Candidate Journals

Tonight i ran one mile with my dad. I wasn’t able to go to today’s class but I will go to tomorrow’s class.

Today we had a pretty normal school day and I was glad that it had rained overnight because Theo's pumpkin plants have started to flower. But I'm very upset with myself because I left a couple books outside and they got drenched which is very disappointing.

It was a pretty good day at work today.  I was productive but able to slip away in short spurts to get requirements done.  I'm making good progress but still struggling with Hapkido.  They're very hard to practice in the air by yourself.   On a completely unrelated note, it's my brother's birthday today, and we had a great chat when I called him.  

Day 2 of color belt testing! My car broke down again (It seems to have done so a lot this summer), so my sisters had to use the Prius to get to school, and I was left with no car, so I had to ride my bike to work. Testing today had more people than yesterday, which is to be expected, especially with the red and high red belt testing at the end of the day. I ended up staying at the dojang until around 8:30, so I got home pretty late. We have 5 new bocho dan belts, so I hope to see them at future black belt classes.

Today at school I had a test and it was kinda easy and my day was ok but after school I went home and chilled and ate chicken sandwiches which were good. That's all goodnight.  

I started my requirements around noon. After that I had lunch and then I went on my run and then I had to get ready to go to my open house for school. The school is big! I went out for dinner with my family. We took our dog too. 

Today was the first day of school. It went ok. I did some of my run during recess, around the track. After afercare, I help with a jr tigers class and finished my requirements after dinner. 

First thing thing in the morning I got up went to school, after that I got home did some homework after that I went to go help with testing. Then I got home and did my requirements.

today at school i had late arrival, band, and bible class. then after school, i came home, got cleaned up, and went to work. after work, i went to jimmy johns, came home and did requirements, and now im headed to bed.

today i woke up i went to school then i went to sparing class and practiced my rolls and falls now im sadistfied with what i did and going to sleep. 

Today I had school and soccer practice. After, I went and helped out with color belt testing. I wanted to break a board so bad. I wanted to smash like 3 boards over my leg because I thought it would be fun. Tomorrow, I have a soccer game at our school's archrival. I'm guessing that game is gonna be chaotic. Anyways, I gotta get rest. Goodnight!

I woke up at 12 and I wanted to go back to sleep but my sister wanted me to make her food. This was kind of annoying, but I made her some hashbrowns, like always. an hour later my dad asks me and my sisters what we want for lunch. We got cookout, and it was soooo good. I finished all of my requirements and after a while I went to my open house for my school, I met my teachers who were pretty cool, especially my social studies teacher. I also got some sno-cones after. It was a pretty good day. I just need to finish my clothes so see you later.

Today I went to the gym and worked on arms and shoulders. After the gym I went back home to do math homework. when I was done I went to TKD to help out. after I was done helping I went to go get pizza.

So today was tiring and the main thing in the morning was school obviously and in the afternoon / evening there was testing I helped out at the 4:00 and futzed around for most of the 6:00 but it was still pretty tiring anyway bye

Today I helped at a sparing class and did my requierments.

This week has been busy but calmer than last week, which I appreciate we've had color belt testing the last two days. I always really enjoy watching the color belts test, especially board breaking. It's just super fun to watch and it helps me keep in mind my goal to be able to break two bricks this black belt testing! 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

So today was a normal day at school except they assigned us 3x as much homework as yesterday, after school I went home and got my homework and requirements done, had dinner, then went to assist at taekwondo. 

Today not much.  School, afterschool, requirements.

I forgot to journal yesterday but i kinda forgot what i did. I like journaling because it helps me remember things i did throughout the day that I would have otherwise forgot. Anyways today was just a normal day at school. At the end of the day we went outside because our teacher wanted to play hot potato but some people got really competitive and throwing the ball really hard so we had to go back inside. I like how even though I'm literally in an Early college we do a lot of things that are like sterotypically for younger kids (like playing games or doing fun activities) but it really just helps us relax and be more connected with each other so thats nice. It also makes regular high school look scary so i know why a lot of my friends that go to regular high school think its weird...

