Candidate Journals

Hey guys, today I went shopping with my mom to get stuff for school, we went to the mall and then had lunch outside, then came home and fell asleep. Then at my gym at home I ran on the treadmill and completed requirements.

Hey guys, I woke up pretty late and headed out to go to an indoor court to play volleyball and run practices there. At the indoor court spent about a hour running and completing requirements, then headed home, around 7 had regular tkd class and went home around 8:30.

Today was my second day of camping as we were planing to leave at 11.00.Then ate brunch and went home .I took some rest then completed my requirements for today.

Today was the first day I went camping with a few of my friends their we set up camp then went on to have fun. Later i found some time to do few of my phisycal requierments.At night we did some smores and went to bed.

I was doing my physical requierments in the morning ,then went to attend my cousins graduation celebration.where we stayed until late at night.

I woke up ate some cereal and ran two miles I got home did the rest of my requirements and got a shower. I then did my grit and ate some lunch.

    Today I'm starting my trip to our cruise. My mom booked us a lovely cruise and today we are not boarding the ship but we are going to the hotel. It is quiet a long drive however I can do this. I cant wait to have fun a on the cruise. However there is no wifi so I will disapear for 3 days. Anyways I am very exited and can't wait to get on the ship.

Today started rough but ended a lot better. I also realized today, after being at the dojo for a few hours, it’s starting to feel like a second home in a way. I think I’m getting more in the rhythm of knowing the curriculum, starting to teach it, (and just being there all the freaking time lol). One thing I put in my applying tkd to life essay was, it’s helped to make me comfortable with discomfort. Having been in all the different more scary classes/situations recently, it keeps feeling lighter to walk in there. Like, I used to be nervous for every color belt class. Now it’s more like, oh finally just a color belt class! It’s wild haha. Anyways I got a solid workout, solid essay session and classes, then watched some family guy and now going to bed. Goodnight guys

Today was a busy day, first me and my cousins woke up and made pancakes and honestly they were not good…At all. But after me and my cousins watch this paranormal movie show. I love that show it’s so interesting. It talks about all these paranormal events. Like aliens,ghosts, monsters,spirits etc. After we went to a Majalis and I played with my baby cousin he’s so cute! And also stayed for a speech and lunch. After we went back home and just watched some random stuff then had to go to another Majalis. It’s was huge! We did the same thing except I got strawberry matcha! And also ate chicken nuggets with fries and fried chicken. After I went back home and did my physical work and ran my mile and practice my pomsae. And then got ready to go to bed!

Today i helped with our senior tiger class today. i helped the white belts and i really hope that i could be as encouraging to them as people were to me when i was a white belt. but i guess i have to turn in to them soon (for a week). im honestly really excited to see what happens when i turn into a white belt. that's all!!!

Today I had band camp in the morning. Not too much physical stuff today we were practing out songs a lot more. So far I’ve got one mostly memorized. I’m still not the biggest fan of the piccolo however. Playing is pretty fun at least when ur not doing it for realllyyy long. I’m excited to start marching while playing! Anyways, after I came back I took a small chill break before I had to go to tkd class to get some leadership credits in. I was also able to get a mentee session. During camp I was able to finish all my jump rope and sit up stuff and a 1.5 mile run but i still need more miles. I was gonna run after class but it was raining pretty heavily and it was dark and wet outside. Tomorrow we are moving my sister into her apartment where she’s staying...

Today I played outside with my friends then went swimming. I enjoyed swimming, although the rain made my day a little less pleasant. I came back home and played soccer for a bit, some guests came over.

Today felt pretty normal and nothing note worthy happened. I woke up at 8 which is late because I usually wake up early so I have more time to do fun stuff. I did my requirements and then I streamed again. After stream, I got ready for Tae Kwon Do and had a session with my mentee. After that I helped with 2 classes and led warmups for one of them. After that I took the 6:55 class and I was the highest belt that time. Most of the black belts weren’t there but one (who was Disha) helped and didn’t take class.

Long day. I slept hard last night after going back to KT and staying late with Peyton to work on our creative forms.  The good news is that I have  my form done!  Now it's gonna be what I am working on until the Greenville test.  I need to go through my board breaks with Master Marcus, sounds like an excellent mentor session to me😁  Game Show  Day for my bunch.  We tweak summer camp every year and this day is my favorite tweak... it's been a challenge to come up with new games for our groups and feel like we've found some really good ones. And invented some on the spot! Home to finish out my requirements after dinner was started. Then dinner, grabbing the last few things out of our closet, loading my car with things that I am dropping off at Goodwill after work tomorrow and after I...

