Candidate Journals

today did I did not get that much requirements done.  I had a hard time getting up this morning and did not get my requirements done.  I was very tired all day and did not get much done.

Today I went to school but got up earlier for a breakfast and some fitness. Also after school I had golf practice in Cherryville which is about 30 minutes away. We played seven holes and picked the top six to play in the match Monday I found out that I am going to play. After that I came home and did all of my homework. I then did some more of requirements now I am tired and I am going to read some of my book and go to sleep.

today i went to king tiger to take class .i also ran with master natashya . i also had singing lessons at 7 30.

Had a productive day and looking forward to the weekend.  Much accomplished at work, with a very early start due to plant meeting, but took a few minutes this afternoon to do posters for the Panda adventure.  Hope everyone has fun once they see them- - -remember it's for a great cause.  Worked hard on requirements, met with my mentor, Inst. Tucker, who is the best!!!!, helped in class then stayed for sparring class.  Let's just say that Inst. Hsin has decided to pursue a new career as a comedian.  His first topic is #101 way on how to kill the old lady in class!!!  All I am going to say if you have not attended one of his sparring classes you would not understand.  Great class and I am still alive- -so far!!!! Thank you to all the other students, they are a great for my mental health.  We had fun,...

Hello I really got to go because I need to go to sleep any think that anyone reads these except master Evans. So I am going to make this short now I will tell you my day I waoke up went to school came back got all my stuff done then came running to get this done the End got tooo raun byr.. d this will be a fast jurnal entry so be prepared. I dont reall

Yesterday I was really tired after I got home at ten from the class in Mint Hill, black belt class, and PMAA class and I usually go to bed a lot earlier than that.

school was horrible, i was so sleepy i couldnt pay attention. at to make it worse the teacher who is boring and lets us sleep was absent and a fun teacher replaced him so i didnt wanna miss that. i cant wait till tomorrow and the weekends because tomorrow i have gym so i can do lots of requiments there and sleep a little more at night. :O yawn

Today was a pretty good day, but I noticed that I’m having a difficult time staying awake when I’m sitting at my desk.  This is not a good thing!  L  I worked with my mentor today.  I’m still trying to get my hapkido committed to memory.  Hapkido is one of those things that is difficult to practice by yourself, but I’ll get it eventually.  I’ve just got to practice, practice, practice.  Maybe I’ll just start grabbing people at the dojang and get them to be my partner so I can practice.  J

Today firefighters and police officers came to our school.  There was also a guy with a kilt and he played bag pipes.  They also released doves as a sign of peace.  Two girls sang the national anthem. The whole time I saw three planes passing our school and I was a little worried.  I am really sad about 9/11 and the number of people that died.  I think we should take the rest of this week to remember them.

This afternoon owe had a work team-bonding session at the White Water Rafting Center. I've actually never been before.  It was great!  We only had about 3 hours there, which wasn't nearly enough. But I did a really challenging ropes course and went white water rafting. We had a 10 min wait before rafting, so I jogged on the sidewalk to get short run in. I didn't have my phone on me, but I'm guessing it was about a mile.  We left right at 5pm so that I could get back to teach family class. I got there early and got a bunch of requirements in, then finished the rest tonight after class at home. Now I have to go hop on a conference call with one of my colleagues in Korea!

today i woke up late again and didnt have time for a morning workout. i got dressed and had bacon, eggs, a banana, milk, and a protein shake for breakfast, then packed up my stuff and got to the bus early. i slept on the bus even though i got a half hour extra sleep. in first block we read more of "Kaffir boy", its a very violent and sad book but we have to learn about these things to try to prevent them from happening in the future. in second block we got a free day because the other gym classes had other things to do and we had many choices but me and some other guys and a few girls played football. there were 3 teams of 5 or 6 because some people left or came back, i was a captain and my team was pretty good once one...

Today 12 years ago my mom dropped me off at preschool and heard about the attacks. My father was going to fly from charlotte to new york. That all came crashing down after the attacks. R.I.P to those who lost their lives 12 years ago on this day. Today at school we had picture day. I went to class at master shins and helped out his advanced class.