Today was a normal day. First I went to school and came back. Then I ate a snack and went to Ulta Beauty to buy some makeup for my dance recital. After that I came home and did my requirements and did my dance practice. Lastly I did my homework and went for a walk with my friends.

today I woke up did my Requirements then went to tkd after I ran and then showed. I didn’t do sparring because of color belt testing. Nightt!!

Hi today I went to school then went on the king tiger van to king tiger. After that I watched a movie at TKD then I went home and did my requirements well now I'm eating dinner byy.

Worked with some of our color belts on getting ready for testing. Its always nice to see them finally grasp a move or that "ah-ha" moment when they finally understand how to execute something properly.

So today I woke up and I got ready for school. And after school, I went to King Tiger after school and had snack then my dad picked me up and I went home. Then I got Crumbl cookie. And then I had dinner.  Bye-bye😋

My day was good. I woke up I went to school. After school i did my exercises and my  run then I went to the Dojang for sparring that was a good work out. And yeah that's my day.

Today I had a doctors appointment and after I went to school.  School was pretty chill but during study hall I got a huge headache and felt like I was going to pass out. When I got home I went to sleep to see if I was just tired. When I woke up I still felt really bad so I decided not to go to taekwondo. I ate dinner and now I’m gonna go to bed. 

Today was an okay day because I didn't have anything to do. I went to the doctor for my annual checkup and things went okay other than having to get a shot and give blood. I came home and my mom cooked breakfast before she went to work. I relaxed for a while and then did my requirements. I just finished my mission statement draft. I have to work on it some more tomorrow because I'm tired. Headed to bed soon. Bye!

Today I went to school and we had to fill out our science fair projects. After that I went to my dads house and I did a project then I went to taekwondo and did a sparring class. But anyways today was fun.

Today was a struggle from start to finish. I have been exhausted all day , no matter what I did I could not sleep yawning and the bobble head. So in between sessions I jumped on the treadmill and did my requirements. It helped, but untimely on my lunch break I crashed on the couch. I can definitely say I am ready for the weekend and some good rest time . 

Today it was my open house I am going to a different school for 6th grade so I went to meet my teachers. Now my mom is taking out the rest of my hair.

Today was a chill day. I found out that the pep-ralley is on Friday. The good thing about pep-rallies are they get you out of class. They just waste time. And that's perfect for me because I don’t want to be in class. And I really hope it's during Latin. That is the worst  class I have this semester. It is so boring. The only problem is we're probably going to do it last period. And leave after.

For the past 3 days I've been trying out the Do Jang in Belmont, I really like it because it's a very small class and a large space. Master Shin is a very good teacher and is very helpful. I like the sparring classes because they have good music on during them and I also like the line drills. I really like the Belmont classes.

Went to 2 good classes last night and then got up for my run this morning.  It's been a rough day for my physical requirements.  Doing my updated pushup / situp / etc schedule, and everything is harder than it was 2 days ago.  I'm going slower and not getting as many done.  I hope this is a blip and i'll be back up to strength in a couple of days.  I've ramped up my protein intake today to try to help a little, and had some extra fruit with lunch to help fuel my body.

Ugh! I can’t go to sparring class today! I had to miss yesterday’s class and I have to miss today’s! Thankfully I am going tomorrow. See you all tomorrow!

I am doubling up again, as I forgot to journal yesterday, probably because I was so exhausted after sparring. I did my requirements early both days, and then yesterday I went to the Belmont sparring class. It was good, and I got quite a workout, and also some great stretching in. Today I'm going to try to get to that class again, if I'm able to leave work early enough.

Today at school I found out my band is going to dollywood in the spring and we are competing and going on rides so that will be fun. After school I went to taekwondo and got a mentee session in and got my credits. Then I went to run and I ate dinner when I got home. Goodnight.  

