Candidate Journals

Today was a pretty normal day. As always returning back to school after a weekday is a hastle. Carpooling with my friend was fun because we got to talk to eachother during the time in the car. After I went to school, we did all classes like normal, but today, in Ap Comp Sci,  we played IMPOSTER. It was so fun because when I was the imposter no one could guess that is was me.   Overall it was a fun day.

Today I woke up for school but I was really tired. So I had a decent day at school, nothing much to look forward to, just more stuff to worry about in the future. From school I would have had tennis class but it was too hot today, so it got canceled. So I went to black belt class instead. Then I came home and I socialized with my family.

Today, I went to school, and I got all my work done for the day pretty early, including my college courses I'm taking outside of school. I also was able to get caught up on most of my stuff, and I got another mentee session in, so that's what I'll be focusing on getting for a long while. Not too much to talk about today, other than school and stuff, but nothing really eventful happened today, it was pretty chill, and a chill day is a good day, goodnight!

​Took the older kids to the park today—wow, was it hot! 🔥 🥵 I stayed in the shade and drank plenty of water, but the kids were actually running around playing soccer. Absolutely crazy; I would have passed out! Looking forward to indoor swim day tomorrow. ​Got home and put in about two hours of yard work. By the time I finished, I looked like I’d just stepped out of the shower. Grabbed a bite to eat, hit my requirements, showered, and then bed. ​I need to make sure I pack my protein shake for work tomorrow. I forgot it today, and I can definitely feel the difference. Goodnight, everyone—hope everyone sleeps well!

Today I had my first Monday of the school year. Then I went and did a help for class and then I did My requirements and now I’m going to bed.

Today was ACUALLY a really fun day! Today I woke up at around 6:40 and got ready and did my physical work and my mile with my Friends including Ira! After I got ready and took a bath and also practiced a bit of poomsaes before drinking my smoothie and went to school. After school I had a class to attend then I went to assist with junior tigers then attend a black belt class and had a mentor session with renuka. After I went home and played with my friends dog, ate dinner and went to bed.

Today I woke up at 7 in the morning and went for my mile run. Today the whole day for some reason my calves hurt a lot. Like when ever I walked or ran they just hurt and burned a little bit. Even though it hurt I still y pushed through the pain and ran my mile and got a little longer time of 10.30 something. After my mile I did my requirements and finally got my first 100 jump ropes in 1 minute and 30 seconds, my new PR. After I went to school and it was pretty fun and boring. We didn't really do much but after school I ate a snack and went to my robotics class. I got to the state tournament and my team and I placed 4th in the whole of North Carolina last year so I was hoping to win states and go to...

Today was a good day. I woke up and ate breakfast in school.Then at the classes was fun since it was the second week of school for me. After school I went to TKD for my black belt class and then did a game for fun in the end of class.After that I went to do my workouts and relax after the journal. 

Hello everybody, today was good, it was pretty normal, wake up and go to school and see friends, do homework and focus. I will say one of the best parts of the day is coming home from school because I feel much better at home then I do at school. I finished up my homework, but at the cost of not being able to go to TKD, I had a lot of notes I had to take for AP World History. After that we ate some dinner and then hung out as a family, I hope you all had a wonderful day, goodbye.

My teachers definitely jumped right in to curriculum today! I came home with loads of homework and assignments that we just didn't finish in class. I tried to get as many requirements done at TKD as I could but I got home and started school work around 8p.m. I probably won't get to all of my requirements so I'll be pretty behind on burpees but hopefully Tue-Thu I can catch up since those afternoons and evenings aren't as busy for me. I hope everyone had a wonderful start to the week. Thats all for tonight since I have still have some homework to finish before I go to bed! ~ Peyton

Today I had a Black belt weekday class, in which we went over traditional Bo Cho Dan self defense. I helped assist the teaching, after mostly recovering from back pain, and had gotten my fourth mentee session, teaching my mentee about her self defense (Hapkido 2).

Tonight, I had my first practice as a White Belt.  Expecting things to be different and actually experiencing things being different was an eye-opener.  For one, tonight we had more students than I'd ever seen in any class I've participated in.  Master Foster said that's because a lot of them have returned from summer vacation.  As a good white belt, I stood at the back line in class with one other Bocho Dan "white belt". After that is where the confusion began.  I practiced in group sessions with the one Blue Belt we had in class.  In the group session, we went through Taegeuk Oh Jung and Hapkido 1.  As a white belt, I didn't know if I was supposed to struggle like I didn't know the poomsae or the self-defense or help her with the poomsae and the self-defense.  Since it was just the two of us, I used that...

