writing.

Not only can I document my CAS experiences and share my other work, but I enjoy doing it... a lot. I've actually always had blogs, although the oldest ones are something that I hope will stay in the depths of the internet - the never-to-be-found section. Already having an interest and some knowledge about how to set it up in a way that I like has saved me a lot of time in the long run. I think that if I had decided to have a sketchbook or journal for my CAS experiences, I wouldn't document half as much as I do here. Even though I love being creative on paper, I like extending that to an online format.

There are some features that I wouldn't be able to incorporate into another blog such as the timeline of all the events and activities I have participated in. I really enjoyed developing a method for showing this without having the scroll back through all of my posts, which is where the virtual timeline came into the picture.

I am also very surprised by the overwhelming success this blog has had. I have to admit, I didn't think many people would be interested in reading about my individual CAS experiences, but it turns out I was wrong. I've already had nearly 1,000 page views from all around the world. Currently the countries at the top of the list are: Germany, United States, Poland, Russia and Portugal,

To any other IB students or anyone thinking of starting a blog, I fully recommend it. Well... only if you are a fairly fast typer, if don't mind learning a bit about coding/programming and if you want to have a creative outlet in a different format.