Candidate Journals

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

If you break a brick in Lowe's outdoor department without kihaping will anyone hear you?  Yes, yes, they will😂 New thing to check off as having done.  And the broken brick was paid for,  of course. I took the night off from sparring class, I spent the time practicing my poomsaes and creative, figured out a move to make it better. Time well spent. Came home and did lots of stretching and also made some hot tea, I was losing my voice some today. Next week is color belt testing at our dojang so there is a lot of prep going, last minute stripe earning. There are several of the summer campers in Group 2 that are eligible to test, proud of them! Hope everyone has a beautiful Friday! See you in class!

I was able to attend 2 classes again tonight (Senior Tigers and Teen/Adults), which is a good way to rack up some leadership and leadership 2 credits.  Assisting the lower ranks learn their poomsaes and self-defenses really helps me learn what I need to know for the test.  Before I the cycle started, I was so focused on Koryo, Bocho 1-step and Special Self Defense, Staff #1 and my board breaking kicks that I'd kind of forgotten the poomsaes below Chil Jung.  These last 4 weeks assisting in the classes have helped me remember them.

Today, I woke up early at 6 Am in the morning. I spend 30 minutes just prying my eyes open so at 6:30 in the morning I started running my mile I forgot my time but after my mile I was a bit behind on jump rope so I mainly focused on that. After my requirements I headed to school. School now feels really long but after I got home I ate a snack. Then played games for an hour. After that I headed to sparring class, for sparring we did something different where everyone found a partner then they lined up with their partner in front of them left to right. We sparred a little bit with each person. After we finished sparring with one person we moved to our left and sparred another person which we did 6 times total I think. After I got home I had some...

Today was my second day of school and we didn't do anything interesting. Since I'm a junior at early college we have all college classes now, and they don't start until next week so we actually could have left school early, I just didn't because I don't have a car or license yet, so after lunch we literally did nothing. When I got home I did my requirements and went on a run with my friend. It's so much easier to run with someone, especially if they are better than you because they can help you pace which is something I feel I have trouble with. Tomorrow is my birthday and also picture day which I'm not to excited for....

today I went to my second high school, which was very good. I did a foreign class after school and now I’m doing my requirements not feeling much Happened today

    My day was exiting! I met my teachers and had a good first day of school and got some black belt things done. I don't have much to write about today.

I started back to school today. It was terrible. After school I got most of my requirements done before sparring class. I am tired and ready school. 

Today was the second day of school and my second session of chiropractic recovery. I was very sore from the first session but the doctor assured me that I was getting better. I also started settling in my classes, as I have some fantastic teachers and a good lunch table with my friends.

Today i woke up yo eat breakfast. Then went to school early. after school I had soccer practice at my school. Then after school I went to do my workout.

I woke up around 8:00 where I got a breakfast sandwich and went for my run I then got back and the rest of my exorcizes and did the dishes and then just chilled.

I am off to bed as soon as I finish writing this entry. So ready for some sleep! I went back to KT this evening and worked on my creative, Lucas was there too doing the same. I put some good work in, hard work  now so I can be relaxed and not anxious at testing. I hope everyone starting school has a great day and a wonderful school year! See you on the mat!

 I went on a walk and did my requirements pretty early this morning. When I got done with them, I started putting my bookbag together because I start school on Monday. I also had TKD today, and it was pretty fun. I got to help with the shin kickers and got to take sparring class. Overall, today was pretty good. I hope everyone who started school today had an amazing day, and everyone else, obviously. Goodnight!

I woke up and spent most of my day on requirements and training for Saturday. Later I went to King Tiger and I was able to practice my creative form inside for the first time and it was a total upgrade from being outside. I was able to see my staff a lot better and there was air conditioning too. Tomorrow is my first day of school; I really wish Summer was longer but all good things must come to an end. Tonight  I went on a run / walk. I didn't try to break any records because I want to preserve my legs as much as possible for the Master's exam.  I hope all goes well tomorrow, good luck to everyone else who's first day of school is tomorrow as well.

Today I woke up early and did some pages in the Grit Workbook. After this I went to my first day of school. And I have nothing much to say about school as others do, as we did not do much on the first day. Then once I got home I had a class then later I went to Tae Kwon Do for class. It was pretty short of a day.