This morning I worked really hard on some skills that will be in my creative form. Still super happy with the progress I am seeing. It is crazy that the schoolyear for some of us is less than 10 days away, I am so not looking forward to going back to school, summer always feels like it goes by too fast. Later in the day, I went over to King Tiger and while I was there I secured leadership credits and a mentee session. That wraps up my day.

Today was a good, busy day. It was pretty much nonstop driving from the moment I got to work: took one group of kids to the pool, another group to Urban Air (where I managed to capture some great action shots to upload), another trip back to the pool, and then brought kids back to King Tiger. After that, I picked up the remaining group from Urban Air to drop off at Enzo. During lunch, I grabbed a sandwich combo from Harris Teeter that came with a drink. I think it was actually the first time I've ever drank unsweet tea. Honestly? It was not good, but it did its job by keeping me under my daily sugar intake goal. The soda or high sugar drink challenge is still going strong—just dealing with small cravings here and there, but pushing through! One of the newer vehicles is acting really strange, so...

hi guys. today i had my sat prep class in the morning so i had to do my requirements in the afternoon instead. i also caught up on all my essays. i think i only have the community service and nutrition challenge left? good thing i knocked those out before school started. thats pretty much all for today...pretty uneventful...

Today I saw the new spiderman movie and it was really good. I also saw someone that goes to taekwondo there, its a small world I guess. Today I ran 2 miles. I really want to get my stamina up so I can run even longer. One of my friends runs a 5k everyday which I think is pretty impressive. I used to run with him and I think I'll start going on runs with him again after school starts, that will probably get me motivated to actually run after school. Running with someone is much better than running alone because its not boring. Also, I really need to get started on my essays before school starts because I know I'm going to procrastinate on those. I have a book on procrastination. Maybe I should read it... Later...

I was able to assist the Senior Tigers class tonight (ages 8-12) before attending my regular weekly class afterwards.  I enjoyed teaching them the basics (for example, why it's important to chamber before executing your kicks), teaching them how to properly tie their belts so they'd stop falling off during class, and helping them prepare for their next test, which will be held in September. I have to admit, their enthusiasm was infectious, so much so that I was able to carry that with me into my class.

hellooo, i did my requirements in the morning today. i'm really sore for some reason but i'm not sure why cuz i didn't do anything differently. i've been working on my apps for most of the day. THERE ARE SO MANY RANDOM QUESTIONS i feel like i'm never gonna get through the end of filling them all out. i've been asking all my older friends for advice and have been soaking everything up like a sponge so hopefully i'm doing stuff right. i had a shift in the in the evening and that went pretty well! im really tired so i'm gonna answer a few more questions on my apps and head to sleep. goodnight!!

I woke up and ran two miles and I got ready for tutoring and I went to the grocerie store with my dad for dinner and came home and ate then went to bed.

Today, I woke up and realized that I didn't finish some work for my class, so I had to hurry and finish it. I am also babysitting a turtle right now, so I went on a walk to go down there, and I'm trying to make it a point to walk 2 miles down and back. After I got home from that, I did the rest of my requirements and got changed because my dad, my brother, and I went to see The Odyssey (which was really good). When I got home, I had just enough time to get ready for taekwondo and head there. Tonight was really good. I got a mentee and a mentor session; I got to help take a small group back and help with their forms, and I got to do black belt class. So, overall, today was not bad. I hope everyone had a great...

When does the soreness go away? Today was good. I woke up and went to King Tiger camp. Urban Air was amazing as always. I did some of my requirements at KT and then did more when I got home. 

    Today was as normal. Get ready to go to King Tiger Summer camp. Today we enjoyed our time at Urban Air. I had lots of fun with Xavier and Jovi, however Jovi did get tripped on. However I hope he is doing well. After that we went back to the Dojang and my friend Xavier helped my finish my black belt cycle exercises. After I finished 4:45 class my grandma took me and my little sister out for Ice cream. When I got home I then ran a mile and had a good rest of my day.

Hey guys, its been a minute now, but I have been deadly sick but also did a few things around town. One day I was at my friends dance event which is called an Arangetram, then I had 3 birthday parties separated throughout these few days and I managed to fill all my requirements in and completed one more of my essays, from now on my journals will be consistent as I find myself irresponsible for not doing so. 

7  Today was very calm. We were on the way to Virginia as our first desination of the trip. It was so crammed in the back because we had to put extra luggage at our feet. I Mostly fell asleep for the 7 our drive. Once we got to the hotel, I did my tkd requirments. I was hard finding a spot for my poomse and running in an unfimiliar place.