Wow. Has it really been twelve years since 9-11 happened.  This tragic event will never be forgotten. For the thousands off lives lost you will never be forgotten. I dedicate this journal entry to everyone who is or was effected by 9-11. 

Today was picture day everyone was dressed "fancy", I just wore a t shirt. I went to class at Master Shins' and helped out his advanced class. 10 years ago I was dropped off at preschool and my mom heard about the world trade center , my father was planning on flying near new york that day. R.I.P. to those who lost their lives an this tragic day 12 years ago.

Today I have to do a lot to catch up. I'm doing well. I've got mostly greens, but I do have 1 red and a few yellows. I study for tests at night for school, so I don't even have a chance of forgetting it, so right now I'm done with written homework, so I have a lot of time to get requirements done. I've been good about the electronics challenge and it's the middle of the week, so I'm almost done. I'll have to push myself to do more so I can finish. I can't believe that the cycle's half over already.

Today my dad forced me to do all of my requirements before school i had to do everything before 8:00 and he kept getting mad 

I had a long day today. I was sick and when you're sick you feel like everything is moving in slow motion. I had a quiz today, Im pretty sure I passed it. I need to sleep but I did get my requirements done but only 100 pushups, sit-ups and kicks today because of the sickness.

Today is the last day till the concert. I can't wait even though I am going to be in the last row. I still cant wait to hear Maroon 5 sing. Today at TKD I did my mentee meeting. Today I wanted him to have more power, so I put a bag in front of him and would try to knock the bag down. Also in black belt class we worked on falls side falls front falls and back falls. We also did rolls.

In black belt class tonight we worked on rolls and falls, not my favorite thing to do, but you gotta do what you gotta do! J Then I stayed for PMAA class.  I feel like I’m getting better on my knife stuff.  This makes for a really long day, but I actually like working with the knife.

Today, just like yesterday, was relentless.   I had to do a lot of homework. I also had sparring class.    Now I have to start making up physical requirements I'm behind on.  However this is one of the many hardships of the challenge.  Finding time to get it all done is hard.  The cycle is starting to get harder and harder.  I'devoting to try to develope a better plan to get through it all.  

didnt really do much today. just all the basic stuff and worked on knife C for PMAA

Today I didn't use electronics today, except the website, had a good day at school, got in the green for running! I also took a black belt class, and we worked on rolls, falls, and poomsae. I'm catching up quickly, though I still need to plan my day so I can get all of my requirements done.(hopefully I get some extra requirements done, too) I really need to do poomsaes, so I'm going to try to do 50 daily from now on. I hope I can get even more done tomorrow!

Today was a really regular day. School was good and not too hard. It was supposed to be picture day, but it got postponed (I didn't even know that today was picture day so I guess that was good). I got home, had a snack and went to work. That also went well and I had a good time. I then got home and worked on homework and did requirements. Yep today was pretty regular.

today i sold 1 raffle ticket and 2 coupun books. my goal is to be able to be the best i can be during testing. so i gave people tae kwon do demonstratios if they bought a raffle ticket or a coupon book.

yesterday i tried doing as many sit ups as i can and i realized that i done a lot if i do that for 1 week or 2 then i would be done with sit ups. so now my new goal is to wipe out those annoying burppees by doing 80 or more per day. it will be hard but you know yolo. :D

I finally got another sparring class in tonight. I had to leave Jess' tennis match before it was over (she was down 5-6 when I left, and Ended up losing). But I got a sparring class and PMAA class in. I ran at noon and got a bunch of other requirements in at the park while waiting to watch Jess play.  Work today fine today, nothing earth shattering, good or bad. 

Jump rope hurts really badly if you hit your toe. my toe nail is purple and blue and hurts really bad.

Today was a rough day I woke up early for school. Today I also had golf practice then went to tae kwon do. So now I am very tired and ready for bed.

Today was a slow day. I had barely enough time to get in a couple requirements. The reason for that is because I had homework to do and a soccer game to play. I need to try harder to get in more requirements, playing soccer and most important school.