Today was my first day of sophomore year! It was a lot of fun to see all of my friends again and see how my classes are going to be, but I am a little scared because I know that I am going to be REALLY busy this year. When I got home, I did my requirements and got ready for TKD. I got to help with the shin kickers class and the white belt class, which was good because I got leadership and class assistance credits. When I got home, I had to look over my slideshow that I have to present tomorrow for my club sponsor and my principal, so wish me luck! Now I have to finish annotating 3 different essays for AP Seminar, so yay. Anyway, I hope everyone had an amazing day. Goodnight! 

    Here is a quick recap of what happened yesterday. So after I Journal yesterday I was an excruciating pain however about two hours later, I ruptured my eardrum. I was in excruciating pain and it was difficult to fall asleep. I woke up this morning and went to a doctors appointment feeling better than I had yesterday. However, it was confirmed that I did have a ruptured eardrum. I then went home and tried my best to complete my exercises for my black belt cycle and was able to complete 3 miles by walking. However, I will need to catch up on my jump rope tomorrow. It is going to be a little difficult for the next 2 to 3 weeks since I have mild hearing loss in my left ear. Anyways, hopefully it will heal in about two weeks. Good night, sweet dreams.😴  

Woke up ate breakfast and went to school. I had an ok day at school. When I got to King Tiger, I played chess and then went to a class. I had to do all my requirements at home. 

Had a very busy weekend. Included 8 hours of driving to Greenville and back to participate in the special Black Belt testing at Master Lee's dojang. Had a great workout yesterday. Felt stronger and better endurance. Increased my weight and reps across the board. Medically cleared to begin jumping and running, so will begin to add these to my workouts.

Today was pretty uneventful. i went to church, went to a class, went to a festival. then i went home and did my requirements. weekends are pretty boring when theres nothing to do. but still going strong with practice!!!

I am up very late because I just finished homework, which I wasn't aware of until tonight because it was an online course that I didn't think started until next week. Apparently we had a whole module due today so I had to rush and finish it tonight. Today I had fun hanging out with my friends. We went to publix and mc donalds and also played volleyball but it was super hot out. Later in the evening I went for a run, running is starting to get very enjoyable. This is defiently something I will keep doing even after the cycle is over. 

Today I just rested. I had planned to do a run but it was just way too hot and i’m only 1 mile behind which is really easy to make up. I wanted to go to sparring class today but it apparently got cancelled today because they had a competition or something so now I am 3 classes behind yayyy… I got to practice driving though because i drove to my class. After I was lowkey switching between just chilling and practicing piano every now and then. I watched half of this movie with my parents though. It was kinda annoying though because i kept getting reels about running like genuinely my entire fyp was just about people showing off their good running and giving tips like im not already bad enough at it🫩🫩. I played cards with my mom and grandma and got started on one of my essays about...

I didn’t really do much today I Hung out with my friend and swim at his school and then got my requirements and I’m going to sleep

Today did my daily routines, went to my buddhist temple to help out an event happening in a week, after that I decided to relax the whole day at home to get ready for the whole week.  

16 today was very fun. I woke up, very excited knowing I have a function planned. I did my tkd requirments and actually did extra because I was so excited and need to burn off the extra energy. After hitting a nice workout, I took a shower and got ready to go to the function. The function had so many of my friends and the food was so good. Overall a 7/10 day. very fun

Day Off! I took the day off today after yesterday.  I was worn out, it's been a lot the last couple of weeks, all good, just a lot.  We did a few family chores, napped, went to the movies and grabbed an early dinner. Soup for me, my husband described my voice as "operating at 30%" today.  I got all of the pics that my husband and son took uploaded...only 634.  That is a real number, lol.  Once I go through and take out the blurry ones and shots of the floor and whatnot that number will come down, some.  I loved  getting to see my son for a few hours and Jason was so happy to see me test, he was doing Navy stuff for the last one. My oldest couldn't make it but he will be there in October.  Jason held  one of my boards and so did my...

hellooooo, i finished my requirements in the morning and went shopping with my family. i worked on my apps and studied for a bit. i just finished my homework and am about to head to sleep. im dreading school tmw ugh. goodnight!!

Today I woke up early and ran a mile. then I came back home and cleaned up the house. Then a guest came over. Then I played with my friends. It was a short and simple day.

Today was a mid day. I woke up ate breakfast and ran my mile and did my physical work. In this hot hot heat. It was really hard. After i freshened up around 1ish and played outside until like 4. After I played Roblox and then practiced sam Chang and memorizing the whole thing! After I cleaned my room while calling my friend picked out an outfit for school packed my bag and then practiced a bit more before going to sleep.

Today was kind of boring. I got to sleep in this morning, and when I woke up, I went on a walk and did my requirements. I finished up my painting from yesterday, but I had to run to the store to grab some glitter for it. After that, we went to a BBQ cookout with some of my mom's old friends and got some amazing food. Then, I went home and watched a movie called "Don't Say Good Luck", which was really sad but really good. Anyway I hope everyone had an amazing day. Goodnight!