6 Today was very boring. Today was the day we had to get packing. The whole day we were packing our bags to get to go on a big trip with some ouf our family friends. We packed for so long I barely had time for my tkd. as  a

5   Today was very fun. After my taekwondo requirments, I was very excited to go to a friends birthday. We went to the Concord Mills Mall and were having so much fun. We watched a movie that day too.

4 I woke up early for my morning run and then while running I saw a deer. The deer looked like it very young. when I went closer it ran away. I went back home after finishing and worked on my requirments.

3 Today was a good day. I woke up feeling very energized. I went early for a mile run today. Once I came back I was feeling as I need to work more on my poomse. I spent more time on the poomses and then did the rest of my requirments.

2 Today was a pretty boring day. I just did my tkd requirments then went around walking for enjoyment. When I came back, I went out with some friends then went back home.

today i got 2 out of 10 (i think) essays done. im going to start a new diet soon. i want my new diet to be getting more protein so im excited to see what that diet does to me. i also went to a black belt class today and did a lot of kicking. so it was a pretty chill day

Today, after eating breakfast I played soccer with my friends, then came back inside for lunch. After lunch I did my daily requirements. After this I went outside to play tennis. Then I went to Walmart to buy school supplies. Then I came back home and ran one mile.

Today was the first day of full band camp. It was from 8-5 and it was strenuous. We had to run 3 laps because 3 people came late. And it was so hot while we were marching. I’m still kinda getting used to piccolo. It was pretty fun but tiring for the most part. Once I came back I had a little snack before getting ready to go to my friends bday party. It was a small but fun party. Pretty packed day, goodnight!

hellooooo, today i finished my requirements pretty early in the morning. i helped out in my sisters class later in the evening. i'm trying to get into the habit of waking up earlier as each day goes by so my sleep schedule isn't messed up for school. COMMON APP OPENED ON SATURDAY so yayyyyy now i get the pleasure of starting college apps 🫩🫩. i'm actually really stressed out i feel like i'm going absolutely insane but it's okay we up 🥶. i have no time to do anything in the week and there's so much to do. i think my apps consume my every thought and i need a break because my head feels like it's going to explode from stress. anyways time to sleep goodnight!!

Today was fuller than usual for me. I had pet sitting, requirements ofc, a dinner for my brother’s birthday, then helped in a class, took a class, mentored and was mentored. I was there for a while haha. But I got to teach a student one on one in class, and she did great! It’s a great feeling when your student is happy with their progress and with what you taught them. I’m very tired but glad for the stuff done. Now gonna get some essay work done, some lines memorized for theater, and relax. Hope everyone had a good day.

Happy Monday! Today was super productive! I got an early run in, took a shower and got through my daily requirements plus a little extra. I'm trying to work ahead before school starts next week so that I have a little bit of extra requirements built in just in case I have to miss a day. I went to TKD at 1p.m. and helped out with summer camp and classes. Ms. Jen and I stayed at KT until 9:30p.m. working on our creative forms. A lot of good work done today but I am exhausted! I hope everyone else had a wonderful start to the week! ~ Peyton

Hello everyone, today was a relaxing day for me, I got the day off from work and was able to chill. I spent my day at my house doing my exercises and other stuff. Later I went to go see Spiderman Brand New Day which was really good. I'll see you all later, good bye.

Today I had a major sore back and was unable to run a fast mile, which frustrates me. Today in class though I was able to get a credit for black belt class and get my second mentee credit!

Today was a good day. Got to work and swapped in a battery for one of the vehicles—hopefully, it just needed a solid charge and isn’t a bad alternator causing it to drain or fail to charge. I drove the kiddos around today since our main driver was out. Got to hang out at the park for about an hour where I worked on some requirements; it was partly cloudy and breezy, with pretty comfortable temperatures. It definitely helped that I kept a hand towel wet with cool water from the fountain to stay fresh. The day seemed to fly by. Came home, sat down for a brief rest, and then headed out for a 5-mile run. Running on a level surface makes a massive difference! I planned a flat route to get the miles in, and it felt night-and-day compared to my 4-mile run the other day. As far as...

I played catch up on all my exercises due to me being sick, it was rough but I got through it. My new shirt from Gymshark arrived today and it feels great, it's a lifting shirt so that's what it's good for, but it's also super comfy. I also went with my family to go see Spider-Man Brand New Day, and it was amazing! Definitely recommend it. I've been seeing a lot of fantastic movies lately, and I'm excited to see more, goodnight!

