Candidate Journals

Today I will be helping out in the lower belt class. I hope can do a rolls and falls and a mentee and mentor session. My favorite color belt I like to help out with are the yellow belts.

I went for a run today with my Dad. Two more weeks. I will keep pushing until the day of the testing. 

No run yesterday. Had our written test. I’m glad that was done.

September 28 - Entry # 43 Got to sleep in this morning, so that was nice. When I did finally wake up, I played some video games with my friend. Worked on requirements. Played more video games. Just had a chill, relaxing day. Still pretty wore out from testing yesterday. Back at it again tomorrow. 

Today I worked on hanging out with my great grandma Mamaw it was very fun we went to cowfish and I got to go to the Lego store and saw something cool it was the avengers tower it had like 25 marvel characters and I want to build it soon

I'm so exhausted from the physical test yesterday but I'm super excited I got a 99 on the written exam!! Today we watched the Panthers and they were awful! Then we went to the Smiths for dinner. Goodnight!

I was so happy to not have to wake up early for a taekwondo class and i got to sleep in. After I woke up, I hung out with my friends and after that did all my requirements. now I'm going to sleep.

Today we slept in and then watched the Panthers lose and I had some moms over tonight to learn to crochet which was really fun!

I'm anxious to get to testing, but grateful for the extra week between the end of the cycle and test night. I'm sure we can all use some tightening up on technique. I hope everyone takes advantage of that week and keeps testing. The better we know the material, the sooner we'll get to bed on test night. Good luck everyone

I think i forgot to do my journals for a couple of days. Anyways today was pretty good I just did requirements and went to orchestra. rehersal was pretty good, i missed last week so I wasn't able to keep up on one of the pieces they did last week but im getting the hang of the other ones. After I came home I played volleyball with my friends and then I came home and showered and ate dinner and thats it. 

Today was a normal day. First I woke up and had math class. Then I watched tv and read a book for sometime. After that I ate lunch called my friends and went to play volleyball with my friends. Finally I ate dinner and watched tv.

I got my hair done. that took way too long. I also ran my 2 miles today and I got a better time. I was pretty proud about that. I also got my shrub yesterday, its going really well.

Today was pretty chil and stuff like I went to the stanly park and ran a half mile before stoping to look at turtle then I started running again.Later I went to my dads house and chilled there for an hour then I went to my moms house played with my friend and I am getting ready for bed now bye yall.

Today was pretty eventful. I slept in a little bit, and I also went for my physical test run. I shaved off 4 minutes so I'm happy about that. Then, during the afternoon, I worked on homework and watched some NASCAR. My favorite driver won and also one of my favorite football teams one today as well. So overall I'm pretty happy this afternoon. Now I'm gonna hangout for a little bit before I have to go to bed.

Today was a pretty chill day for me, I went on a 3 and half mile walk with my grandma then I went back to watch the bills game and they won which I am very happy about.

Today was a little rough for the beginning because I woke up at 5 and thought we had to leave at 545 to go to the track and I had a bad time waiting to go there like I had that nervous breakdown like I had to cry to feel better before the physical exam and the written exam that’s really it the rest of the day I worked on the rest of my eassys 

congrats to everyone on the pre test today. this is also my final journal but ill probably write one more tomorrow for fun. 

Yesterday, I went to office hours for a coding assignment that was a struggle to figure out in Computational Physics. The professor who teaches this class also taught my first-year course last year. He took a quick look at it and managed to figure out what was wrong, not because of any formula that I had that was off, but because of a simple logic error that I just didn't catch. That particular logic error didn't require much expertise to see it, but with such a lot of code, it is hard to pick everything apart individually. Between this and in my comp sci classes at UNCC, I've found that sometimes one needs another set of eyes to look at one's code to check for errors. In a way, the same thing goes for Taekwondo. Having trained in many different places with many different people, there are things that you'll never...

I improved all my things for the physical test and I did pretty good on the written test. I finally got a haircut today as well, I’ve been waiting for so long and it turned it out really nice. After I went to an Indian function which was chill and I still have one essay to finish and it’s the book essay so I have to lock in for that.

I’m so tiered I had to wake up at five to go to the physical test which made me more tiered. Then after that I came home and did the stuff we did not do at the test. Now I am about to go to sleep

Today was the physical and written test. When we started I was nervous but I was also ready to get it over with at the same time. I beat all my numbers and timings that I got for the pretest. For the written test I passed which is really good. I am just glad its over just one more test and were done

Today we did our post-test. It went well, and I am very glad it's over. I was able to get all of my essays submitted last night, so that's also a big burden lifted. Today we went shopping for Cypresses, and found some fine specimens. I'm going to sleep well tonight.

