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Tim Cirulis

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Candidate Journals

King Tiger Tae Kwon Do Black Belt candidates blog daily about their journey: their thoughts and feelings, their struggles and successes; their pain and their encouragement. Follow along on their journey; words of encouragement are always welcome!

February 15th

It's been a rough week but at least I get tomorrow off. 

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February 13

I've been working hard to shave off the Saturdays I have to work. I should only have to work one more tomorrow and I'll be done. However, today I did not have time to exercise and make it to black belt class. Sad face and what not.

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February 12th

I should have all the extra work done by the end of this week and will be returning to a normal schedule. Happy day, happy days. 

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February 11th

I've been working hard this week to try and cut the number of Saturdays I have to make up because of the snow.  You've got to do what you've got to do isn't very fun sometimes. Everybody have a great day.

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February 10th

Work is pretty tuff right now but it's worth it.  Making up the snow days and cutting down on the Saturdays I have to work is crucial.

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February 9th

When I feel like I'm running out of gas I just tell myself I'm not. Does it work? Sometimes yes and sometimes no.

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February 8th

I hope everyone had fun at instructors camp. Everyone seemed in hi spirits.

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February 6th

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February 5th

So I worked it out with the job where I only have to work two Saturdays. That's great. However, they took my idea for how to do this I gave them a year ago.  You win some you lose some I guess.

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February 4th

Finally I get to go back to work but I've got problems.  Because of the snow and ice I'm going to have to work the next five Saturdays.  

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February 4th

I don't think I've ever seen so now stick around in Charlotte like this. It's really messing up my work schedule.

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February 1st

Well it sure did snow and I forgot to post yesterday. I know I cannot use it but I wish I could count shoveling the snow off of  the driveway and sidewalk as part of my exercise.

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January 30th

So another winter storm is coming.  I'm not very happy about that. I'm going to have to work Saturdays if this keeps up.

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January 29th

The best part about the temperature being in the twenties is, it feels balmy when it is in the forties.

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January 28th

It's funny how the algorithm starts feeding all sorts of martial arts content as the cycle progresses. This is one of the reasons I'm not a fan of the internet. The constant tracking and pandering makes for a less than authentic experience in my personal opinion.

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January 27th

I'm glad the winter weather wasn't as bad as they were predicting but it is still really cold. That being said you can dress for cold you can't for hot so it's kind of a mixed bag.

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January 26th

Well with the weyi had the day off. I can't remember the last time I've stayed up so late.

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January 26th

Well I wasn't going to go running in this weather. Hope everyone is warm and safe.

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January 24th

Today I woke up sick.  Then my mother called worried about the winter.  I went over got her an easy start generator, took down her cloth gazebo top, filled up her car and calmed her down a bit. I'm still sick but I'm glad I could help. This didn't leave much time for anything else and I'm still sick. Here's to better days.

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January 23rd

Everybody stay safe and warm with this storm coming it.

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January 22nd

I always sleep very well after a sparing class.  I hope everyone is doing well with their studies and tra

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January 21st

It isn't getting below freezing tonight or tomorrow. Sometimes it's the little things that make a day great.

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January 20th

They're calling for snow this weekend. I hope that doesn't happen because I do not want to deal with the slow downs that will cause. Oh well c'est la vie.

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January 19th

I have an odd way of remembering 2nd Dan special number three. It just so happens that it is really close to the ending of "Best of the Best 2". A horrible movie but a memorable final fight scene. 

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Jany18th

So my recycling can was broken . The city told be to leave it on the street and they wild have a person come by and fix it or replace it. They replaced it and left the broken one too. Thanks I guess. 

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January 17th

Class was pretty good today. A bit of a review with some tweaking. Other than that I think I'm make progress.

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January 16th

It's Friday hope everyone has a great weekend and now a word from the Downer Philosopher. "Why is it that Friday is so close to Monday but Monday is so far from Friday?" Have a wonderful day, night or whatever time you see this.

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January 15th

Work hard, study well and eat and sleep plenty. Some of you will know were I got that and some won't.  But I still think it is a good starting point.

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January 14th

It's a strange day. Cellphone service is down for a lot of people from my understanding.  Wifi is cool and everything but I work outside and need service to do my job properly. Oh well hopefully they get it settled by the morning. Have a great night everyone.

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January 13th

The thing I like about cycle the most is that my belt gets bigger. 

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January 12th

You know what I don't like about North Carolina winters? It is the temperature variation. It can be 70° one day and 20° the next. 

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January 11th

I have got to admit it. I was pretty sore today when I got to poomsae class. 

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January 10th

It is rare that I take a nap but today I made a well deserved exception.  I have found that I have to force myself recovery sometimes, even if I don't want to.

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January 9th

I don't have much to say. I'm focused on the pretest and I hope everyone does well.

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January 8th

Sometimes it feels like there isn't enough time in the day to do everything that needs to be done. I think it's okay to feel that way because, sometimes, there isn't. The only thing to do is to push through and get it done anyways.

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January 7th

I'm getting the hang of this stuff this time around. I hope it works out for the best.

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January 6th

My favorite part of this is the exercise but that's just me.

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