Today wasn’t great tbh. Didn’t have much energy. I did try making curry tho, and that turned out amazing. And I spent a little time in the sauna at the ymca today, was also pretty nice. It’ll be nice to see people tomorrow.

Today was a great day. I spent most of it at home with the family. We cleaned off Christian’s desk to make room for a computer—we don't have it yet, but hopefully soon!​Later, my wife and I stepped out for a few hours to look for gems at Goodwill. I’ve been substituting other exercises for pull-ups lately, so finding a pull-up bar there was a total score. The Denver Goodwill never fails—there are always a few nice finds.​Once back home, I knocked out my physical requirements, played a few online games with Christian, and grabbed a shower.​All in all, it was a solid day. Group 3 is all mine tomorrow, so I’m looking forward to mixing things up with the kiddos now that Charlie is heading back to school. I hope everyone had as good of a weekend as I did.

On the way back from Greenville yesterday, my family and I stopped about half way because some of our extended family lived in the Durham area. We visited and spent the night with them and then in the morning we hit the road back home. I was pretty exhausted from what went on yesterday but I managed to get my requirements over with, especially with the increase in minutes. I went shopping for school materials that were needed in some classes and when I got home from that I was ready to relax for the evening and try to get some good rest before school tomorrow.

Yesterday and the day before I'm pretty sure I forgot to journal but I think that's because I went to Atlanta. Today I woke up late since I arrived back home from Atlanta around 11 and went to sleep at 12. Yesterday my cousin sister came to visit us since my grandparents came so yeah. Today After I woke up I completely forgot to do my run and just did a bit of my requirements. Due to the Atlanta trip im a bit behind I think I should be able to catch up sooner or later. After I ate lunch and headed to concord mills with my dad and cousin sister. We went to a few stores then I got a mango smoothie. After we headed home and I started to do a lot of homework that my teachers game me. I worked on this thing called a one pager and...

Today I woke up and ate breakfast. Then i went to go do my workout for the cycle. After a long black belt training I went to eat lunch. After that I went to my pool for a swim. Then went to go home ate dinner then went to write my journal.

Hey everyone, today was pretty chill for me, I woke up and went 4 miles, it felt really good to get back into air conditioning after that because it was 104°F. Then we went to church and had a good time, after that I went to some ones house with my dad to talk with them and their family. Once we got home, my grandmother came over and then some friends came and we had some dinner. Today was good, I hope you all had a wonderful day, I'll see you all later.

today i went to my sat prep class in the morning. because i lost a lot of time in the morning there i had to do my requirements after lunch. i then went to the temple with my family. after coming home i finished up my homework since i have school tomorrow 😢

I'm officially half way to being done with my journals! I went on another walk today to catch up more on my miles I'm missing. Church was good, I had fun in class, and it was a good lesson, cause we are learning about Job this week, and for those of you that don't know who Job is, he was a righteous man, who prospered and had tons of animals and money, but he was also one of God's best servants during that time. Even though he was nearly perfect, the devil took everything away from him just to show God that even his most faithful servants will turn against him when faced with hardship, but Job held firm, and didn't waiver, not when his sheep were burned, or when his camels were stolen, or when his kids died, or when he was covered in terrible blisters from head to toe...

Today I tried to recover some of my requirements that I missed while I was injured. I planned on doing the miles forst. So I walked 2 miles in the morning and 2 miles late afternoon. I am slowly but surely going to try and finish all my missed requirements.

We had a couple of unexpected visitors in church today (at least they were to us parishioners).  Mayor Rob Harrington and former Governor Roy Cooper stopped by to say hello and remind us of the importance of voting this November.  Rob is a member of our church, so we've known him for years.  Governor Cooper was very nice and a few of us got to meet him after the service was over.  

Happy Sunday! I slept in until 9:30a.m. this morning and got up for a run. It was quite hot and my body was still tired from the long day yesterday so I only got in 2.25 miles. I got some other requirements done afterwards and then had lunch. I finished the rest of them and then unpacked from yesterday's trip to Greenville and helped clean up the house. My mom and I went on a little coffee run in Birkdale and then came back to relax. The rest of the night will just be relaxing and getting ready for the week! Make sure you guys are keeping up with all of the requirements! It is up to the max amount of minutes on push-ups, sit-ups, burpees, jump-rope, pull-ups, plank, and miles so make sure you aren't getting behind!! Have a great start to the week tomorrow! ~ Peyton

Yesterday was pretty good. So I woke up at 6 30 or so and change to my uniform so I could go to the black belt class, before I went to leave the house I drank an energy drink. When I got to the black belt class we did kicks, poomsaes, stick forms, and study guide. After class I went home, changed, and ate some food and chilled a little, I then a few hours later went and did my other workouts for the cycle. thats really it.   Today I woke up and went down stairs to find some food for breakfast. I then ate and did this wooden puzzle cafe thing, That only took an hour or so, I then went and did my workouts early so I didnt have to do them later. Then I went down and my dad and I went to a restaurant, we got...