Today we had our post test which I thought went well, I got an A on the written test and did a pretty good job on the physical stuff. After that class was fun but exhausting. Not much else notable from today.

Its nice with the written and physical test being done. I found out from Master Foster that I passed the written test so yay. Time to get ready for the overnight testing. Thank you to Master Foster, Knight, and Instructor Conner for helping me out along the way. Hope yall did well on the test.

It's been bugging me since last week about this test. Now that it's here, I just got to hope I pass. I did pass my physical test. I just hope I pass for my written. I forgot most of my terminology but the other questions I got most of. Now all I do is hope I pass. Also class after the test was packed. Everyone was in the back, and I could barely get to my spot in the middle. But at last it's over, and now I have to worry about the REAL test.

Good test day this morning. I partnered up with Scott, aka "The Nomad". Did my run afterwards and saw Jakhye at the track as well. Started off poomsae by mirroring Kwon Sol (in other words, I started on the wrong side). Master Evins just shook his head lol. I'm grateful to all the Masters and everything they do and pass down to us. 

Week 12 – Transformation Look back, and see how far you have come. The cycle is ending, but your journey continues. The body is stronger, the spirit steadier, the mind clearer. This is the gift of perseverance—the transformation of the self.

Today is post test day, good luck everyone. Unfortunately, I pulled a muscle so I’m delayed a bit, but I am going to show up and take my post test and rest so I can be ready for our test next Friday.

Went to Co-op yesterday and saw my friends in Homeschool.. Then I went to a the bb class.. 

September 26 - Entry # 42 Had an okay day at school today. We had stuffed crust pizza for lunch, which is my favorite school lunch, so that was good. After school, I rode with my mom, dad, and sister to UNCC to pick up a motorcycle helmet. Once we got home, I worked on my essays and requirements. After that, I showered and got ready for bed. Physical & written exams in the morning. Im nervous but I think I'll do pretty well. 

I am so exhausted and I worked a long long time today finishing up my essays but I got it done and now we have the physical and written test tomorrow and I think I'm ready but I'm a little nervous

Today we had school and I helped Henry finish up his essays and got them submitted. I submitted mine yesterday and I'm going to bed early because we have the physical and written test in the morning. See you guys soon!

Today was mostly normal. I had school and soccer practice. However, our coach made us run a lot more and do some strengthening. I'm a little sore so I'm hoping that I won't be that sore for tomorrow. Tonight, I studied for the written test and I'm going to study some more in the morning. Goodnight everyone and good luck!

today after black belt class we had a potluck. it was really good there was all kinds of food and i hung out with some friends. speaking of black belt i forgot to get my credits signed.. but i guess its okay as ive been have my credits done. asides from that goodluck to everyone in the morning. 

Today I had a math test which I’m pretty confident I did well on, we also had a bus evacuation drill which was very boring. A friend and I made a funny discovery in band class, we weren’t hearing any other clarinets playing or melody at all, so we tested it by not playing once and there was no melody which was really funny. Aside from that not much has happened today.

My day was good as usual I woke up did my exercises and got dressed for school. After school I studied the pre written exam And I have it all memorized but i am still pretty nervous. when my dad Got home we went to  a mexican place for dinner got home and good luck for Saturday guys 

This is my last journal before the test. today I ran my mile so hard my stomach felt like I did 1000 sit-ups and now I'm about to study some more for the test. I hope I do well. I have been practicing hard at home, but I still need a little work on my poomse and I need a little more on my self-defense. I think I'll do the best at sparring but who knows.

Today was really stressful. First I had a spelling test at school. Then I went home and worked on a on my last essay, the Kwans. Then I ran two miles, and I studied for the written exam. Im kinda nervous for the test but honestly not that bad probably because I’ve done it before. Im not sure why but I’m nervous for the class afterwards. Anyways today was a lot of working.

It's been a quiet couple of days for doing cycle work.  I've been resting and stretching a lot.  I need to upload my essays and finish filling out my testing application.  At this point, there is nothing I can do in order to do better tomorrow.  My weather app says rain tomorrow morning, so we've got that to look forward to. 