​Today was a great day spent with the family. I took the day off work so we could spend some quality time with Christian before he heads back to school.​I woke up, got a few chores done around the house, and then we hit up Topgolf. Christian had two friends and his cousin join us for two hours of golfing, which was a blast. Afterwards, we headed to Charlotte Premium Outlets in Pineville and scored some really good back-to-school deals for Christian. I'm glad we took a few hours to do that before heading home.​Once we got back, I spent some much-needed time organizing my closet and clearing out clothes I know I’ll never wear again. Shortly after finishing that, I went out for a 3-mile run. While out on the road, I spotted a Bluetooth speaker on the side of the road—tested it out, and it still works! I posted...

12 Today was the first day of school. I meet some of my friends I haven't met in a while. Overall I felt my classes are pretty good except for one. AP Precalculus. As a sophomore, this feels almost like a nightmare. But I really do feel If I put my mind to it and focus, I think I can finish it off well. The hardest and worst part of my day was running right after school. I was already sweaty from walking home in the schorching hot weather. Overall it was anm interesting and not avery desirable day. 

Today was a looooooong day. It was my first day of school and the day already started off bad when my bus came super late. An elementary school AND a FIRE TRUCK got to my stop before my bus. And then after that a middle schooler accidently got on our bus so we had to go all the way back to the middle school which made us 30 minutes late. Once I was at school my day did not get any better. The first half of the day I had a really bad headache, and overall I just felt out of it for the rest of the day. It must be the school air. After school I embarked on my long 2 hour bus ride home. Bus driver ran over three curbs and stopped diagonally in the middle of the road for like 10 minutes for some reason. After school I went to...

helloooooo, tomorrow is the first day of school ugh. im actually dreading going back but its okay it'll be over super quick. i missed the first day today so after my friend came home from school she debriefed everything with me and told me who was in our classes and how everything was. i did my requirements after lunch today and then i worked on my apps. i went to bbc in the evening and we mostly just worked on our staff forms and some drills. now i have to go to sleep early and get ready for tomorrow, goodnight!!

Today I woke up at 5 because that’ll be my life for the next 4 years of my life 🫩✌️. I made some eggs and I cooked them almost perfectly. I ate them alone with nothing else. I ran my mile and recorded my fastest time yet; 6:08. Then I paused and ran another mile but I took it easy for that one. After that me and my mom and brother were out for a while. We first went to the dentist, then we went to Sam’s Club , then we went to Chik-Fil-A. I liked my sandwich. After that I recorded my first verse on me and my friend’s song. I started up stream and my friend watched the whole thing from start to finish which was cool. Then I went to class so early that Mrs. Evins was the only one there so I practiced poomsaes and I also got...

First day of 7th grade! Can’t believe it! Well honestly the first day of 7th grade want anything special but today I woke up at around 7 and did my physical work and ran my mile and practiced a bit. Then got freshened up changed and went downstairs to drink my smoothie. After k took first day of school pictures and went to my bus. Then I went to school which was again nothing special. Honestly had nothing to worry about. After I came back home took a bath ate lunch then went took my class and went to taekwondo. There I helped with junior tigers and then attended my black belt class did leadership credit and did a mentee session. I went home and changed then ate dinner played Roblox and went to sleep

Today I woke up early at 6:30 to start my day. Now instead of waking up late I have to be ready to go to school and do my requirements before school in the morning. So at 6:30 I ran my mile and got a sub 10 time getting 9:57. After that I did a few of my requirements got ready for school. In school at first I thought that none of my friends were going to be in any of my classes but turns out that actually a few of my old friends were in my classes. This was a big relief as I now had some friends also one of my best friends was in 4 our of 6 of my classes which was great. After school I dropped my things off and played soccer with my friends for 2 hours. After that I relaxed for a bit then...

I woke up and went to school. I went home after school. I ate a snack before tae kwon doe. I went to tae kwon doe for my black belt cycle and to finishg strong in then cycle as a official black belt. 