Today was a normal Monday. I did my requirements and ran a quick mile in the morning. That was definitely the fastest mile I did but for some reason my phone didn't track it right which was frustrating. I need to get in the habit of running 2 miles more often but I also want to work on my speed so I can shave down some time on my two miles. I'm starting to enjoy running more which is a good thing. Tomorrow I'm finally going to see the new spiderman movie which I am really excited for!

    Today was quiet normal. I woke up and got ready to King Tiger Camp. However I did not have all of my best friends their but Aiden was their and that made all the difference.  I enjoyed my time their and then took 4:45 class before heading home to my enchiladas which where SUPERIOR! after that I finished up my exercises before practing self defence with my little sister Layla. That brings me here, eating ice cream and going to bed soon. Goodnight everyone!😴

Today I had to do double of everything which was challenging because I had to that and also class was very difficult. I played FIFA again today but I didn’t stream it. My brother’s still sick but I don’t know how much better he is. I actually didn’t eat much today but I’m writing this before eating dinner and I’m about to eat a LOT more than I did earlier today.

Today was really just a relaxing day. I did my exercises and went on a 2-mile walk just to start the day. After that, I just played some games with my brother and watched a movie before I had to get ready for taekwondo. Today I got to go over all of the color belt forms and meet some of the new kids that are starting with us. Anyway, today was an okay day. I hope everyone is having a great week so far and had an amazing day!

Today was pretty good so today I woke up at 7 I think and went to my dads house to change and go to crowders mountain which was super fun, going uphill was the worst part because of all the slopes and hills, down hill was not that hard. Right after crowders I was gassed out, so we went to eat at home, forgot to mention but the hike was 4 miles, 2 going up and 2 going down. After I ate I took a shower for the sweat and changed clothes. So then I did my other workouts real quick and ate really late lunch, I took a nap later in the day for a few hours, when I woke up I ate dinner. I hope everyone had a wonderful day!

Today I woke up and went to camp at King Tiger. I was really tired after camp but I did work on some requirements. I know I will sleep very good tonight.

Today I didn't really do much, I woke up early did my mile run, requirements, and yeah nothing much because I was exited for something else. At 2 I left my house to attend my friends birthday party he's turning 10. We went to a trampoline park and had so much fun. I also learned how to do a "half" front flip on a trampoline. After the trampoline park we went to his house and we got cheese sticks at like 8, we also went on different trails in the woods which was fun a well. After I went home got some sleep at thats was it.

I followed through with my normal routine today except with a little twist. The daily requirements have become monotonous so in order to try and cure this, I did each exercise in a different room of my house. It was kind of nice having a change in scenery while exercising. Later I practiced my creative form and I am pretty happy with the progress that I am making. Hope I can continue this progress for the rest of the week.

Good weekend. PMAA practice with Master Evins. This is the first time I have trained at his new location Looking forward to another training later this month. On Sunday I did my miles on the elyptical machine at Planet Fitness. I was able to achieve a much higher cardio burn. I will plan to get more elyptical workouts in until I can resume running.

Today, I went 15 minutes earlier to Black Belt Class and Grandmaster Evans was on a call with us helping us practice. After that I got home did my first mile for week 3 and then completed my requirements. I really had to focus on my double side kicks like Grandmaster Evans said so I was mostly gonna work on that for the week. After that I had to go to a party so I just went there hanged out with my friends and yeah.

I’m a bit stressed but okay. I get stressed when I have a lot of different things to do and can’t work on all of them lol. Which looks dumb typed out. Like today, I got a great training session in the park this morning, did all my requirements, logged in my book, progress in other hobbies, cleaned, rested and ate well, and I’m all stressed that I didn’t do essay work. Wild how perspective runs with things sometimes. 

ALSO I absolutely s u c k at jump rope, (literally learned koreyo faster). Which I find funny. Of all the difficult black belt things, I get frustrated over jump rope. But, I made some progress with it today, so that’s good too.

Totally forgot to journal yesterday, loads of stuff had taken over my mind, being sick, and also having to do all of the other black belt stuff, and take care of both my brothers has been a lot. But now because of it, I have an even greater respect for both of my parents for taking care of all three of us when we were little. Anyway, made cookies today because it was a rainy Sunday and I felt like it (who's gonna stop me?). They turned out really good for my first time baking, and I'm really proud. I'm trying to get back into the groove of things and trying to make sure I get my stuff done. Goodnight, sleep well, it might be midnight, but all is swell. (I rhymed on purpose 😎)

Hello everyone, today was a good day today because it was a relaxing day, I woke up and had some breakfast. Then I played a game with my brothers and then went to church. After that we went home and did chores because our parents weren't home so we had to be responsible, then I went on a five mile walk and I got rained on for about an hour. Then went home and chilled, and even better, my parents are back so all is well with the world. I hope you all had a wonderful day, and I will see you later.