Today we did A LOT of requirements at Master Shins school. Today at school we had a guest speaker in construction who told us about getting a job and whatnot. Im very tired from today.

today i woke up to my alarm and woke up again another 15 minutes later on a late schedule, so i set my alarm for 5 o clock and decided to get some more sleep and skip morning workout. i got dressed and went downstairs, my breakfast was a banana, pancakes, a protein shake, and orange juice. i got packed up and ran to the bus thinking i was late but i was actually 5 minutes early. i slept on the bus and woke up to my bookbag falling out of the seat halfway through the trip so i just played on my phone. in first block we learned about a book called "Kaffir boy" which is a very good book and gives alot of insight on the effect apartheid has on South Africa, how the people live, and the story of a young boy and his journey to escape. in...

today i could barely stand because of how tired I was. All we did in school was listen to the teachers talk about 9/11 then we watched a few videos about famous people who saved people.(tie a red bandana an your arm tomorrow.) there was this on guy named joe wills who saved everybody on the 78th and 79th floor witch was over 19 people. they called him the man in the red bandana because he wore a red bandana ever since he was 6. Another man save the president and the U.S president and the capital. these are all heroes from 9/11 that will be honored tomorrow at there  funeral.

During sparing class tonight I got kicked in the shin real bad.  My leg went numb and I couldn't feel anything.  After soaking it some tonight, I'm starting to get feeling back.  I don't want to let anyone know who kicked me because I don't want them to feel bad or get in trouble.  It's just part of being a black belt!  

It's the second day of not having electronics. I had to go to the doctor's office today. I was doing my homework in the waiting room and a TV was on. It was so hard to not watch it while I was busy. I moved to a different room to avoid being distracted. Not having any electronics has made me read and enjoy my books more but it feels like I am in trouble and I got my phone taken away for a week. Today was the first day when my classes in school were actually productive and not just going over the same rules over and over again. I woke up on time today. I am very happy with myself. I woke up at five and did my running. The more that I run, the easier it gets to run my mile and a half. But I almost fell asleep...

Today I got to move into my school. It is really big and awesome. The classrooms are twice the size and the field is huge. After school I got to go to Showmars with my friend Ashlee and her mom. It was really fun. Then I went to Tae Kwon Do and took my normal class then did a mentee session and then a mentor session with Master Richie. We went over hapkito, basic forms, and sparring combinations. I learned a lot from Master Richie. 

today i was was vary tired.Also had to have to do a mentor sesion

This has been a most challenging day. Within the 1st hour of waking I had a migraine made doing any requirements impossible this morning. I was able to take some medicine and get to work. I am looking forward to class tonight in spite of the hungover feeling the migraine and medicine causes. I really love working with the Little Tigers and always look forward to the Senior Wang Ho class. Last night was challenging. The footwork drills we did will help me with my sparring. I feel so slow when I spar but practicing those should help me get lighter and faster.

Up early, as normal, and already have some requirements done before work.  I will say the one thing I do miss without the TV is day break news while on the treadmill.  OK I said yesterday no biggie without the TV but watching the morning news helps pass the time.  I am not the greatest runner and it serves as a distraction while catching up on the local events.  All is good though - - -.  Looking forward to a productive day.  Scheduled to meet with my mentee today, Luke he is the best, class in South Charlotte and hopefully can knock out some leadership credits.  If not just will stay focused on requirements.  Hope everyone has a great day!!!!

Today was pretty good. At school I had a fair amount of catch up work to do since I missed last Thursday, but got it taken care of. I also got my homework done pretty efficiently. The no electronic entertainmenI challenge is harder than I thought. fining myself turning my iPod on, flipping through the pages then turning it oad again, which is not a good sign. But I've done pretty well even with all my family watching things around me and playing games. But that's okay, I will power through.

I have to raise money for my school and black belt cycle. I have to do both of them, I just have to. Then i have tons of homework and I still manage to do all my requirements. THeres like a little handle at school where I can do all my pull-ups, Ive been using it sense day 1. Its time to start the hardness

Today I was lucky because I did not have a lot of homework. Since I did not have a lot of homework, I was able to stay later at King Tiger to get my requirements done for the day. We also made muffins for my mom to take to work to get donations to the Levine Children's Hospital. So far I have sold 24 tickets for the Kindle tablet. I have also started the No Electronic challenge today. This is my only internet time today. 