Today was my last day before school starts! On one hand I am excited to get back into my school routine and see my friends 5 days a week...on the other, I'm going to miss summer camp, relaxing, having time for requirements, and everything else. Today was alright, Group 2 went to the park and the weather was nice until the sun came out. We came back to KT for class, snack, and toy time. I went home a little after 5p.m. and started on my requirements. I just finished dinner and my summer assignment for AP world. Feeling good about tomorrow but a little nervous to meet my teachers. Hopefully going to bed before 10p.m. tonight to get some good sleep and wake up early tomorrow. I hope everyone is having a wonderful week! Keep up the great work! ~ Peyton

School starts back tomorrow for me so, I'm a little bit nervous, but mostly calm cause it's Junior year, which is going to be the hardest year of high school by far. I played Risk with one of my friends today, then went to volunteer, cause I have to get 160 hours by the end of high school, and I think I have somewhere around 80. I'm going to try and run more frequently than I have been, cause I've started to fall behind on my miles, so I'm going to up the ante with those. Anyway, hope you day was great, and good luck to everyone going back to school, including myself! Goodnight!

    Today was a normal day at summer camp. I woke up and went to King Tiger summer camp and had a fun time their with my buddies Aiden and Xavier. Xavier was kind enough to help me finish my black belt requirements. However there was a plot twist, I have school tomorrow, which was very unfortunate. I am exited to see my friends again and see what they have done over the summer. Anyways other than that it was a normal, chill day. Good night   Thought: Wow, they lock us in a building for 7 hours and we just sit their and take in information. I don't like school :(

Today I woke up early and went to school at 8 am, once I got in my homeroom for 6th grade I found my seat and we talked about everything for the day and how the day is going to go. After that class we all 30 people in 1 class went to reading and watched a video and decoded a paper, after that class I went to band and art. Once I got back I went to soical studies with a teacher that has a very thick accent. I then headed to science and we did really not that much. I went to my dads house after school to grab my uniform and went to my moms house to eat and change to my uniform. I went to taekwondo and did all three classes, I went home and changed out of my uniform. Right now Im doing my other workouts...

I woke up and ate breakfast and went to King Tiger camp. Today was swim day and it was so much fun. It wore me out. My Mom picked me up early so I could work on my requirements before going to black belt class at Master Evins’ school. Back to school tomorrow…..UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!

First day of school today, it was pretty easy since it was just a half day and all the hard stuff starts tomorrow, but high school feels the same as middle school, but except I know it's going to be harder. But other then that my day was good, went to TKD then went on a nice run, then chilled and ate some dinner. I hope everyone else's day was as good as mine was, see you later.

For the past 3 weeks, I've been using Wednesdays (more than the Black Belt, Sparring and regular practice days) to concentrate on my requirements.  With that in mind, I took a Cardio & Strength class today at the Harrisburg Y.  Nobody told me the instructor was a cross-fitter!  I knew I was in trouble when she started the class off with suicides on the basketball court.  I had been told we'd start off by jogging twice around the building.  Nope.  After 5 rounds of suicides, we got into the kettlebells, dumbbells, jumping rope, and burpees (you knew that was coming).  After 2-3 more weeks of this class, I should be in good shape for September 26th.

I woke up today to start with some breakfast did some grit and took a nap. Woke up around 2:00 and just chilled until my dad got home and we did the 5:15 class.

Had a mentee session today, assisted/took class. Made more music progress, hung out with the cats. I’m a little overwhelmed but doing fine. Making good progress but the ankle is still irritating. Good night guys.

I woke up and did my physical requirements like normal. I then practiced everything that was on the list for the testing on Saturday. I took a break for a little bit and then practiced a lot more. I was able to get a mentee session in today as well. Basically my full day was training for the Saturday testing. I guess you could say that I am a little anxious about the testing but I feel that all will be fine. Tomorrow I plan to do the same as today to try and get in as much preparation before Saturday.

Today I focused on the more physical requirements: pushups, situps, burpees, plank. I need to find some time to get more jump ropes in soon.

Today I woke up went to my second day of school. I went to class early and talked to my friend. After school I ate a quick snack in the car and went straight to my gym class. I went home ate dinner and showered.

t-1 day till school 🫩🫩🫩. i have yet to get any school supplies so…anyways, today i was trying to enjoy the last of my freedom. i did my requirements in the morning because i had to go to school and help my friend do her senior parking spot. after that i had lunch and got a haircut. then i came home and finished my summer assignments for physics.   