So today we had the shortest two color belt testings (if you don't count make-up testings) I think I've ever seen in my time working at King Tiger. 3 people came to test at 4:00 and 10 showed up at 6:00. The 4:00 testing was done in less than 30 minutes, giving us over 90 minutes of in-between time where we weren't really doing much. Unfortunately, I was still in quite a bit of pain right around my heel, stretching already was way more painful than it should have been because of that, so I mostly just spent that time stretching (I'm still working on flexibility goals, and I have gotten to the point where I gotta stretch every day, otherwise it doesn't feel right). Workouts this morning were somewhat painful due to that, so getting them knocked out felt that much more rewarding. I got the first win of the...

pretty normal day, went to school, did some requirements although i did have the pacer test today, i could have gotten like 65 or 70 but my whole class forced me to stop as i was “taking away their free time” so i stopped at 50 but yeah. im improving on pull ups too 

Today was a good day. I woke up earlier than normal again, I feel back to sleep though. After I woke up again I started doing requirements and got all of them done. After that I took a shower, ate lunch and relaxed and talked with some of my friends until my mom got home. When she did we went to taekwondo. I helped out with a class today. It was nice to be able to help again, I got a group in small groups and I feel like I did good. I came back home and did my test answers. Now I am relaxing and getting ready to go the dentist tomorrow morning. Goodnight :) 

today was a half day at schoo. i had band, chapel, and bible class. then i went to lunch with my grandma. i came home, did requirements then went to band practice. after that, me and my mom got dinner and now im headed to bed.

Today was our last day of summer break. I slept in a little then did my requirements and worked on an essay. I went to sparring and black belt class then had a session with my mentor. Tomorrow is back to school.

Today was the first day of school fun.  My mom picked me up at the end of the day. 

Went to Belmont tonight for a couple of sparring classes. Meg and Dillion were there as well.  I thought I was going to be late due to the traffic, but I arrived with 30 seconds to spare.   The Belmont crew made us feel welcome and Master Shin definitely put us through a good workout during both classes. I rucked a bit over 2 miles this morning and the weather was so nice. I'm ready for fall y'all. 

Hiii today I went to school and got to hold my class pets then I went on the king tiger van then I got to king tiger and did requirements  then we had to be quiet for the people who were testing then I got home well byyyy.

Today I went to school then after that I did some homework then I went to soccer practice after that  I had dinner.

Today I wasn't able to get much workout done because of homework and fixing binders and other schoolwork. I'll try to make up for it Saturday.

So today when I woke up I got ready for school. After school king tiger after school had snacks. Then I got picked up and went to go get some stuff for school. That’s it bye-bye    

I wanted to get up early, but I couldn’t drag myself out of bed. Have no idea what I’ll do when school starts. I finished my requirements around noon and then watched some TV. Then I went on my run with my dog. I got a little bit slower time and didn’t run as much as I usually do but I had to stop multiple times and went slower because of my dog since I was holding his leash. When I came home my dog threw up on the carpet so that was frustrating but he isn’t sick, it was just because the run made him nauseous I guess. I headed to sparring and black belt class a little later. Sparring was a little shorter today because we started late but black belt class was pretty fun. I got to work on hopkito and my stick form. Just had dinner and need to go shower.

Got up and to the gym, no class today but hit the weights. Work was busy and went quickly, Abigail and I went over to Harrisburg for their blackbelt class, it was cask to see how other dojangs do things. It’s like we all speak the same language, just with a slight accent! 2 more days until the beach!

So today was exhausting basically most of what we did today was shopping shopping shopping so we went to Aldi, Costco and I personally did not go to Harris teeter or Target but instead I went to my first fraternus night of the year and  helped out in a testing and got a mentor session in it was very exhausting but otherwise good 👍

Yesterday I went to taekwondo. It was cool. Parker was there. And today was cool too. I already did my run for the day. And this is the last thing I have to do today.  Well I have to take the trash out too. I can’t wait til the weekend. Because every weekend I get my 2k rewards. And I get my new player cards. But it all starts Friday. And I have been hearing stuff about a prep-rally Friday or Thursday. But I don’t really know.