Today, after school Iaren't through a mountain of homework.  I did half of my physical requirements this morning.  But doing the other halfafter doing all thathomework is really hard.  I knew this would happen after school started.  I plan to keep going.  I have to push through any onslaught of trouble until I reach my goal!

It's only the first day of the electronic challenge and I already miss my iPod. I only looked up the 5 original Tae Kwon Do kwans and logged my stuff today. I had a Dream Team class today, and we worked on rolls and tucking our knees when we roll. I also finally have a mentee! Tiger is my mentee, and he is doing great! Today we worked on high blue belt self defense. He already knew blue belt self defense, (apparently since he's a high blue belt)and so I just had to help him a little bit. After class I finished my homework and worked on requirements. Finally it's time to go to bed, and then I'll wake up at 6:15 tomorrow morning to do my daily walk. 

I am liking this no electronics thing now if I could just turn my computer off at work for a few days I may actually have a chance to get caught up at work.  It is what it is and very thankful I have a career that I enjoy even though it is non stop.  Helped in the 5:00 class today then stayed for the series of other classes.  Inst. Hsin had us put chest protectors on and had to keep those on for all of the classes.  Someone tell me the secret on how you do not overhead in those please?????  OK day for requirements - - could be better could be worse but still plugging along.  So dinner is done, no more requirements today, so off to the shower then going to curl up with a book for a bit before bed.  Perfect for me as I would much prefer...

today i took class. then i took a leadership claas. after that i had a mentor session. then i had ametee session.igot most of my reqruirments done. i finished two essays and i had a brownie.

I decided that it was time for me to make a list of all the things in the curriculum that I don’t feel confident on.  I looked at the list of things I’m required to know, along with anything new that Master Evins has thrown in, and I wrote down anything that I don’t have complete confidence in.  This is the list that I will ask my mentor to focus on.  It occurred to me that I have a limited amount of time to spend with my mentor and I need to make sure that we work on the things I’m not sure of.  L Tonight we focused on Knife disarms, Hapkido forms, Hapkido 21 thru 32, and Nai Bin Jin #2 and #2. Hopefully, we this approach I will make the most of my time with my mentor, and eventually my list of things I’m not confident in will get...

Today I had to get up early and get my homework done. Also I did some of my requirements in the morning. Today was a rough day to I wasn't that tired when I went to school but as the day went on I got very tired. Also I had golf till 6 today so I am going to sleep well tonight. Then I came home to some more homework.

I got a lot done today. It was the first day that I got real homework. I got it all done on the bus so that I didn't have to do it in the back room of the dojang. I was able to finish my requirements during the extra time before my class started. I got a mentee session in after my class. I taught Zachary his first 3 self defenses and I worked on his old poomsae. I also helped in the 5:30 class and got a leadership credit. 

I'm just taking a wild guess at the days and I realize that you can commit stuff in the commits so if you guys con tell me the day we will get back on track.  Now to the main part of the journal. Today I got in all my reqirements at home easily because of the technology diet I finished a easy and went extra with my workout.   

Today was an okay day as in nothing good or bad. i still got all my requirements and homework done but it was sort of boring and sort of plain... so now i'm gonna go do endless sit-ups and see how many i can knock out in 1 time so i can hopefully have a break from sit ups for and the next 2 days. :D

Today was a normal Monday....finally!  Kids off to school, conference calls starting at 7:30 and non-stop through 4:30 (although I snuck out for an hour a lunch for noon class at LKN). Picked up kids from soccer and tennis then went to teach family class. Finally got some leadership credits in!  Did a bunch of requirements during my morning conference calls. I'd love to get down to noon class at N Charlotte tomorrow, but I don't think my work tomorrow will allow me the 2 hrs out of the middle of the day...especially if I want to leave around 4:30 to catch some of Jess' tennis match tomorrow. They only play through the first week of Oct and I missed the last few while traveling.

I am thinking about starting a club at school for students who don't have enough money for tkd.  The learn for free as part of the club.  If have the time, but not the money for actual class, they come.  I know what you are thinking, what's the belt order? Well, I am going to use note cards and the colors be like there belts. The will line up based on their cards.