I stayed at my grandpa's last night. Played with the kittens for a while after I got up and moving, then we went to my great grandparents house. When I went to black belt class, I suggested working on rolls & falls so I wouldnt have to do as much once I got home. After class I did my requirements then went home. Now im getting ready for from bed, got our first day of school tomorrow. I dread getting up that early everyday 

Today I had band camp in the morning. Instead of running on the track we ran around the school. The pt wasn’t too too bad today. I finally memorized my main songs today so that made me happy. I think i’m pretty alright at the dances as well. We are playing for the freshman tmr at orientation to excited for that! When I came home I went to tkd to get a leadership credit in and my friend actually came with me because we had to work on a trifold together since we are starting a club and we have a present a little thing to recruit members. It’s been a pretty long day like usual. But dinner was really good, my sister made pasta and this burrata dip with toasted bread. Still falling behind on some things so once band camp is done I really need to lock in on...

Today, I decided to do my first digital detox. I woke up and went on a walk, and did my requirements really early. My sister just finished her senior parking spot, so I went to go see it because I'm gonna have to drive to school a lot this year. After I got home, I read a lot of my book and started writing that essay. I had taekwondo tonight, and we worked a lot on rolling and falling (I think I'm getting a little better). Anyway, I hope everyone had an amazing day. Goodnight!

Today I woke up pretty late and got dressed for my mums office. When we got to my mums office I got this cabinet thing and some sharpies so I could finish it, Once I got situated I started coloring it for a few hours which was amazing when it was finished I set it down and did some of my workouts for the day. Later once we left I went home ate and went to taekwondo for all 3 classes and got in a setion with my mentee. Once I got home I got in the shower and cleaned up. I now am getting ready for bed. I hope everyone had an amazing day!

Today, I finished my exercises in the morning again, and boy was I sore today. The concert last night was amazing! The Openers were good, but Muse was another level. They played all of their hits and one of the songs hit different (it's called Knights of Cydonia jsyk). I went to taekwondo and got my poomsae and self defense and kicks done and practiced. I was able to remember the 10 breakaways without having to look them up or ask for questions so I'm happy with that. today was a good day, hope yours was too! Goodnight!

In tonight's class, for the first time in the few years I've been practicing Taekwondo, I momentarily lost my temper with a fellow student.  Losing my temper is something I rarely do in any situation but there's a time and place for everything, and, to me, practice is not the place to be screwing around, especially for those of us on the Black Belt cycle, and especially from a student who's a higher belt.  Blue belts and up should be setting the example for the lower belts, not playing around in class.  I talked to the student after class, and hopefully we won't have a repeat of this incident.  

Hello everyone, today was the last day of summer for me, I'm disappointed because this summer has been my best summer. But, it doesn't mean I won't have a good year, I'm ready for it and I believe in my self, I also believe in anyone else who is also going back to school. Yesterday we went to a concert and that was so cool, there was an awesome lightshow that just blew me away. I hope everyone is having a great cycle, and I will see you all later.

hellooooooo, today i woke up so early today so i can adjust to school timings. tomorrow is the first day of school but im not going so yayyyyyy that means extra day of summer. so much for last first day of school but oh wellll i can sleep instead :). i did all my requirements and then had a shift. now im just gonna go relax and go to bed. goodnight!! 

Today was such a fun last day of summer break! I woke up ate cereal and went to get my haircut then I went home ran my mile and did my physical work then I went to my friends house and we played together and got ready for our “pool party” after we went to the pool together and played lots of fun games! After we came back and had pizza and watched movie. Then went home and played Roblox with my friends and went to bed!

Today was the last day of summer break. And, a very depressing one at that. It was cloudy all day and rained for most of the evening so I wasn't able to go outside or play volleyball. I haven't played volleyball in so long I'm so sad. I skipped my run today because 1, it rained and 2 my knee has been killing me. I actually really don't like skipping runs it makes me feel lazy. I did all my requirements and worked on bolo form which I mostly forgot. I'm going to sleep early because I have school tomorrow. Good night if you're reading this and have fun on your first day of school if its tomorrow!