This is my first blog. I got up early to catch up on my daily requirements. I went to watch the new Spiderman movie in the theater with my dad and sister. After that I came back home and did more daily requirements. After that I played soccer with my friends, until it started raining in the evening.

I got a lot done today but also felt off-kilter for most of the day as well. Good things in poomsae class, have to finish off my creative but I think.I am about 2/3s done. My run turned into a walk because it was sneezarama...but I got the miles in. Bannister is one coat of paint away from being done and my closet is completely empty so today had some productivity in it.  Turns and balance are what I want to focus on this week. And my creative and practicing it, again and again. Have a great week!

​Not too much going on today. I woke up, completed a few requirements, and grabbed some breakfast before heading into the garage to clean up a bit. Shortly after, we went over to my in-laws' house for dinner—it was delicious as always, and I always appreciate their cooking. ​After getting home, I knocked out a few more requirements, showered, and now I'm heading to bed. Today was Day 2 of my no-soda challenge. I had a strong craving to crack open a nice, ice-cold Coke, but luckily it passed pretty quickly.  

Today was a really busy day! Me and my family woke up at around 7ish. I ran my mile and then also did my physical work. Then we stared our 4 hour drive to Atlanta Georgia. I slept for the whole ride. Then we arrived at a family friends house and stayed for lunch. I ate naan and baked chicken with salad! It was really good. After I played with the kids and then we went to a majlis and also ate dinner. After we went to a Majalis again and also ate dinner and I played with the kids. Then to our drive to the hotel I read The Grit workbook for kids. And then played Roblox. After we reached the hotel and I took a bath and brushed my teeth. The I finished off with practice my work and the heading to bed.

Today was my mom’s birthday so I forgot to do all of my requirements and I didn’t go to sparring class today. I went to sleep at 3 AM but I somehow stayed awake during the whole sermon at Church today. After Church we found out that my brother was sick so he was quarantined for basically the whole rest of the day except for using the bathroom. I gave him his food and stuff. After a while we gave him a supply of food and drinks and we went to a skating rink and I had a LOT of fun. I think the last time I went there was just before covid in 2019’s spring break. Then at 5 pm we had to leave so we spent 4+ hours there. I surprisingly didn’t fall once even though I got bumped into a couple times. After the skating rink we went...

I am not a fan of all this rain because it makes it difficult to train outside. I like to practice my creative form outside so I have more space but with the ground muddy, it's near impossible. I started my summer reading book for school today; I figured I would wait until later in the summer to read it so it would be fresh on my mind going into the schoolyear. Tonight I went for a "run" but only about 1.5 miles in, I could tell I ate to big of a dinner. I ended up having to walk the rest of the miles. Hopefully next time I run it will be more successful. That's all for today, I hope everyone is doing great!

Today I didn't have any class, so it was pretty boring. I start cat-sitting for my neighbor tomorrow, so I had to go over today and make sure I know what I have to do. After that, my mom and I went to the store to get a few things. We also went to see my sister at work, which was nice because she works at Buckle, so we got to look around at the new things in the store. After that, we went home, and I completed my requirements, and now I'm gonna go to sleep. I hope everyone had a great day!

Today was my grandmas bday! After I woke up I was talking to her and chilling a little. Later on I had some food and starting working on her cake. I made her a mango white chocolate cake and it turned out pretty good! I went to sunday sparring class for the first time around 2 and it was very different from normal class. We did a bunch of unique exercises and I was among professional sparrers so when it came time for actual matches they were very intense and cool to watch. I learned a lot and am looking forward to next week. When i came home I finished up frosting the cake and we had some people over to have a small celebration. Everyone said my cake was very good. Pretty normal day, my rest day so no requirements today but still pretty tiring because of sparring. Tomorrow is...

honestly i can’t even keep up with the date anymore 🫩. today i went to my sat prep class in the morning and got back around 1. after that i had lunch and did my requirements. i then went to my neighbors house since they got a new dog. thats pretty much all i did.

Happy Sunday! I tried to get up early to run today but quickly hit the snooze button and slept in. Good work in poomsae class today, we worked on some different parts and then did a mock competition for the rest of class. Afterwards I worked on my creative form with Master Natasya. I got home and got my run out of the way, pace was pretty slow but I think I'm just tired. Finished up the rest of my requirements and finished choreographing my creative. It took a lot of hours and a lot of hardwork but I'm happy with it. For the next 13 days it will just be practice, practice, practice! I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend! Keep working hard! ~ Peyton

It's August already! This year has really flown by, and so has the summer. School is next week and I'm mostly excited. I'll be a junior and all of the upperclassmen have said junior year is really easy and you have a lot of free time so I'm looking forward to that. Requirements are getting a little tiring I admit, but I just have to keep pushing through. My day was pretty good. I took another practice SAT test this morning, I only have 2 weeks left to study for it. I think I'll get a pretty high score so I'm not too worried. I also went to the mall today and I found this really cool flamin hot cheetos shirt. 