Today i did alot of requirements, went to class, and helped out a class at Master Shins school. Living without technology is somewhat hard.

today i woke up and as always had a little trouble getting out of bed but i went downstairs and did half my push ups and sit ups, and all of my kicks. i got dressed for gym, ate a breakfast of cheerios, a banana, bacon, orange juice, and a protein shake, then got packed up and headed out to the bus just in time. i slept on the bus and was very late waking up, we were already unloading. i went to first block where we learned about Africa, what movies and media portray it as and what it actually is, it has big cities and tall buildings. in second block we did stretching then were divided up in teams to play softball on the field, i got a homerun and got 4 outs during the 3 innings we played. in third block we learned about what makes up cells...

Today I got to sleep in because I don't have school today. It was a teacher work day. I got to run errands with my mom. It was really fun. I did my requirements and I  spent time with my mom so I had a good day. Back to school tomorrow. Yay!

so far ive ran 7 miles today...Cross country is brutal

Super pumped tonight to get in a lot of class credits. Still behind on PMAA, Sparring and TKD Plus classes so it will be good to get those in. It will be nice to go back to South Charlotte after moving around so much. Its always good to go to other schools to get a different feel from the way they carry things, but being back on my normal schedule is always comforting. Im also planning on getting in leadership credits tonight before BB class. Last week went by really fast so Im hoping that this week will too. It wont be long before testing is here so I need to work fast and manage my time well. Today is the first day without the use of electronics... although I don't usually have enough free time to watch t.v. or go online, it will be nice to get the extra credit...

What a weekend!  Saturday morning I got up early and ran errands from 7-9:30am. Then I took Jess to her tennis lesson, ran another errand, then picked Ben up at home and we were off to the airport. While waiting for our flight, Ben attacked me and we got in self defenses. He was uncomfortable with all the stares, but I just made it goofy and fun. We flew to Detroit and went to my former roommate's house for an early dinner, then off to park for the football game.  With the record crowd (115,109 people!), we had to park 2.3 miles away. (I got my run in by convincing Ben to jog it, although we did a lot of dodging people!). It was an awesome game. Michigan beat Notre Dame 41-30 at their last scheduled game in The Big House. We walked back to the car and got to the...

Today was a day of pure work.  No fun.  First I had church, which ended late.  Then homework.  Then me and dad went running.  I did 3.5 miles.  Then, physical requirements.  My arms are really sore.  

Today was a great day because I git all my requirements done early. I have finally got enough of extra requirements done so I can go to the Maroon 5 concert. Also today I went to my friends birthday party today. I didn't get to eat much because I was to busy on my requirements. So at the party I ate 5 slices of pizza 2 popcorn bags and 1 big slice of cookie cake. Also I road the go carts and almost ran the guy over because I braked to late. whoops! Later that day I climbed up spider ropes and stayed there looking down at everybody. I was so glad I got my requirements in because I even got to play mine craft for a hour and twelve minutes!

I had a good day today.  I was able to get all of my requirements done (and even some extra).  I was able to do some household chores and I actually got a little family time in too.  J  I’ve gotten all of my essays done, except Community Service, so that’s a relief.  I’m ready for another week!

Today I got a lot of stuff done! I even managed to have time to hang out and talk to my friends! I'm almost done with pull ups, which will give me time to do some more poomsaes, self defense, and sparring rounds. I think that if I finish pull ups, burpees, and stuff like that, then I'll be able to do the other suff that I'm falling behind in. Today really helped me though, and I'll have to catch up lots more on the weekend since I'll have more time.

I did all my school stuff today. Such as projects, homework and studying. Also I got my white belt challenge essay done and I'm starting to more than Im supposed to on the blackbelt cycle. So now instead of 150 pushups, situps and kicks its going to be 250! My dad is out of town and I kind of get sad if my dad or mom is gone. It gets kind of lonely. I also ordered some new shoes off the internet, I hope my shoes get in early. I caught up on my favorite Tv show too, life is good, except that I have to go to school tomorrow! On the bright side I'm starting to learn how to play violin tomorrow so Im pretty excited about that.