Happy Tuesday! Longgg day at the pool but a great time! Kids behaved for the most part and all of them were smiling and having fun! Went back to KT for class, snack, and toys. The day went by pretty quick but the pool definitely sucks a lot of energy out of you. I managed to get most of my requirements in tonight before dinner, but I'm definitely tired. Now I'm just working on my summer assignment for the rest of tonight. Probably should've started earlier but this summer has been super busy. Tomorrow is my last day working summer camp for 2026 so its a little bittersweet moment. I feel like I got to know some of the counselors and kids on a deeper level and thats always really special. I start school Thursday so getting back into the school routine will be nice but also an adjustment. I hope...

Today I woke up and did some pages of the Grit Workbook. Then I ate breakfast and right after that I played soccer outside with my friends. It was very hot outside. Once I went back inside I had lunch then took a shower. 

Today I woke up around 8 in the morning an d had breakfast. After breakfast I waited a bit then ran my mile. For today's mile I was able to get 30 seconds lower than yesterdays time and got 10:12 something. After that I quickly finished up the rest of my requirements, relaxed a bit then had lunch. After that I had to go to a doctor's appointment and then to a store to a took some time anyways I just prepared for my first day of school which is tomorrow. I am pretty excited but nervous, and sort of sad because I didn't get in any of my friends classes. Guess I'll just have to make new friends. Anyways that was pretty much it for today, Cya tomarrow!

Pool day for my group, always a good day for my kiddos. It's that time of the summer where the kids need to get back in school and back to their routines.  All in all this has been a really good summer with some of my kiddos making a great deal of progress, some swam for the first time or came out of their shell, others really helped to make new campers feel welcome.  And I could see a lot of positive growth in campers that in previous summers had been challenges. Very happy about that! We made tubular paper airplanes the other day and every single one worked. Lucas told me about them last summer, I had never heard of them. Big hit! I had my last late session with Peyton to prep for Saturday.  Working on getting my creative down and a few spots in other poomsae.  I know...

Is the last day of summer🥺. I had a lot of fun this year, but I’m still kind of sad that it ended. Today in Taekwondo I helped out with a class ditto leadership credit a mentee and a mentor session and I got a black belt weekday class on.

    Today was pretty low-key. Went to King Tiger, did my black belt exercises with Aiden, and went home and had some delicious Orange Chicken and fried rice. However I did have to catch up on quite a bit since I was on a four day cruise, which I really enjoyed. This left me with a good amount of minutes to complete for my exercise. Other than that, it was a pretty calm day, I met my teachers they all seemed very nice. Now here we are. It's almost the end of the day. I am thinking about finishing off my day by watching my TV and or eating a popsicle. Anyways, if your reading this, "Good Night."😴   If your reading this Aiden I see you :)

Busy day. Woke up, ate breakfast and went to King Tiger camp. Today was movie day. I did some requirements at camp with Landry. I got picked up early and went and got a haircut before my orthodontist appointment. I did the rest of my requirements when I got home. I will sleep good again tonight. 

Today I woke up late but I still got everything done before lunch. I ran my fastest time since starting the cycle which is 6:54. I’ve never ran a mile before the cycle. I only did 2 practice runs before the pre-test just to get ready in preparation. I did 9:15 on the pretest but that was my fastest back then. I’ve already improved a lot which I’m really happy about. Today’s my first day of the diet and I feel like I’m not affected as much by it. I’m just not eating fast food and sweets and eating more protein full foods and vegetables. I’m overall just eating healthier. I normally eat pretty healthy but I do like to eat sweets and stuff. At class today I learned a lot concerning kicks and blocks and forms. Master Weeks Mentored me on everything he saw I had to fix during class.

I woke up around 8:00 to get breakfast and go to Bailey middle for the community service project I was doing for my teacher. I helped clean up the classroom and made desk arrangements for the next students. After that I wrote my essay about it and then headed home. 

Today I ran two miles because felt like I need to get better with my stamina. Went to black belt class today, also was able to get some leadership credit and celebrate one of our leader las day working with us.