I had a really good day today. I ate a banana and ran a mile. I had breakfast when I got back. After breakfast, I did my requirements. I had to go to Costco with my Mom and that was a nightmare. It was so crowded. The rest of my day I just chilled. 

    Unfortunately, today I woke up with an ear infection. However, I tried my best in participated in the pool competition and tried my best to fight through the pain. As the day went on, the pain got worse, and I couldn't bear it anymore so the day I will have to do all of the requirements that I didn't complete today I at least got my poomsae, kicks, and self-defense. Hopefully tomorrow it will be better and I can get my stuff done.

Today I did my daily run and routines for the cycle, after that I went to work, workout and hang out with friends the entire day

  I woke up for sparring. Then got my book signed. After that I did my workout. After my workout I went to the pool and relaxed. Then after that I went to a golf place called Top golf.

I went to lake norman for my black belt class today and it was nice. After that I had to go toa quick dance rehearsal because I have a recital coming up next week. Then J was practicing piano and i learned how to play champagne coast. My sister left for college today so she was rushing and packing and stuff. After she left I started finishing up my requirements. You would think by now i would be a faster runner but i’ve honestly not changed and it’s hard for me to run faster. Surprisingly i was faster last cycle. I got ice cream and am chilling that’s it, goodnight!

I saw the masters test today! Was really neat to watch. I’ll write more on that tomorrow, tired from the trip. It’s almost midnight (just got home), so I’m skipping the requirements and just going to sleep. Which I will regret when I have to make them up this week, but that’s fine.

​Today was a great day. I was pretty tired waking up early to head to Masters Testing in Greenville, but it was so worth it. I got to travel there with my family, though I ended up crashing on the way because I didn't sleep well last night.​I'm super thankful for the opportunity to go and watch everyone perform. For me, seeing all the hard work and experience from years of training come together in front of Grandmaster Lee was amazing to watch. Everyone did an excellent job with all aspects of their performances, and getting to hold boards for a few of the testers was a real treat as always.​After testing, a group of 12 of us grabbed a bite to eat at a ramen restaurant, and it hit the spot. I ended up driving the crew back home tonight, which wasn't bad at all—traffic flowed well and we only...

Today was the Masters Exam. Me and my family made the trip last night and spent the night at a hotel, so I woke up well rested and ready to test. I was a bit stressed out before testing started, but as soon as we all got on the mat and started doing tae kwon do, all the nerves eased. I thought everyone did phenomenal throughout the entirety of the kicks, forms, creative forms, and breaking. I am super grateful that I was able to share this experience with everyone who watched and participated. It’s amazing how everybody came together, supported each other, and gave it their all. I am thankful for everyone who has been in my life to get me to the spot where I was today. At the end of the day, everyone had a successful Masters Exam, and personally, I had a great time being a part...

Pretty Normal day Today I woke up early and did my tkd requirments. then took a shower and my friend came back from his vacation from out of country. So, me and him hung out played videogames, then later enjoyed playing soccer outside. I took another shower and once it was time I went to a baby shower. IT WAS A BABY GIRL!! Overall a pretty fun day.

Just made it home from Greenville where we got to see the Master's Testing. Everyone did an excellent job! I loved everyone's creative forms and I'm proud of my students for working so hard and for performing so well. I can't wait to see what the do in October.  Needless to say, not a lot of requirements got done today, so back on track tomorrow.

Yesterday i went to blackbelt class and sparring. there i found out that our service project is being done by Mr. Woods so thank you! but we also learned about more self defence. Master Foster likes to make it known that self defense is not a choreography and that in a situation like that, just do whatever is smart to get out of there as quick as possible.

This morning I went to black belt class, which was really fun and helped me improve a lot. After that, I had to wait for Owen's hockey practice, so I just hung out with his mom, and we went shopping. When I got home, I invited a few friends over, and we watched a movie and painted boxes to put our memories in for his upcoming year. When they left, I went on a run and did the rest of my requirements. Then, I had to go to the store to get the rest of my school supplies. Anyway, that was my day. I hope everyone, especially the people who attend the master's exam, had an amazing day. Goodnight!

Today I woke up early for sparring class. After that I taught my mentee his self defense. Then I we helped with the junior tigers obstacle course. Then I ran a mile at Harrisburg Park. Then I got a haircut. Then I went home and took a shower. From there we went out again and shopped.