Good morning. I can't tell you how happy I am that the weekend starts tomorrow. Today I had a great amazon shift from 3:30-7am. it was in my neighborhood, so I only had a short drive home when I was finished. I will finish my essays today and do my requirements shortly when I get a break from work. I also plan on studying for the written test tomorrow.

I've been running the gauntlet this week, but it's almost done. I got a Chinese test to study for, so I'm going to be doing that for a bit. Practice is going well, and I discovered that the U of M has a Blaze Pizza on campus! I should really spend a day just touring that campus more. If I get selected at random to pick the next team dinner, you know where I'm choosing. Maybe I'll eat there at Pi Day instead of the place close by.

This evening I went to Lake Norman, for their sparring class. I got to train with different people, I saw instructor Rob, which is always fun.. It was an overall good  time, I am super sore and just trying to make it to Saturday. Tomorrow  I plan on going to Harrisburg to finish my last two credits I need.

Today I went to school and then after I went to help with testing. Then I ate dinner which was egg fried rice and orange chicken. Then I studied for the written test. Im not feeling so well right now but im gonna get some rest. Im kinda worried because there's supposed to be rain on saturday in the morning. But maybe we will just do what we did for the pretest. Anyways goodnight.  

I realized that I had slipped into a self-pity loop with the injuries. I've been complaining about all the aches and pains. For what? It's not going to help anything. I'll modify where I can and rest when the cycle is done.  

average day, went to school and when i came back home i forgot that today was testing at harrisburg (which is obviously the location i go to.) for the other belts. i decided to help out with what little time i had to get ready and it was cool. the sparring was pretty entertaining and it was cool to hold boards. but yeah that was kinda it for today. 

Ran 2 miles today and went to sparring class afterwards. I was exhausted and starving when I got home!

Today was a normal day at school after that I went home and chilled for a bit then I went to tkd after that I had dinner.

Today was a long day. I had school like usual, and I also had soccer practice. After a hard practice, my dad and I headed over to the Lake Norman school for sparring class. I also got a mentee session and helped out in the 6:00 family class. Then, once I got home, I got my homework and now I'm probably gonna head to bed soon.

Today was pretty good I finally got into my house which are Le’alta my house, Wema, Andrea, and Nazaha. Lealta is winning by 200 points. we get house points for good academics. 

Today I will only go over what happen at school because it was so crazy so I got dropped off at school and then I went to the gym so when they dismissed us we got up to the the 7th grade hall and they a lockdown siren started we had to sit and stay dead quiet for 2 hours straight after that they told us want happen it was a caller from New York threatening the school and then I emailed my mom to send my graps to get me home 

My day was good as usual I woke up did my Exercises and got ready for school. After school I went for a two mile run on the track that we are gonna be running on Saturday my time was 26 minutes so that was good i am gonna go there again  on Friday and I am exhausted Have a good night everyone.

Today was pretty chill and stuff so basically I have a grammer test tomorow and so yeah. Later I got to my dads house and I did my homework which was watering my science fair plants adn then I went to taekwondo which was super fun like I acully I got to spar. After that I went back to my dads house and I chilled there for at least an hour but thats all plus I just came home from my dads house to my moms house. So bye yall

Today was a normal day. First I woke up and went to school. Then I came back ate a snack and did my homework. After that I went for a run did my requirements and practiced for the written test and i'm feeling pretty confident. Finally I watched tv and ate dinner

Today was busy. I'm struggling to have time to do everything i need to do lately, but I was able to get some work done on my essays, and get some requirements done. I didn't go to sparring because I have finished all of my required classes, and instead worked on my essays.

Today wasn’t very eventful aside from the fact we had some drama during recess today at school. At PE me and my friend played pickle ball and volleyball. After school I went to sparring and that was it.

Again, normal day. Almost done with the cycle! I got my bush today for my tea ceremony. Going to black belt class tomorrow and sparring. Hope you had a good day

Just finished my essay on the book reading. Planning to go to sparring class today and hopefully will go for a run with my Dad.

I think if I could carry everything over to the spring cycle I would wait and test then. That’s how beat up I feel. Things being as they are, I have no choice but to push on. 

September 24 - Entry # 41 We had our science test during school today. I only missed 2 questions and got a 95, so thats pretty good. After school, we stopped and got something to eat at Wendy's then headed home. When I got home, I worked on requirements and finished my essay. I helped my mom, dad, and sister put up our "Nightmare Before Christmas" Halloween inflatables. Halloween is one of our favorite holidays. Now im ready for bed and laying down.