10 Today was a little difficult to run as I felt irritation in my lower knee area, but I pushed through and ran my early morning mile. After tkd requirments, I took a shower and got ready to go meet my grandma after a long time. It was so fun hanging out with her. She is so sweet and she cooks amazing food. She is the best thing I was ever introduced to. Overall it was very fun .

I took a week off of running and jumping because I was having some irritation in my knees. Today was my first day back running and I did a 1 mile run/walk to see how I felt. I'm ahead on miles so I'll still take it easier this week but looking forward to progressing again.

Had open house this evening so I had to miss class. But I got to meet all my new teachers and see a few of my friends from last year. My teachers all seem pretty nice. I'm still on my summer sleep schedule so I've got to get back to my school schedule but I'm still pretty excited about this year!

Today I had band camp in the morning like usual and it was soo hot today. I’m slowly getting better at piccolo though but flute will always have a special place in my heart. The dances are kinda fun to do as well. I was able to get my physical requirements in though so that’s good. When I came back I chilled a little before calling my friend because we are starting a club together at my school and we had to work on a little presentation since the club fair is coming up soon. It took pretty long but we were goofing off a lot. I definitely need to catch up A LOT on my poomsae and self defense minutes as well as pull ups. Once band camp is over life will be easier. It’s that last week so just pushing through! Goodnight!

I woke up pretty early and was able to get my physical requirements knocked out. We got the testing schedule for the master's testing on Saturday so for the next couple of days, that is what I will be practicing very intensely. It has been six months since I got my driver's license so I was able to order my fully unrestricted license. It should come in within a week. Speaking of driving, this will be the first schoolyear in which I drive myself to and from school. That's going to be a little strange at first but I'm sure I will get used to it. I hope everyone's week is going good as we continue through week 4.

​Today was a good day. Work went well, though it felt like most of the groups were pretty uppity—almost like it’s a full moon. Hopefully, they’re a little calmer tomorrow. ​Came home to complete some requirements and then took the boat back to storage. On the way home, grabbed dinner with my wife at a new-to-us spot recommended by my in-laws; would definitely go back. Finished a few more requirements after getting back, and now it's bedtime. ​Didn't get a run in today, so I'm planning a long one tomorrow (around 4–5 miles). Weirdly enough, I'm actually looking forward to it.

Today I woke up and, like always I did some pages of the Grit Workbook. Then after this I folded the clothes and took a shower. Then in the after noon I went to play tennis, then I ran a mile at Harrisburg Park, then from there I went to my parents friends house and we stayed there for much longer than we thought we would. We planned to stay there for only 5 minutes but we ended up staying there for 2 hours, and we ate dinner there. Once we left I was very tired.

hellooooooo, i spent most of my dad doing my apps and hanging out with my sister. i was supposed to go to tkd today to help out and get a mentee session in but my sister had a dance practice and i had to help all the kids with the steps and technique. i did my requirements after practice and now im dreadingggg for school to start in 3 days. sighhhh its okay senior year yay! anyways goodnight!

Today I was pretty busy I had an SAT class in the morning, then I had a violin class after that. After that I ate lunch, finished my requirements and went to work. Today was my last day of working at King Tiger for the summer. I can't work over the school year for now because my school gets out at 4:00 and my bus gets home super late. I'm going to miss some of the kids from the earlier classes which I probably will never see again. Tomorrow is the last day of summer break which is sad, I feel like this summer break went by way too fast. 

Woke up early to get another 3 mile run in--I've run 9 miles in 3 days which is a lot for me--and my legs are definitely feeling it. Started on some AP world summer homework and then got the rest of my requirements done before work at 1p.m. Summer camp and classes were good, I stayed after with Ms. Jen for another creative form/kicks session. We definitely got a lot of good work in today. Also not to brag...but baby Olive walked toward me (or anyone) for the first time--she did it 2 different times too--with Master Chelley balancing her. She grabbed onto me and I just know I had this huge grin across my face. It was adorable! Came home around 9:30p.m. ate some dinner, took a shower, and am heading to bed soon. I hope everyone had a great start to the week! ~ Peyton

Today I woke up and ate breakfast at school.I went to see new students and maybe friends, and old friends. My day after school I went to the mall. Then I went to tae kwon doe for more training and more caught up now. After class I went to get my book signed, and after we went home we ate pasta.