Woke up this morning to my 12 hour print that I did overnight all finished up. It turned out pretty cool! We didnt do too much today, kind of a chill day before the week starts. I did get my requirements done, and played some video games. Now im just relaxing and watching youtube, while I wait for my doordash. Good night!

Sundays are always busy, but today was productive. I made it a point to get two days' worth of Black Belt requirements completed since I know Monday is going to be a whirlwind. We have around 180 campers for Ninja Week, so it's going to be an exciting and very busy day!

Today I woke up pretty late as usual and got changed then headed to breakfast. After breakfast I cleaned around the house then soon after went to the gym and ran 1 mile and did my push ups, sit up, v sit ups, burpees, and jumprope in a private training room, then I went to starbucks with my mom for a few drinks, Right after the starbucks trip we went to this art place in cramerton and spent the afternoon there leading into the evening a little. As soon as we got home, I ate dinner and cleaned the rest of what I had todo, I am about to go take a shower. I hope evryone had an amazing day!

I woke up really late and got my miles done and did my requirements. After that i worked on the grit workbook then just chilled out until my mom got home and we ate dinner.

It's the first Sunday of a new month, which means it's Communion Sunday at the church I attend.  After church, I got in about an hour at the Y.  I don't know if I got kicked in my left calf from sparring practice or it's just strained from running so much these last 3 months, but it was on fire today, so I had to slow my pace down some.  After the Y (and a shower), I went to go see "The Odyssey".  Since I'm such a big fan of the 1997 version of the movie, I was really just curious to see how different this version would be.  In my opinion, while this version of the movie was okay, the original was better (as is the case with the "original" anything a lot of the time).  

    I have not been doing so good on keeping up with my daily journals. Here is a quick breakdown of what has happened. The past couple of days I have been enjoying my time with my friends at King Tiger Summer Camp along with working my requirements. Anyways, today I woke up and went to poomsae class and practiced sa through pow then realizing I need to work of chill. I then got home and played with legos before eating some lunch. I then went on a quick run and finished the rest of my exercises. Then here we are where, it is 6:04. I will eat dinner and am thinking of ending my day with watching my TV or playing with my friends online.

I am so tired from Camp Cherokee. It was hard to get up. I went to church and when I got home I did my mile and some jump rope and other requirements trying to get caught up. I also did another essay today. 

Yesterday was the first day that the requirements were stepped up a notch. For the kicks section, i usually already to more than 5 minutes but i was for sure more tired because of the other things. one thing im going to start doing is running more than a mile a day. its summer and i'm like really really free so, why not?

I’ve been thinking about how people just train injured. I’m sitting here with a bag of frozen peas on my ankle, and remembering I have instructors that have had entire hips and knees replaced and still shown up the same. They really don’t get enough credit for that. What I’m training with isn’t even remotely close to some of those cases, and it still makes training that much more difficult. Anyways, shoutout to them, and I hope you all are having good days, goodnight!

Today I started off the day with a black belt class. I was definitely able to get a lot of poomsae and self defense minutes in. Later when I came home, I was just chilling cuz my parents were getting ready to go on a day trip. I was practicing my piano and playing with my dog and stuff. My grandmas birthday is tomorrow so I was thinking about baking her a cake. I watched some Tv and my sister went out with her friends. In the meanwhile I was looking at cake recipes. I ordered some dinner for me and my grandma but i ordered it pretty late. Oh i also went on a walk with my dog for 2.25 miles. That’s all, goodnight!

​Started the day off with black belt class! Missed an email from last night, so I was a few minutes late, but it was a solid session—definitely gave me a few things to work on. ​Afterward, I got the van door fixed and ready for summer camp next week (just need to charge a battery for Monday morning). Then, I picked up the boat and took it out for a few hours. It ran great! It was our first time taking it out since getting it fixed, so that was a huge win. ​Finished up the day handling a few quick tasks, getting in a little gaming, and catching up on some good sleep. Hope everyone’s having a great weekend so far!

This morning I went to black belt class, which was really good because I got to work on 1st dan self-defense for the first time in a while. After class, I went home and did my requirements and took a nap. When I woke up, my sister, my mom, and I  went school supply shopping, although we don't really have supply lists, so we mainly just shopped for my brother. After that, we came home, and I watched a show. So overall, today was a pretty decent day. I hope everyone is as excited for the third week of the cycle as I am, and I hope everyone had a great day. 