Very long.day but an excellent one. Super proud of  us today, everyone really brought it and it was so much fun to watch. I am exhausted from the day and will talk about it more tomorrow. So thankful for my family and my King Tiger family...absolutely couldn't do this without support from all of them.

Today was catch up for me. Black belt class was good, since all the masters were gone for Masters testing, It was taught by Sri and Caleb, and it was fun. Me my dad and Jack went to the gym today and ran 3 miles and I played catch up with all of my exercises that I missed. I've almost finished reading The Catcher in the Rye for school, it's good, but a little bit vulgar. I went to a pool party, and had a blast, we did 9 square, frisbee, basketball, and karaoke. I did lose my ring though, and that was unfortunate, but here's hoping and praying someone will bring it to church tomorrow, goodnight!

helloooo, didnt really do much today. i woke up and did my requirements then hung out with my friends for a little. my best friend just got a maltipoo puppy named mocha and she's SO adorable. im gonna watch a movie and head to sleep, goodnight!!

Hello everyone, I hope you all had a wonderful day, I also hope all the people testing for their master belt did phenomenal. Today, I woke up and went to black belt class, it was a pretty chill class but it was still very helpful. After class, I went to the gym with my brother and my dad and did all my requirements, I went on a nice 3 mile run and did all the workouts, even included some bicep curls. After that, we ate lunch at a place called Poke Lakes and it was so good. Then I went home and I finished reading a book that I was supposed to read over the summer but wasn't able to finish, but I'm glad I did. After that I chilled at the house for a while and then went to a pool party with a bunch of friends and sang karaoke...

Woke up at 6a.m. and left just before 7 to drive 4 hours to Greenville, NC! We got there just before 11a.m., the testing was supposed to start at noon but got moved back to 1p.m. so most of relaxed at a little cafe while we waited. Got to Grandmaster Lee's school at noon, started warming up and next thing I know blink its 1 o'clock and time to line up. Testing starts with a bunch of kicks, Yuk chang, and then all of the black belt forms we know up to. I felt really good about my kicks and poomsae and I'm happy with how I performed. Next was creative forms, everyone's was really great! I was most worried about my creative today but I'm proud of how I did and a lot of the nerves and pressure is off now! Lastly was breaking which went well, lots of different and...

Today was a decent day. I woke up got ready for taekwondo and attended sparing class. I also had a mentor session with renuka and worked on some poomases. After I ran my mile and did my physical work and went to smoothie king and got a really yummy yourgurt bowl. After immediately I went to get ready to play outside with my friends, we played with my friends dog and played some games. Then around 7ish I went home and took a bath practiced a bit ate dinner and played Roblox and then went to bed.

I woke up and went to Saturday black belt class. There were a lot of people there even though most of the Masters were gone. I ran a mile after class and went to breakfast with my Mom. When I got home I finished my daily requirements and knocked out an essay. We went out to dinner at my favorite place Firebirds for my Dad’s birthday. I am going to sleep well again tonight. 

I went to the Harrisburg Y at 8:00am this morning to beat the normal Saturday crowd.  I was able to get in my requirements and was even able to get in some lap swimming in the pool.  Let me tell you, swimming 25 meters consistently will get you in shape, and it's a lot easier on the hips and knees.   After that, I came home and helped my neighbor (who just moved into the neighborhood) clean out her garage of boxes and other stuff she either 1) wanted to dump, or 2) take to Goodwill.  Now she'll finally be able to get her car in her garage.

    Today I woke up and got ready for black belt class before hopping in the car just for us to be late. Fortunately, Aiden, Xavier, and Dhann were all there so class was fun and enjoyable. After class my nana took my sister, Layla, and me to rock climb at Cliff Hangers. I had a blast and after I left I eat some more delicious Orange chicken and fried rice leftovers. I did my black belt exercises and got a whopping 2.5 miles done for today as well as completing all my other exercise. Other than that the rest of my day is going to be laid-back and calm. Good evening.

Today I had sparring class. We went over basic distance and how to know which distance is 1. We went over countering your opponents with cut kicks. Then we also learned how to catch your opponent off hairs with punches and clinches.

Today I realised that haven’t been putting in entries for the past few days so I‘m writing this pretty early and I just finished black belt class. i woke up early and we went to go drop my brother off at his Hotel in Atlanta he stays at during the school year. I was so hungry on the trip because I had barely ate anything at home so I kept eating and eating but I was never “not-hungry” during the trip to Atlanta. We met my cousins and abuelos at the race trac gas station. It’s not Buc-ees level, but it feels like if a grocery store and gas station mixed together. We’re on the drive home now. I sadly won’t go to class tomorrow because I have to go two open houses.

I just got to Greenville for the Masters testing tomorrow, I’m pretty tired but I’m glad that I am here. I hope all goes well tomorrow!