Today I woke up early at 7 and ran my mile. Due to the fact I didn't run yesterday I went a bit slower and also because it was really sunny. After I had breakfast and then starting doing a bit of my requirements, I still felt tired from the day before yesterday to it took some time. After that I kept spending time with my grandparents and gamed a lot today. That's pretty much all I did, looking forward to doing my white belt challenge soon!

Today was pretty great. So I woke up and went to the gym for a 2 mile run with my mum, After I went home and did my other workouts, then I started doing some art in my room for I think around 3 hours just drawing on this cabinet which was so fun. Later me and my mum headed to orentation where my dad was because my mum had a very important meeting, after the slide show I went to go meet a few of my teachers, me and my dad then went to my band teachers room and met her. I then went to my dads house and did my own thing for a little before I headed to my mums house. Well I hope everyone had an amazing day!

Today was really productive. I got a lot of stuff done early. I finished my requirements, made a lot of progress on my song me and my friend are producing. I also got to watch YouTube for a while and even got to take a little nap before class. At the Dojang, I took philipines martial arts class, then I helped out in 2 and took 1. I listened to a lot if music throughout the day and I think it helped me a lot. Me and my mom made a plan for my diet I have to do after class and during dinner.

to start off with today the reason why there are two dates with 8/10 is because yesterday since I came home late at 12 the date changed.  So today was a simple day, I woke up and cleaned my room while calling my best friend after I practiced my poomaes and then took a class and went straight to taekwondo. Then me and my dad went grocery shopping for snacks and then I ran my mile and did my physical work. The  ate dinner  and played Roblox and went to sleep.            

today i woke up unable to move my right leg. i must've messed it up during sparring yesterday. i tried to do some stretches my mom told me to do to regain mobility. i was able to do all my requirements after except my mile run took a little longer than usual. in the afternoon i headed to taekwondo to have a mentor session and i helped out with two classes. these days it seems the instructor to student ratio is way too much. maybe all the students are travelling for the summer...?

Today I woke up to my sister's puppy licking my face, so that was fun. My brother and I went on a three-mile walk today, and when I got home, I did my requirements. I told my brother I would take him to the pool, so we went there for a while, and when I got back, I had to get ready for taekwondo. I got to help with the shin kickers and the white belt class today, and it was fun to be able to help. Then I took red belt class, and we went over some color belt forms and did rolling and falling. Now, I got a copy of the written test, so I'm trying to go through all of my study guides to find everything. Okay, sorry that was a lot. I hope everyone had a great day. Goodnight!

I got my running and other requirements in early at the Y (which opens at 5:00am) because I had an appointment at the dentist later in the morning and I didn't know how I'd feel at Black Belt class tonight after I'd been given anesthesia.  After I warmed up, I felt OK, so it wasn't really an issue like I thought it might be.  Also, a new instructor (4th Dan) joined our class tonight.  I think he'll be a great addition to our dojang.  

Day I went and helped with a class at Taekwondo. Then I had to go do something for Boy Scouts after all of that I came home and now I’m doing my requirements.

I woke up and ate breakfast and went to King Tiger camp. Today was park day and it was fun. I ran a mile with Master Matthew and really improved my time. I finished my requirements when I got home. I am so glad to be caught up!

I enjoyed my time on board the Carnival Sunshine and really enjoyed it. We played several game shows including deal or no deal! We bought a ticket for a possiblity to be selected as a player up on the stage on deal or no deal. Low and behold, on the screen apeared, "Mathew Sherrill", my dads name. He got to go up on stage and he won $129. Today we had to depart so we packed our things and started our long drive back home. I don't feel prefect as I came back with a stuffy nose and a headace. Anyways I had a great time on the cruise and I am wishing my self good luck on catching up on the black belt cycle exercises.

Today is the day im starting my diet! i decided that eating more protein would be good for me especially when im on the cycle. im excited to see how it effects me!!!

Hello everyone, today was a good day, I woke up and went to an orthodontist appointment and then ran some errands with my mother. School is starting this week and I feel prepared, I know it's going to be hard, but I will do good. I'm going to go to a concert later, I'll talk about how it went in my next journal, see you all later.