This evening has been a really tough one for me. I had soccer game that started at five. It went into double overtime and then went onto Pk's. Which we ended up losing in Pk's. The whole game lasted about 2 and a half hours. So it sucks to play that hard for that long and not come out on top. But it's great for how hard we fought because 4 of my teammates had cramps and three have injuries. I'm proud of how hard we fought and we'll get it next time. 

Today I went to school and it was pretty chill. I came home ran for a while and did my requirements. I had to get ready for sparring class tonight.  Sparring was really fun but I did hurt my leg. So I came home and iced it. Now I’m gonna go to bed. 

Today was a normal day. First I woke up and went to school. After that I came home and ate a snack. Then I did my requirements and did my dance practice. Then I went to taekwondo and took a class then had a mentor session with Master Knight then came home and ate dinner and watched tv then I did my homework because I forgot to do it when I came home from school.  

Today I woke up did Requirements and headed to tkd, after I got home I watched a movie. And sense the Lake Norman had testing I went to the Harrisburg location. Then I ate dinner!! Nightt!!

Today I had to get picked up early from school because I have been sick for a few days. also today I got down with the first half of my nutrition challenge.

Today I went to band practice. I did really well and knew all of my song. I am very proud of myself

Today I left school early to go to the docters office and I found out that I have asthma so yay. But after that I went home to my dads house and I did my requirements, plus im about to go to bed for school so I can get ready for my "test". But today was okay.

Today I woke up, went to school. After school I did my requirements and then got ready for taekwondo. I went to a shin kickers class, drills for skills, and a sparring class. I got a sparring class and a mentor session with Libby. Then I went home and had chicken legs and mashed potatoes. 

Today, I woke up, waited for the bus, and while I waited, I did my requirements. It was kinda weird to do the sit ups, but I did them. Then I read my book. I got my book yesterday and I finished it today. It was a huge manga.

We had a major failure in our systems overnight, thank goodness I got up early and got requirements done, because I've been heads down most of the day for work.  I was originally going to go on a run this morning, but last minute decided to not run and do poomsae / self-defense / etc instead. THat choice worked out.  I'll run tomorrow.

This morning me, my dad, and my brother ran two miles. I won’t be able to help with the lower belt class today and tomorrow because it’s testing. See all of you on Friday!

Tuesday's are my long day , I get to the Dojang directly after work. I help with a class, take classes  and then do PMAA. Nothing was unusual about today. I completed my class assistance credit and did some review with the color belts. Tomorrow is sparring and black belt class, I am kinda looking forward to that , it is just very challenging. 

Today at school I had a test in the morning and I think I did good. After school I chilled then went to trail life and that was fun. Then I went to run and that was ok. Then I went home and I ate dinner. Now I am going to sleep. Goodnight.

Worked with a fresh student today on some of the basic stances and kicks. Then we worked on Self Defense and Poomsae in the advanced class.

August 19 - Entry #13 Woke up and went to school. We had an Envirothon meeting after school so I missed my first class today, but I just help with the lower belts so it wasnt too bad to miss it. But, I went from the meeting straight to the dojang for my second class to help with other belts, and then my black belt class. I practiced my back falls. Still need to work on them, but I am improving. After class I came home and ate dinner then got ready for bed. I only have school tomorrow, no meeting or classes after so im excited to have a slow day. Good night!

Today I woke up a little early and finished my run. I got a much better time today so that made me happy! After I was chilling and then I ate brunch and after some time I finished the rest of my requirements. Then I was practicing piano for some time. Later on I went to my tae kwon do class, I helped out in the junior class and attended the senior class after. I finally got a session in with my mentee. I came home and had dinner. Heading to sleep now.

Today was the final day of preparing people for testing. I woke up early and did normal cycle workouts. Work was pretty straightforward if not once again harder than it was last week. Great news: my knee isn't bugging me so much when I do my stretching anymore! Not so great news: my ankle is once again in a lot of pain similar to earlier in the summer. I hope it's better tomorrow. Anyway, I am anticipating being able to make some progress in a breaking routine and a creative form once I can get an hour or two just by myself to do a bit of training. I hope I can find some time to get somewhere to do that.