I woke up this morning with enough time to complete the majority of my daily requirements before class. This morning's class was good because we went over some very important things to help us be successful. After class, I worked on my creative form; mostly just some skills in the form that I still need work on. The rest of the day I was exhausted, yesterday and today I felt like this so hopefully another good nights rest does the trick.

Paint is all that is needed now on our bannister. Worst home project ever. 0 out of 10, do not recommend. But it's in the end stages now. Class this morning, helped with the stairs project, ALL of the laundry, got some miles and requirements in, started emptying out closet.  One giant bag of trash later I have almost my entire side plus my bookcase moved and organized into the spare room. We are having new carpet installed this week on our stairs and master closet so we wanted to get everything moved before the week began. Good class this morning, lots of curriculum work is always a good thing! Poomsae class tomorrow, gym, creative work and finishing getting our front room clear again. Should make for a full Sunday! Have a great day!

Happy Saturday! I got up for an early morning run before black belt class. Class was hard work but it felt good. Little tigers wasn't too bad today and family class was a nice size. I came home and then went back out to meet my friends at Alley 51. It was my 2nd time there, its a food market with lots of different kinds of Asian foods (Korean, Thai, Filipino, etc). It is delicious! I came home and cranked out my requirements. I've just been relaxing the rest of the night! I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend! Try to get ahead on your requirements while the numbers are still relatively low! Its much easier to be ahead then play catch up. ~ Peyton

Today was my birthday and I had a lot of fun with my friends. I got my exercises done and now I’m getting ready to sleep 

After getting in my requirements today at the Harrisburg YMCA's weight room, I attended the end of summer barbecue being given by my fraternity at one of the pavilions at the Harrisburg Park.  It was well-attended, the weather was not as hot as it's usually been this summer, and I made a couple new friends.  Although the pitmasters did the majority of the grilling, I have to give a shoutout to the wives who brought some of the food.  They are welcome at our events any time!

I kept up on my miles but I’m going to be playing catch up on everything else. Had an amazing week at camp now let’s get to wok!!

Today was a normal day, I woke up at around 8:20ish and went to taekwondo, there I did sparing and helped out with the junior tigers! That was fun of course! After I came back how did my physical work and ran my mile and also learned a little bit of green belt. Then I took a bath and played Roblox then went to some house and ate food and then went back home. I read my book a little then played Roblox again and then went to bed.

hi guys, today i woke up at 5:10 am to go to school because today was our senior parking spot painting. when we got arrived there were already a bunch of people in line and some people even camped out. I still ended up getting in row 1 closest to the school so i'm really happy. my dad and i were waiting for our primer to dry so while that was happening i went to black belt class at 7:50 and by the time i came back the primer just dried so we started putting the base coat on. we're mostlyyyyy done with it but we're gonna come back tomorrow and do some touch ups!!

Another late post arggg, it’s fine. Today was ok, I had two arguments with people and those wore me out. But sparring helped haha. My leg was still killing me after. Not much I can do for that but wait. I’m very tired. It crossed my mind today that I have no idea how I’ll have energy to do this much when school starts. But I guess I’ll figure that out when the time comes.

July is over. Three weeks left of summer camp. Fourteen days left to get ready for the Master testing in Greenville.  There are moments where I think "I've got this" and then there are moments where I think "I am doing what?!"  Trying to concentrate on the first and use my time to accomplish my goals. Peyton talked about our KT family some. I am so thankful for them all. Today in class I was helping some other students go over a few self-defenses and they were both very appreciative. I was struck by how easy it is to help and be helped at our dojang. We are very lucky. See you in class!

I came home from my grandpas last night. Woke up this morning and played some video games. I did my requirements, tested out the new swing that my parents got, and then my dad said we would go fishing this evening, but he got home too late so we didnt. Instead, we got out my 3d printer that I got for my birthday and got it all set up and running. I havent stopped printing! Now, im about to go to bed while my print is finishing. Black belt class in the morning. Good night yall!

Today was kind of a rest day. I wasn’t supposed to take one today since I already took some earlier this week but band camp and the cycle have been really tiring me so today I skipped band camp and got some good sleep finally. I was planning on finishing my requirements later on in the day but my stomach was hurting really badly. I was kinda just chilling mostly but I went to my dance class at the end of the day. That’s it Goodnight!