Happy with my progress so far but still a lot of catching up to do on requirements.  So cycle "officially" started on August 10th and yes if we registered early we were permitted to start on August 1st.  August is still pretty much a blur to me but all is very good.  Domestics caught up & I worked on requirements today however spent several hours working on Kicks for Kids- - let's hope the time it took away from requirements makes a difference in the end.  If not at least I made the effort and that's what counts.  As for curriculum I am not like several of the younger students that are basically sponges when it comes to learning.   Show them once and they got it.  Show me 10 times, and oh please only two different things at once, then let me practice them till I am blue in the face, then and only...

Today was the start of the NFL season, Go Cowboys! Today Was A great day for requirements. I was able to double up on my requirements again. I also got to start my 5 Kwans paper. And I have a test tommorow in science, so I had to study for that. I think I'll ace that test tommorow. I had noo time for tv watching. See ya next week tv.

today i woke up from my friends birthday party and got picked up 10 minutes after i woke up so i really didnt have time to say goodbye. i went home and went for a 2.5 mile walk/jog with my parents around the neighborhood.i had a bowl of cereal for breakfast and i really needed it since i didnt eat last night. i went home and did some requirements that i didnt get finished yesterday, i took a shower, and did some laundry to get it done early. i went on to do my homework reading about Macedonia and Alexander the great, how he conquered many places with his battle tactics. my parents had headed off to the panther game already so i decided to go out and sell raffle tickets, i sold 17 today bringing up my total amount to around 250$, thats good and i have reached the minimum...

Today I did my requirements in the morning. I slept in and I really can't get used to that. I walked 3 miles with my mom and my brother. I am really not looking forward to the no electronics challenge. I played on my phone a lot today. I don't usually have a lot of time for my games or TV during the week because of my schedule.Today was just a regular day. I hope that I don't sleep through my alarm again tomorrow! 

 Today we lost to the Seattle Seahawks. We would have won if D-Will didn't fumble the ball on that amazing run.I t really made me freak.  I needed Steve Smith to do well for my fantasy team. 

Today I got up and ran my mile and half at the park with my family. I got a pretty good time when I did it. About twelve minutes for 1.5 miles. I think that's pretty good.  After jogging we went to Mc Donald's for breakfast. Then we went and looked for a solar cover for our pool. We didn't find one that was reasonable. After looking we came home and went swimming. The pool was only 83 degrees so it was kinda chilly but not bad. I'm still deciding if I am going to do the no electronics for a week. I'm going to have to decide quick because it starts tomorrow. I think I am going to do it but I'm not sure. It's going to be difficult but I am going to try. I finished my requirements so I am going to relax for a few hours.

Today i did my requirements.Also played with friend.

Playing outside is really important to me because it is exercise and it is healthy. I also like it because it is fun and I do it with other people and that makes it really fun.

today i got all of my reqruirments done early. i am so happy because my mom made a feast for no reason. i think she cooked enough fod to last me the rest of the year. i am so happy about that.

wow camping was awesome! i left on friday to go camping and we stoped at wendys for diner and i had one those double baconaters burgers so i was sick during the car but when we got there we had so much fun building fires and throwing ice at each other and stuff. the good news is i did some requirments while i was there becasue we had a bar there and it was good for chinl-ups so we had a chinl-up contest. i got 3rd place with 6.

 I went to get my violin today, it's for school. Im pretty sure that's going to be my new skill too. After that we went home to put it back so no one would steal it. Then we went to the mall and got new books, socks and clothes. Then we went to Trader Joes because we we're out of a lot of food. I still got to do my requirements! 

Today I had to double my normal requirements as I will be at a concert on Wednesday. The concert will be worth doing all the extra requirements this weekend because Adam Levine is singing live! In sparring class it was tough as I haven't had sparring in a while. I had a hard time dealing with the pain as they kicked me, and it was hard for me to kick my partner when they were kicking me. I will sleep good tonight!

i had fun today helping out with the little tigers. i thought it was unusual that they actually listened when ever we told them to something. that made it a lot easier to teach class.

 Today had no homework!So I had a great day for requirements. Every Hour I would do a little bit of everything so I would have a lot of everything. So I ended up doubling up on everything! And I got in 3.88 miles. I also got in to watch some tv before this week starts with no electronics. But today was a great day

Ah I'm really tired but yo had an awesome day! I went to black belt class and sparring lads which was pretty good. To got a shower and relaxed with one of my friends until we met up with my other friends at the Greek festival. We hung out there and then I went with one of my friends to sleepover! Super fun!