Today I went to class and got my work done. After my work I played my guitar. I practiced songs by Gojira. After practicing I went to help at TKD. After TKD I went to get Subway.

cycles getting rough, theres no time to squeeze in any time, wake up, school, come back and do requirements then go to taekwondo and do everything online and repeat it every day. 

Today was a great day. I woke up earlier than normal so I can start getting ready for my school schedule. I did most of my requirements and then relaxed. My mom came home early since today was open house. She made me a salad and we left after I ate. At open house I saw one of my elementary friends was in my school this year. I liked almost all the classes I am in and the teachers. They put me in art class 2nd semester but I asked my mom to do a schedule change for robotics instead. I got to see one my teachers from last year and will have him again for economics. I was happy to see him because he was one of my favorite teachers. Even though I liked my teachers I'm still not ready to come back. When we came back home I ate...

early this morning i had to get up and go purchase some welding gear. then i came home and got ready for school. i went and had marching band from 3:30 to 5:00 and then went straight to TKD.i got in a mentor session and a mentee session. then i came home, ate dinner, and did requirements.

My day was good. I got up did my Exercises and then I went to school. After School I did my two mile run and then I went to the Dojang to help out. Today has been a chill day.

Today I woke up, went to school. After school I took a long nap. After that I got ready for taekwondo and I went to my to a black belt class. I got a BB weekday. And a mentor session, so thats good! Today was amazing.

I don’t have alot to say today. Went to some early lessons and helped today. Im hoping to get to a black belt belt class tomorrow before we leave for the beach. Next week will be a challenge to keep on track. 

Today I was sick and had to go to the doctor though I pushed through and went to tkd.

Today I went to school and I had a pretty cool assignment where we had to spina a wheel and what ever it landed on we had to draw and put 10 questions about it. After that I went home to my dads house and we went to taekwondo for the 6:30 class then I came home and I did my requirements. But overall today was fun.

Today was pretty usual but I had a very productive evening. After I got done with soccer practice, we drove to King Tiger where I got leadership credits, A mentor and mentee session which I'm really happy about. Once I got home I did my homework and tomorrow I have a soccer game as well. Goodnight!

Today was a rest day.  There’s not much to it.  I am sick.  I have my first day of school tomorrow.

So today was pretty good I managed to get most of my school stuff done before lunch😁😁😁 but the highlight of the day was that the Disney world book came in and I basically immediately made a list of priorities cuz we're going in February I think🎢🤴🎢👸🎢 but it was a pretty good day 

I woke up 7, I didn't know what to do so I kinda just stayed there in bed. But I got up and made my sister some hashbrowns. I then watched TV for a couple hours (yes a couple hours) and did some requirements. I then went to a class to help out, and then I took another class after. I then finish my requirements. I just don't know what to do before school starts.

Today while my parents worked, I worked on my requirements and did some research for my essay. After dinner, I went to King Tiger to help out with a class. When I got home, we watched another Wednesday episode while I ran.

Today was a normal day. First I woke up and went to school. After that I came back and ate a snack then did my homework. Then I did my requirements and did my dance practice.

So today should have started like any other day, except when you have a class like mine. there are a total of four boys out of sixteen students in our class (which is the entirety of 8th grade) so there is no place we can go where there isn't a gossip central, the kinds of conversations we overhear are the most HORENDUS TOPICS KNOWN TO MANKIND. It's like Chinese water torture but with talking. also, btw what is all this talk about a new variant of covid? I'm so confused. well anyway I've completed my requirements and I'm going to a well-earned sleep.

Today I went to school and then after that I went to taekwondo, after that I ate dinner.

Hii today I went to school and then went on to the king tiger van to king tiger then I ate a snack and then I took a class then I did leadership after that I did mentoring for a kid well byy.