Today I went to school and then I went to wonderful Wednesday and had dinner then I went to taekwondo and then i ran. Goodnight.

Today I helped out with the Senior Tiger class on forms. After that class was sparring, we did a lot of drills and worked on clinch.

Tommorow is the final test of this cycle. I am both exited & saddened becasue this cycle has been very fun & I loved doing it. It was difficult but well made. I hope that I pass  I've been practising everything I need to so I hope so. I hope to see all of you there.  

Today was pretty much a normal school day. After school though, I had another long soccer game. My team was up 1-0 for most of the game. But the refs made a bad call on us and the other team was awarded a penalty kick. Unfortunately, they scored, and it stayed 1-1 all the way through double overtime. Then, we went to pk's, and we had multiple opportunities to win but our goalie guessed incorrectly so the other team stayed in it. Unfortunately, everything came crashing down and we lost 6-7 in penalties. So, it was rough night, but I got my homework done and now headed off to bed.

Today was a normal day. First I woke up and went to school. Then I came back ate a snack and did my homework. After that I went to taekwondo took a class and got a mentor session in with Master Foster all while doing the white belt challenge. Finally I watched tv and ate dinner

Got home from church. Will be reading a book. Hopefully I will finish all my essays this week.

My day was good as usual I woke up did my Exercises and got dressed for school. After school I studied the pre written test and I memorized three pages of it and I just need to study the last four questions  and I should be good. 

Today was a chill day. I woke up, went to school. After school I went to taekwondo for a shin kickers class and a sparring class. I also got a mentee session in with Libby. I haven’t found my sticks which is not good. I think I might have left them at Master Chellys dojang. I have been studying for the written test, but I am still really nervous because I have more to do this time than I did last time because I am a first degree now.

Today was okay but we had a science test and I aced it which was perfect. Later I went to my dads house and I did my homework and went to taekwondo, at taekwondo I helped out and I also sparred a little. Thats basically it for today so bye my peeps.

Today was so empty but so full I didn't have any after school activities. But we still had to get my shrub, and get my instrument for band.

i went to school came back and went to midweek. i then did some requirements and yeah, nothing much happened today.

Normal day today. I went to church for D-groups and had a good time. I also just found out we have 18 days left of the cycle. I'm excited for it to be over, but at the same time I'm nervous for the written test on Saturday. Well hope you had a good day.

todayi went to school as normal but I took 40 mins of waiting for my bus before I got there and also when we got to school witch we were late I started crying so much my teacher had to talk to me because its hard to balence working in black belt cycle and 7th grade witch if I might add is a hard grade when I got to gym I felt like there were going to yell at me for not doing anything because my knees have been in pain for the last month I'm so sick of it this was my worsed day of school yet  

Today I won’t be going to the lower belt class. I will be going to church instead, but I will be going to sparring class on Thursday. See you all tomorrow!

So I've been behind in entering my data into the tracker.  I went ahead and did that yesterday and it turns out that I am farther ahead on several of the categories than I thought I was.  So that's exciting.  I'm going to use that to my advantage for the rest of the week and spend the time I would have doing pushups / situps / etc.  to do some yoga / recover.  I'm hoping that this will help me fix the weakness I've been feeling lately.   However, I am way behind on the jump rope portion.  So even though I'm going to take a little break, next week I'll have to hit the jump rope pretty hard to catch up. 

Today I went to the Dojang, I taught the family class. It is getting quite large ,  I had help from other instructors. I find it interesting that when I first became an instructor I never thought I would be leading an entire class. I thought I would assist , maybe mentor someone for black belt cycle. This just reenforces what my grandpa used to tell me, " never say never, you never know where life will take you". As we wrap up cycle I think I have taught about six or seven classes and I am sure this is just the beginning 

Today I came home from the sleepover but before that we got sushi which was good and I went to trail life and worthy life and then I came home and had dinner. Goodnight. 

Today I went to school and had high belt class and I worked on hapkido 4 and 5 more. Then I ran and went to a sleepover with my friend

today was a normal sunday i went to youth group and church and confirmation class and i ran but it was dark so i had to be fast. 

Today was pretty boring. I had a teacher workday, so I was home today. It was easy to do my requirements since I had a lot of time. At practice I did a mentee session and helped out. Now that was really it.