Well well well. Day 38 we meet again. I am very happy that I went to sparring class today. I got 10 sparring rounds in! That was very tiring. I am done with back belt classes but will continue to go. I worked on finding the answers to the written test after sparring class. It's amazing how long it took to find something written about King Sejong.  I hope that everyone is feeling okay and ready to go for tomorrow.

Today was a good day I got a lot done. Today I went to a Saturday class and a sparring class. Also I went to the driving rang and did some golfing. Although I was tired after all of this I got a good bit of requirements done today which was nice.

I got up this morning and did pushups, situps, burpees, poomsaes, and self defense.  Then I went to King Tiger to teach Little Tigers.  We had a lot of kids in class today and they worked really hard!  Afterwards, Instructor Dege and I got in a couple of miles.  Thank you ma’am! We had a really good BB class today.  We worked on poomsaes, stick forms, and Hapkido.  Master Chelley Hartle did a great job making sure to give us pointers on some of the details that we need to refine.  Master Conrad Hartle was very helpful with the Hapkido.  Thank you Masters Hartles! After I got home, I had to do errands and laundry.  Then it was time for more requirements.  Overall, it was a productive day!  J Thank you Master Evins for the extra credit for attending class on 8/31!  I really appreciate all of the opportunities we’ve had...

Today first I helped out with little tigers class.  I learned about a stripe that only they get.  It's called a teamwork stripe.  Then, I had fun going to black belt and sparring class.  That might just be the most I've sweated ever!

Started off the morning with class in Mint Hill then to North Charlotte where I met with my mentor, Inst. Tucker, did black belt class then stayed for sparring class.  Rushed home to get my husband then go run errands, got back to the house to knock out a bunch of domestics and still working on the ribs for tailgate tomorrow.  Yes I am tired!!!  My biggest mistake today was not drinking enough water - -my bad.  Got dehydrated then a nice cramp in my hamstring which will not go away.  Ouch!!!  Master Burkart, Chelley & Kim your classes were great today and I really enjoyed them.  Not every student pick's up quick, nor learns in the same way, you all have that nack in being able to get thru to everyone in a fun energetic way.  Requirements were not where I wanted them to be today but all is good. ...

Today I woke up tired from my high schools' football game. Then i went to black belt and sparring class, we did alot of kicking and hapkido. I went home and watched television. 

Today day I got up school time early so I could help at Mint Hill's testing at 8 am. I got a lot of my requirements done while I was there. I ran a mile before helping at testing. I got to get in a leadership credit at testing  because I led warm-ups. I'm getting pretty comfortable leading warm-ups. Before the cycle I was afraid to lead warm-ups. So I have improved a lot. Then after testing I went home for hour and did some requirements. Then I headed back out to go to Master Evins Black Belt Class. During black belt class we did some forms, self-defenses, and hapkito. I finally remember all 10 hapkito defenses. It just took doing them all a few more times. Also during class I got in a lot of my requirements. I almost finished all of my daily requirements! Then after class my mom...

today i woke up at 7 which was a great load of help to me, i am no longer exhausted now that i got 9 hours of sleep. i ate my breakfast and did my laundry, then just sat around and watched tv until it was about 10:00, then we left to go to the blackbelt class at master Evans. i stretched during the time we were waiting for class to start. once class started we did a normal warm up then we did some requirements and wang ho forms, then master Knight took the bo cho dans to the back and we worked on the forms again but more closely this time, focusing on every detail, we also worked on hurricane kicks. we went back to the normal do jang and worked on hapkido. after class was over, i went over to my neighbors house to mow her lawn. i...

It's the weekend, so I don't have to walk in the morning for two days. I also have time to make up for all the stuff I haven't done lately. I hope I get some more greens this weekend. I took sparring and black belt classes today, and we worked on poomsaes, hapkido, and kicks.

im at home playing with megan and my cat

Had a great time at North Charlotte today. We reviewed a few things that I had forgotten from last cycle. It was different without Master Evins but Master Hartle did a great job teaching. Im pretty nervous about no electronics black belt challenge for all of next week. Hopefully I can go Monday through Friday without using the computer, watching television, or texting... What I am excited for is the extra credit at the end though. Its good to set a goal to be able to push yourself.  