Today we started learning piecewise functions in math which was kind of confusing but not really. The junior I was sitting next to had failed the class and had to retake it and she said it gets much harder so I'm kind of worried but it shouldn't be too bad because our teacher is really good at explaining things. In English we started reading Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and its good so far but its kind of hard to understand since there are a lot of big words. I watched a bunch of summary videos so i could understand the book more and then reread it and it as much easier to understand what was going on. The rest of the day was pretty normal. I got home and did my requirements and then showered and did my homework. Then I ate dinner and thats it. 

Today I woke up late for school so I had to run out of the house. School was pretty boring today, nothing fun happened. I came home and went on a run around my neighborhood and did some of my requirements and had to get ready for taekwondo. Taekwondo was normal I helped with the first 2 classes and took the black belt class. The black belt class was really fun we did some rolling and falling and some self defenses. When I got home I ate dinner and now i’m about to go to sleep. 

So today when I woke up, I went to school and I had my keyboarding pre-test. Then I went to King Tiger after school I took a class. After I went home ate got ice cream.byyyyye

Hey yall, so just got done with requirements for the day and I just found out about some new version of covid, I swear, we better not got back to wearing masks all the time. Any ways school was good today, yall had a good day. GN

  Today was Sunday. So I went to church. But when we got there half the people were wearing masks. And a lot of people didn’t show up. My mom and I were confused. Then when my church did our announcements. They said that there is a new variant of Covid. I remember when covid became a thing. I was in third grade. It was crazy. Until now I didn’t hear much of it.

the cycle is almost half way done, it has been grueling but has gone well so far. The cycle was designed to be harsh but fair. Stick to your steps & you'll be fine. This is good because simple steps make habbits when repeated enough & this sets you up to take a more active role in anything you do.

I asked my end-of-cycle future self if I can take a day off and sleep for 24 hours. This is what he said: "Hell no you can't take a day off! This is short-term pain bro! (my future self likes to yell and say "bro" a lot) The cycle is shaping you into a different version of yourself! Growth happens when you push past the pain and what you thought was possible. Believe in yourself and write your own story of perseverance! Now get up and move bro! ... I can't live with that noise in my head, so I guess I have to keep pushing and forget about any extra sleep in the near future. <sigh> 

it's been a good day for requirements.  I woke up on time and got out for a run (still very slow), and knocked out the other physical requirements.  I'll spend lunch working on curriculum, I'm going to focus today on 3rd dan self defense and specials, as well as some weapon forms.   My creative form is close to done.  I'm to the point now where i need to make sure I do it consistently every time.  

Yesterday I forgot to journal, so I'm doing it now. I did my requirements in the am, then I went to the 5:15 class and assisted. After this I went to the Harrisburg black belt class, and really enjoyed it. They treated me as a guest with much respect. Today I will do a couple of classes and get some mentoring sessions in.

Today I will be helping with the lower belt class and get a leadership credit, a mentor session, and a mentee session. I just came back from running two miles and am so tired! See y

August 18 - Entry #12 Today was Monday.. enough said. Had class today. After class we came home, ate dinner and watched a movie with my sister and dad. Now im getting ready for bed. Got another full day tomorrow. Envirothon meeting after school, then lower belt classes & black belt class. 

Many of us who were working during summer camp are going back to school, which doesn't leave a lot of us for the last week of summer camp. We are also transitioning to afterschool, so there's also those classes that now go on. Nothing too special went on today, other than me preparing the students for color belt testing this week. I also worked on Hap Ki Do forms with my mentees and worked more on essays when I got home after dinner. I'm about to do some stretching, so I'll see everyone later!

I finally got in bed and closed my eyes and thought, crap! I have to journal. So here I am. I’m sore from Saturday’s class so it was a battle to do physical requirements today but I felt pretty loose during class. Other thing I want to mention is that after four weeks, I messed up and had sugar yesterday and today. And some chips. It’s good in a way because it reminds me how much sugar negatively affects me, but it’s bad because it doesn’t take much to lose those bad habits. I need to get back on track tomorrow.   

Today I went shopping with my dad.  I got new football pads and shoes.  I got a half football to use for practice.  It’s cool.  I can throw it at the wall and it bounces back.