I have so much homework. Today I might have missed the bus because I woke up late. I have been sleeping late for the past week so I am really tired. Hopefully I should be able to get some good sleep tommorow since i dont have much homeowork left. Anyways at school in math we reveiwed for a test and in english we worked on a presentation. In history we had a test. When I came home i did homeowrk and requirements. I am still doing homeowkr but im almsot done

Today was a good day. I went to school and after that went to taekwondo and did a mentee session  with my mentee. But I had to leave early from taekwondo because I had hockey practice but that is the last practice for about four weeks so I will not have anymore times I need to leave early from there. after that I did my requirements.

I didn’t have school today so I got to get some good sleep after a while. I had breakfast and was with my dog chilling a little. I went over the written test answers some more and then practiced some piano. Then I did some homework and ate. I finished off my requirements and went to my class. This is my white belt week and I got some odd looks. It was a simple class. I came home had dinner and took a shower. I figured out the situation with my sparring classes. Turns out I forgot to get a sign from a class I took a couple weeks ago so fortunately my mentor believed me and signed it. I had a mentor session too. I am a little in trouble because I kind of procastinated on my essays and need to lock in this week. Also I only have one...

September 23 - Entry # 40 We made clay teeth at school today. It was pretty fun. After school we went to my great grandparents and worked on requirements, then went to class. After class we went home and worked on requirements some more. Now im getting ready for bed. Got a test in science tomorrow. 

forsome reason i had school off today. im not conplaining though gave me some time to catch up on some stuff and have a little break. but yeah that was kinda it

Today a pretty good day after school I went to taekwondo and did a Mentor session It’s my mentor then I hoped that was a few classes and went over    Some self defenses. Then I went home and did all my running now I’m about to go to sleep.

Today was another eventful day. This morning, I went to a orthodontist appointment. Concidentally, I saw a girl that went to my school. Anyway, after the appointment, me and my mom went shopping at Target and Dick's Sporting Goods. Once I got home, I had some lunch and for basically the entire afternoon, I was doing lots of homework and taekwondo requirements. Luckily, I still made some time to chill and played some video games with my friend and now I'm going to bed. 

Today was a busy day even if there was no school. First I woke up late because I slept in today. Then I went biking with my friends and did my homework that I got yesterday but did not finish. After that I did my requirements and finished my practice written test. Finally I went outside and played with my friends.

I went to class today and help with the lower belts. I also practiced rolls and falls with Master Natasya and Master Marcus

Today was really good. I woke up went to school, after school I went to the doctors for a checkup. Then I went to a black belt class. And it was Master shins b day on Saturday so we got him some donuts and a card. Overall today was a really great day!

Hello today I woke up and went to school I hade a sub then I went to king tiger after school and did my home work then I helped out with a class then I went home and ate dinner byyyyyy.

today was my second day of my white belt cycle and it was pretty fun. we had my favorite enchiladas for dinner, and I finished all my requirements except for pull ups.

🐯So today was simple I had a sub for band . Then I went to King Tiger after school and helped out with the class I got my homework done. That’s really it .Bye.🐯

Today I had a day off school which was pretty cool, not much happened today aside from the fact that my mom made pho for her new skill which we had for dinner and it was great (we did overcook the noodles though)

Today was a pretty chill day, so I went to school and we had to do an experiment on the digestive system. Later after school I ran a mile in 10:06 time and then I had to drive over to taekwondo which I kind of forgot my belt cause I was in a hurry, so yeah thats all.

Today I made pho. Started early in the morning and ate it tonight after class. It turned out delicious. I am exhausted after a super busy day, goodnight.

Today I went to school also because our bus driver was new they told me to go to my spot and stay the 10mins early and stay there until 8:00 it took a long time but when I got there I had a decent time and then I got to taekwondo I practiced all my self defenses 

My day was good as usual I woke up Did my Exercises and got dressed for school. After school I went home for a little bit and then I went to the Dojang and after that I got home around 7 

Today I woke up and went to the gym after that I did school and I took a nap. I was so tired today. I went on a walk afterwards then I worked on essays that’s all I did. Nighttt!!!

It's almost over, we have less than a week before the written and physical test. I think I'm ready for the tests on saturday. Not sure if I'm ready to be braking 2 bricks this time around, but I'll try. Ngl, can't wait for it to be over and be able to relax again. Hope you had a good day. 

I believe the intent of the journal is to write about successes and challenges relating to the cycle. The latter being what’s usually at the top of my mind. It’s been a tough cycle. I’ve had whiplash, a broken foot and sciatic pain with muscle spasms. It gets monotonous sometimes writing about that everyday. Maybe next time I’ll create a daily prompt