Today is going to be a good day.  Keep doing the requirements. 

Today I went to the black belt class at lakeNorman for the first time.  I found it o be fun and really helpful.  The class was much smaller so master Hartle was able to help us all individually.  I might start going there on Fridays if I can't make Thursdays classes, depending on my homework.   I wasn't happy to hear about the "no electronics" challenge for next week, but my mom was thrilled!

Today was good, I got pretty caught up on my homework and got some time to relax too. I also wrote my book essay, I just have to type it now. The Greek festival tonight was fun, we mainly got dinner and treats, tomorrow is the day I go with my friends to really have fun. I'll have to be careful not to eat too many goodies. Haha :)

happy friday everyone! ive been super busy this week. ive missed a lot this week. i couldnt make it to any classes due to cross country. wednesday i had a meet and thursday we did hill combos. which is where you run up and down a hill that feels like 70 degree angle, for an hour and a half. i went home and fell asleep instantly. i have to catch up this week but i know i can do it. not too far behind!

Its finnaly the weekend and now I dont have to wake uo at six to do requirements. I can finally relax. But I still got home work and essays so I cant really relax. Man!

i love fridays. i don't like friday school test. my mom did not make me take the friday class. i thought that was unusual. my mom wanted me to take every class i could. then i looked at my log and i noticed that i had done all my week day and saturday blackbelt classes. 

 It was so long today. I had a quiz in Social Studies, a Math Quiz, a Science Quiz and had to study for our Language Arts quiz. Plus being in Honors classes is way more difficult, but as long I have my academic and my Black belt things done Im good. By the way I just got some CHICKEN WINGS FOR THE GOOD WORK I HAVE BEEN DOING IN SCHOOL, HURRAY!!..........

What a great day! Helped with the little tigers this afternoon then did black belt class in Mint Hill -----that rocked, awesome class.  Now if I can just remember everything.  Trying to hit requirements hard and would love to see all green on the tracking but being realistic.  I will get caught up!  Looking forward to the weekend and get the hims all set for tailgate and Panthers opener then I can stay home and focus on domestics and requirements.  The carport is my dojang and yes the neighbors know I am nuts.  People drive and walk by and wow do I get some strange looks.  All is good and just keep doing the best I can do.

Yesterday was a lot of travel...3 hrs in a car and another 2.5 on an airplane. I got a lot of meditation in yesterday. I focused on breathing in for 7 seconds and out for 11.  I also got feedback in a mid-year appraisal from my manager and contemplated his observations and recommendations.  The first requirements I got in yesterday were at the airport waiting for boarding. I found a space big enough and ignored the stares. I had on dress clothes but took off my shoes, so I'm sure I was an unusual sight. Today I had to be in the office early but started on my requirements around 2:30pm while at the DMV.  There was no way I was going to sit there and wait in a chair when I had requirements to knock out!  I just finished around 9pm and I feel good about what I completed. I...

today is Friday, it feels really good to finally have the week done. I have been reading all of your journal entry's and they are really good they are very descriptive and well written. I am going to include in this journal entry my WHOLE day from start to finish. So I woke up at 5:15 to go take a shower but I was really tired so it was really hard to even stand up. So when I was done with my shower I went to get my breakfast I ate my cereal and a glass of orange juice then went to get some stuff done for one of my friends. After all of us were done we got in our new car to go to school. Since my dad is a car guy and gets good cars cheep. When I get to school I go to my locker and put in the...

I want to tell everyone on this cycle that you are doing awesome! I think that because of everyone encouraging one another, it has helped us to get through this together. I also want to thank Master Cavazos for being my mentor. I really appreciate that he comes to Belmont during the week so I can get a mentor meeting. I am also thankful that he wrote my recommendation letter and I didn't even ask him to. I have learned so much from him and I really enjoy our sessions. I found another quote today. "The strongest factor for success is self-esteem: Believing you can do it, believing you deserve it, believing you will get it" - Anonymous