Today was a pretty tough one to get through. My feet are bruised up pretty badly from sparring over the last two weeks, and while getting out of bed wasn’t the hard part, actually walking was brutal. I pushed through the pain, made my way to work slowly, and got through the day. Group 3 had movie day, so we watched Monsters vs. Aliens—it’s a good movie, and most of the kids hadn't seen it before. In the afternoon, I made sure the fleet was good on all fluids. I decided to skip black belt class today because I really wanted, and badly needed, to give my feet a rest. As soon as I got home, I plunged my feet straight into an Epsom salt ice bath for about 20 minutes. Once the feeling came back, they felt about 50% better and I was able to walk around somewhat okay after...

Today was really just a rest day for me. When I woke up, I went on a walk and worked on some poom sae's and self-. I had to help my mom with cleaning a little, but after I finished with that, I finished the rest of my requirements. The rest of the day I just watched a show and hung out. Overall, today was a pretty good day. I hope everyone else also had a good day and is having a great cycle.

I woke up feeling absolutely awful today but I managed to get an ok run in this morning. It took me a long time to get through my requirements and I had to take chill break before work which almost never happens for me. TKD definitely cheered me up, all the people there are basically 2nd family and just so fun and easy to talk to and get along with. BBC was alright, worked on some color belt poomsaes, black belt self-defenses, and cinuwales. Definitely going to bed soon, I'm exhausted but its been a good week. I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend! ~ Peyton

Hello everyone, for me, today was a long day, I got up and ate some breakfast then thankfully I was able to rest for a little bit in the morning and I watched a movie. Then I went to work and completed my shift, after that, my brother bought some food because our parents are away right now and the food was good. Then I went to chill for a little bit, did some of my exercises, and now I will go to bed, I know this is late for a journal at 10:30 PM, but that doesn't mean I won't do it. See you all later, and I hope you had a wonderful day today.

Today, I woke up late again, and then ran my mile. I was feeling bored so I ran another one why not. After I completed my requirements for the end of week 2. Then later in the afternoon I went to the little tiger's class which was fun to teach although I realized that teaching the younger ones requires a lot more patience and dedication than I thought but its alright. After the little tigers class I completed a mentor session with Master Chelley then went to Black Belt Class. In class we worked with our sticks and our Bo-staff which was fun. After class I felt tired so my parents and I got takeout and I called it a day.

Today I ran my mile as early as possible and the rest of my requirements as well. During lunch I made an egg burrito and had a taco bell quesadilla to my surprise. I was charging my phone but didn't hear my mom leave to go get some food. I watched YouTube for a bit then I started streaming FIFA 16 and a few Roblox games until I had to leave for sparring. During sparring I kinda hurt the knuckle part of my big toe but I still continued so it wasn't too bad until I had to walk to the car. After sparring I got home and took a bath after I showered because I just wanted to chill for a while. Then I said goodnight to my parents and went to sleep.

Today I had attended both black belt weekend class and advanced sparring class. We had spent class on talking about balance and also ended up doing falls. In sparring I was able to get a leadership opportunity and I think today was one of my personal best days when it came to sparring.

today i woke up and did all my requirements. i then did a whole bunch of nothing for the rest of the day. around 5 i headed out to sparring class. it was my first sparring class in a few years and it was with this new instructor, but she is really cool and i had a lot of fun. most of the fun was from seeing myself and my friends attempt to spar. surely we’ll improve a bit in the next 10 weeks…right? anyways that’s all for today. also i saw someone journal about school reopening soon and now ill be sad for the rest of the night…jk i’m super scared but excited. everyone says junior year is the worst year but i don’t know…we’ll just have to see 

Today, I woke up late in the morning did my mile run for the day and then quickly did my requirements. After I helped my dad out with a few things then later in the afternoon I went to the class before sparring and did punches and kicks along with helping out getting of that knocked out. After that I joined sparring class and got my credit for that. 

With it being the last day of July, it made me realize how close the school year is getting. Not particularly looking forward to school. Anyway, my new staff is one of those staffs that can be twisted apart into smaller pieces to easily transport but when I practice my creative form it always ends up twisting apart. To prevent this, I wrapped some electrical tape around the middle; haven't tried it out yet but I will know how it works out tomorrow. I went to class later in the day and all was good there. For some reason, I am super exhausted so I am going to bed early tonight to hopefully get some quality rest.

This is what our instructor to us a few years ago when I was a white belt in SKA at Summer Special Training.  That same thought was going through my mind during sparring practice tonight, which was held right after black belt practice.  I felt a little better after discovering I wasn't the only one still trying to recover from last Friday's black belt practice/ sparring practice sessions.  I came home and made a beeline straight to the tub and some Epsom salt.