Almost forgot again lol. I’m heading to Greenville tomorrow to see the masters test. Pretty excited for that. I thought my ankle was better until I went to sparring. It’s not better lol. It’s been frustrating honestly, kicking used to be my absolute favorite thing to do. Now I can’t do I nearly as well. Even kicking with my other leg is hard because my base isn’t stable. Just gotta keep going tho. Also I made overnight oats for the first time, excited to try those in the morning. Good luck to everyone testing, break a leg! (Please don’t haha).

Today was finally the last day of band camp. It was fun though because instead of running laps we played freeze tag and since it was a lot of people it was really fun. We also got some nice new music. After I went home and ate and just chilled for a while. I have to constantly keep waiting till the evening to run because it is genuinely wayyy too hot. I went with my sister to run some errands a took a nap in the car ride and it was honestly really nice. I finished a good chunk of my physical stuff during band camp as well except for a my full run(i did half at band camp) I planned to run after my dance class in the evening but never got to it because it got dark really fast and I had some things to do. I had some...

​Today was a good day overall. I stuck to my normal routine, starting off by heading to work and grabbing one of our fleet vans that was ready at the repair shop. Once I got back, we took the kids over to the park to hang out for a few hours.​Afterward, we headed back to eat lunch and help out with the older kids. Once we wrapped up picking everyone else up from the park, we spent some time at Enso before heading back to King Tiger.​I took the black belt class today, and it was great—huge thanks to my sister for running an awesome session! To top it off, my brother-in-law came into town today, which is always a blessing. We all grabbed dinner together as a family before heading home for the night.​I’m heading to bed shortly since tomorrow is going to be a long day traveling and watch...

Today was a nice day. I woke ipa round 7 did the usual , change and run my mile and did my physical work. This time I did it with my two friends Keemya and ridhi! After I took my bath and went to school. We did nothing but just play games and do a few light activities. After I went back home took another bath got dressed took my class ate lunch and took a long nap. Then I practiced a bit. Ate dinner and went to bed.

I woke for school. I went to soccer practice after school.I went to go to tae kwon doe for my black belt class and sparring to get signed for my black belt cycle. I went home and righting my journal.

Today was pretty easy. I went on a walk this morning and did my exercises, but I didn't do poomsae or self-defense until later because my sister decided that she needed to go to the mall. We spent some time shopping, but my sister had to leave because she helps with the sports medicine at my school and there was a football game she had to help with. So we left, and I went home, finished up my requirements, and went to the football game. Anyway, that was my day. I hope everyone had an amazing day. Goodnight!

First Friday of the school year! Today I went to downtown Mount Holly because there was a band playing and I hung out with some of my friends after I finished my requirements

Today was my birthday, nothing special really happened. My friends sang happy birthday to me at school and someone gave me 20 bucks. Anyway today was also picture day. I don't know why they make picture day so early in the school year, its literally the third day of school. Today I went to black belt class and sparring class which was fun. Aehlei always beats me up in sparring, I figured out one of her weaknesses though. 

helloooo, today was senior sunrise. the event as a whole was more boring than i anticipated but i had a lot of fun with my friends. i thought the school would have some fun stuff going on too but i guess not. we all took like 100000000 pictures together and the sunrise was really pretty. i went to sparring today and it was actually pretty fun this class i enjoyed it. anyways im so tired so i'll be heading to sleep. good luck to everyone at masters testing tomorrow!!

Today was pretty normal. I went to school pretty normaly and felt as if nothing was wrong. I did my tkd once I got home. Overall was a normal day

Today went a lot better than yesterday, I took the quiz, and I feel kind of confident I did well. The average for the quiz was a 64%, but my teacher is adding a curve, so as long as I got a B I think I'll be fine. Black belt class today was different from any black belt class I've ever been to, we did line drills, then poomsae, then line drills, then another poomsae, then line drills, then another poomsae, and then we did line drills again! I'm super tired today, so I'm going to bed, and I need to catch up on some sleep cause we have black belt class in the morning too, so goodnight!

Getting ready to go to bed, have to be up early to hit the road for Greenville.  Trying to quell the nerves too but I am guessing the car ride will give me plenty of time to get them going again.  What I know for sure is that I have worked very hard and listened to my SaBumNims and worked to make the changes that I need, the corrections. I am thankful for Peyton and Lucas, can't imagine testing without them. We have all come so far.  Hope everyone has a great weekend and that you are all making yourself proud!

Today I went to school at like 8 am and went to my homeroom, math, ela, social studies, science, and band. After school I went home to my moms house and helped around the house with cleaning some things and packing a taekwondo bag for tomorrow in the morning. I then was picked up from my moms house by my dad who then took me to his place to stay until Wednesday if im correct. We just finished watch the movie, Masters of the Universe which is an amazing movie by the way. Well im heading to bed now, I hope everyone had a wonderful day!

Today as normal finished my physical requirements early.In school we had an assembly about expectations and regulations.After I got home I relaxed a bit.Then procede to go to blackbelt class.After I do my first advanced sparing class after.Once I get home I eat dinner read and then write the jounal.

Good afternoon everyone, today was actually a pretty fast school day, I went through and did all my stuff for them and was efficient. After school, went home got my homework done and was able to chill for a little before black belt class. Once we got home I finished my homework, and I have actually been looking into this thing called lucid dreaming, I want to see if I can figure out how to do it. Anyways, I hope your days were amazing, and I will see you all later.

I was able to speak to the manager at the McCrory YMCA on Beattie's Ford Rd. today about the Stolen Lunches charity program being held on September 5th.  I got King Tiger Taekwondo registered to spend 2 hours helping to fill 6,000 lunch bags.  I wasn't sure exactly how many candidates from the 4 dojangs will show up, so I just registered under my name and told him to expect somewhere between 25-50 people.

    Today was my second day of school, so I woke up at 5:40 and got ready for school. I then rode the bus to school before sitting in the halls with my friends and then going off to class. After a long day of school I came to King Tiger after school and had a head ache but some Tylenol did the tricks and I felt ready for black belt class. After black belt class I completed my requirements for the day and had some delicious enchiladas. I am now enjoying some ice cream and will finish my day off with my puppy in my bed falling asleep with me. 

Happy Friday! My 2nd day back to school and it was good to be back. However, all day I was thinking about masters testing, then school work, then masters testing, then school work. I was psyching myself out way more than I should've but whatever. Got on the bus to go to KT and worked little tigers, took black belt class, ran through my creative a couple times, came home, finished requirements, had some dinner, and getting ready for tomorrow now. Goal is to be in bed by 9:30 even though I will probably be thinking about tomorrow and not actually fall asleep until 11p.m. I hope everyone had a wonderful week and has a wonderful weekend! ~ Peyton

I woke up ate breakfast and went to school. I had a good day at school. I was so tired after school. My Mom picked me up early from King Tiger and I worked on my daily requirements before dinner. After dinner I went to sparring class at Master Evins school. Class was great and I learned a lot. Thank you to Master Alaina for working with me. My legs are jelly but I will sleep well tonight. Good luck tomorrow to everyone testing for Master. 

Today I had both black belt and sparring class. In black belt class we covered the special and traditional self defense for Bo Cho Dan. In sparring we had about 4 rounds of sparring, and I managed to land a kick to the head on my opponent.

I woke up had a breakfast sandwich and ran and sis the rest of my requirements and am going to write the rest of an essay today.

Today I got to go to band camp in the afternoon because my band director had something in the morning so I got to sleep in!! After I got up I had to catch up on some pushups so i did that and then did my plank. After eating I went to band camp from 1-5. It’s been spirit week this past week and today was gender swap day so I dressed like a boy and it was funny because all the girls drew mustaches on their face and looked goofy. The band was lowkey playing pretty bad today though, but I still had some fun. We didn’t do pt today which is nice but also not nice because i use those pt minutes for black belt cycle so now I have to go home and do them and I have limited time. So once i got home i finished my...

​Today I woke up earlier than normal for two reasons: it was Christian's first day back to school, and I was meeting a mentor for morning coffee. Christian was wide awake and ready to go right off the bat.​My mentor meeting was great, as always. He continuously helps me spot perspectives I might otherwise miss, and he isn't afraid to call me out when I need it.​Work went really well after that. We had a visiting scientist lead an activity with the kids where they got to make cotton candy, and we set up a quick experiment for the middle group to observe and check back on later. All in all, a solid day at work.​Afterward, I took class, logged a leadership credit, and stayed for sparring. Sparring went great this week—no new bruises, which is always a win!​Just a few last requirements to wrap up before bed. I'm really looking...

Today was my second day of schcool as before school I finished my daily physical requierments.I ran a mile in the morning and evening.I got to play games in P E.I got home and went to a class.Then I went to Taekwondo and got a menti session in.

Today, my knee was really hurting, so I decided to skip my walk and got straight into my other requirements. I had back-to-school night tonight, which was nice; I got to meet some of my new teachers and talk to some old teachers. I also got to talk to my principal about the new club that I'm hoping to bring to the school. When I got home, I had to work on my PowerPoint and make sure that it was ready to show him on Monday. Anyway, I hope everyone had an amazing day, and goodnight!

Today was my first day of school!! It was good to see everyone again and I am feeling pretty happy about my schedule. When I got home from school, I worked really hard on my requirements and since I doubled up yesterday and today, I am able to skip my requirements on Friday and Saturday in order to focus all of my attention on testing. This evening I went to sparring class which was good and afterwards I was working on my creative form just locking everything in. I'm a little anxious but I am also confident in my ability to put on a good performance. Tomorrow is going to be a long day because after class I am going straight to Greenville. Peace out.

hellooooo, today i had school bleghhh. i'm not used to waking up at 5:30 so my head was HURTINGGGG. i genuinely hate all my classes and they're harder than i thought they would be but i have a lot of friends so that's what's keeping me positive. last year i took 5 AP classes so i decided to go lighter this year so i could focus on my college apps. we already have a quiz tomorrow and that's really annoying. it's okay though because senior sunrise is tomorrow and im really looking forward to it! i have to be there by 6 which means i have to wake up at 4:50 so not looking forward to that part, but other than that it'll be really fun. goodnight!!

Today I woke up and went to school. Then when I came back I immediately had a class. Then after that I had lunch. Then after lunch I went to Tae Kwon Do to help out. Then once I finished, I went back home and played soccer with my friends for a bit. 

Day 2 of school felt pretty tiring. Almost fell asleep during my classes but I powerd through. Though soon things seemed to get better because I found my textbook and phone that I lost. I thought they were gone for good but I am happy to see them again. doing leadership class for taekwondo for the first time felt amazing. Teaching other people not only made me feel better on my forms, but it was fun because I was doing something nice for other people. Great day

Today was honestly pretty good, today I did the same thing as yesterday in the morning just a hint different. So I woke up at around 7 freshened up and changed and did my physical work and ran my mile. I also saw my friends puppy Max! He’s Soo cute! He Is a Labrador! Tomorrow I’m going to run with her and my other friend and maybe Ira on Monday! Anyways I continued my run then went home to take a bath and change/get ready for school! I drank my smoothie and then went to the bus. I talked to my friends about some random stuff. After I went to school and honestly it was A lot better then yesterday, like I made some new friends got to talk to more people like in 1st period we had to do this cup thing where there strings attached to a rubber band...

Went on a run today and my knees felt good the whole time. Really happy with my decision to rest them for a week. Today I did a lot of focus on self defenses and falling. Still stretching a lot and trying to get my pushups and situps back to pre baby levels!  Today was also the birthday of my childhood friend who passed away last year. She was a master and has completed the cycle many times. I hope she didn't mind doing mine with me today ☺️❤️

I forgot to write yesterday so writing EARLY today. Today was pretty good overall. Getting some work done/catching up on logging things now. Taught some kids today, which is something I forgot I enjoyed. I love teaching, might be the best part of the cycle so far. I already said this at one point, but the dojo has started to feel like a second home. I’m spending a lot more time there than I ever have, so I feel closer with the people there. And I had a fun group of students today, (white belts). Went over their stuff which was all fine, so they got a sneak peak of Hwarang Poomsae. The first bit they did fine, but we got to the big turn and they all gave me big eyes haha. Then had a lot of fun trying to figure it out. That’s all then, hope everyone’s well.

Today was not a great day for me. I made lots of mistakes on my first day back in school, I had a lot of work that I need to do, and I forgot about my mentee session that was scheduled for today. I have a quiz first thing tomorrow in AP Bio, and I have to take notes to show my teacher too, so I had to do those today for about 5 hours. didn't go to sparring today so I am starting to feel behind on those even though I'm not. I'm just very frustrated with myself and I'm trying to play catch up, it's working, but slowly. At least I have the knowledge that I am a child of God, and I can do anything with Him in my corner. Goodnight, hope your day was a lot better than mine, see you tomorrow.

Hello everyone, today was a good day for me, it was my first real day of school today and I had a good time getting used to everything. I have some tough classes but it's ok because I can get through it, I also believe in anyone who is nervous about any classes coming up that they think is going to be tough. I know that you can do it very well and succeed if you believe in yourself. After school, I got some homework done and then went to TKD. We did sparring today and it was nice, I hope I'm not the only one who enjoys sparring, but I think it is fun. Then I went home and made some dinner for me and my brothers and then finished everything else I needed to do. I hope all of you had an even better day then me, I will...

Happy Thursday! Today was my first day of 10th grade at Lake Norman Charter HS. It took me a long time to fall asleep last night so I was a little groggy this morning. Most of my teachers were super nice and I think I will enjoy most of my classes. I have a lot more friends in my classes than last year so I'm really happy about that! I came home around 4p.m. and started on my requirements, went to KT for a mentee session, and took sparring. My main goal tonight was just to take it easy and not get injured right before Masters testing this Saturday. Speaking of that, I'm starting to freak out a little bit but I know I have practiced a ton so hopefully it will pay off. Finish off the week strong tomorrow everyone! ~ Peyton