Spring 2024 Black Belt Cycle

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!

March 20th, 2024

Today is my last journal. Today was a pretty normal day. I woke up had a normal morning, went to school, and came home. I then got a haircut and food. Afterwards, I came home and did some school work. After that I did some requirements and now I am here. 

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March 19th, 2024

Today I woke up late and had a more rushed morning. I then went to school. I had a rough start to my morning, but overall my school day was pretty good. I talked with my friends during AP Gov. as I normally do. I then came home and did homework for a while before run club. I then left for run club and talked to my dad in the car about everything going on. I had a lot of fun at run club and got a short, but good workout. Afterwards I talked to Coach Fam and got one of the best pieces of advice I really needed to hear. I then came home, ate, got my uniform ready for tomorrow. Now I am here. 

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March 18th, 2024

Today I woke up and did my normal routine. I then went to school and had a pretty good day. I had a quiz, which I feel I did pretty good on. I then went to practice, which was fun. Got to talk and hang out with my friends at practice. I then came home and almost immediately left for Tae Kwon Do. I finished all my mentor, mentee, and leadership 2 credits for the cycle. Those were my last class credits I needed. I did some requirements in between. I then came home, ate, showered, and now I am here. 

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March 17th, 2024

Today I woke up and did some requirements. I then went to church, which as always I volunteered in the kids room. They were little crazy today, but I had assistance from my friends in handling them. I then went to Walmart and bought a new LEGO set. I am excited to build it. I then ate and did a lot of requirements since I was behind. I then ate some more and had a hard conversation over the phone. I then sat in the Normatecs and ate since the conversation lasted a while. I then played Fortnite with my friend Erick. We didn't play well, but we had a lot of fun. Afterwards I read, stretched, and now I am here. 

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March 16th, 2024

This is a late one, but a summary of my day was: track meet. It wasn't bad, was very hot. I did pretty good. Dealing with a lot right now so being able to just chill and do something I love was amazing. I then came home and got some school work done and now I am here. 

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Marth 12th, 2024

Today I woke up and got ready for school. I ran behind schedule this morning so I didn't get to school as early as I normally do. My school day was pretty normal. I had a quiz I forgot about, but it was very easy since I have been paying attention in class. I then came home and took a nap. I then went to run club and got to run with two of my friends. It was a easy run so we had fun talking. I then came home and did some homework. After that I showered and now I am here. 

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March 11th, 2024

Today I woke up and got into my JROTC uniform. Today was our big JPA inspection. This inspection is where we are able to receive our accreditation if we are able to score high enough. Spoiler alert, we did. I was part of the service learning project. We presented our briefing second right after BCIP. I have been practicing with my team for months and all of us were integral parts of executing and planning our project. Our briefing went well. We only miss .5 points for missing one thing. I then waited till it was my LET levels turn to be interviewed. I was one of the 3 from my LET level to be interviewed. That went very smoothly. We then waited for our score. We received it; as a Battalion we scored a 98%, which was way over what we needed: 95%. I then went to one of my...

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March 10th, 2024

Today I woke up and did requirements in the morning for the first time since being sick. Then I went to church and volunteered in the kids room. It was crazy today. We had a lot of kids and they were not behaving. I then came home and chilled. I practiced for my JROTC, JPA inspection tomorrow. Shortly after I went for a run. I then did some requirements, we worked on 3rd Dan self-defenses. Afterwards I worked on some Warhammer 40k stuff. Then I did some more requirements, showered, stretched, and now I am here. 

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March 9th, 2024

Today I woke up and went to Tae Kwon Do. I had a lot of fun hanging with and training with my friends today. I then came home and did a few things: worked on Warhammer 40k, read, and did some requirements. Afterwards I hung out with my girlfriend. After she left I showered and now I am here. 

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March 8th, 2024

This was the first day after being sick I felt over 80% of the way back to normal. I went to school, which was very productive. I had a JROTC meeting after school, which went alright. I was very tired by that point in the day and was not doing well mentally. Afterwards I came home and rested for a little bit. That was short lived and followed by black belt class. We worked on weapons and Hopkidos. I was able to work with Logan most of class, which is always fun. I then did a mentee and mentor session. I learned the first bit of both 3rd Dan self-defense and 3rd Dan Special self-defense. I then came home and relaxed. After that I stretched and now I am here. 

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March 6th, 2024

Today I woke up pretty late since I was not feeling good today. The last day or two have been rough since I have been sick. I didn't do much today. I started re-watching the 863 Series, which is a mystery series on YouTube. I also did a little school work and a few requirements. I then showered and now I am here. 

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Instructors Camp 2024

This years instructors camp was the best yet. This was my 5th instructors camp and the first time I have ever been to the Greenville N.C. school. These are some personal highlights from the day: First off, learning about the history of King Tiger and the fact that Grandmaster Jung was gifted a building to start a Tae Kwon Do Dojang by Samsung, blew my mind. I researched further and around the time Grandmaster Jung was gifted the building was around the time Samsung began to blow up.  My next highlight was working through the self-defense stuff. I always enjoy learning how to apply moves from Poomsaes into self-defense. I also had two amazing partners: Chaz and Ryan.  After that, the 4 classes on speed, power, balance, and team work. Power was definitely my favorite; learning about how stances and even how your hips are turned can generate an exponentially greater...

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February 29th, 2024

Today I woke up and got into my JROTC uniform. Today was a pretty easy day at school. I then came home and went to physical therapy. Shortly afterwards I went to Tae Kwon Do, I helped with class and took sparring. Then I came home, showered, stretched, and now I am here. 

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February 27th, 2024

Today I woke up, however, I woke up around 10:00. I was lucky and got to sleep in today since the juniors had to take the ACT test and I did not. I was able to get some requirements and personal projects done. I then went to school for the last 2 hours where we had 25 minute classes. I then came home and worked some more on the personal projects. Following that I went to run club. A lot of my friends were there and we had a killer workout. Afterwards I came home, ate, dinner, and did some requirements. I then took an Epson salt bath and showered; now I am here. 

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February 25th, 2024

Today I woke up and went to church. At church I started setting up our sound system since it was not properly set up before. I then came home; shortly after I went to Logan Luna's graduation party. I had fun hanging out with my friends and girlfriend there. I then went to Birkdale with my friend and girlfriend. We went to a bunch of shops and then got ice cream. After that I went to the lake with them. I then came home and now I am here. 

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February 24th, 2024

Today I woke up and skipped requirements. I then went to school, I had a pretty easy day at school. We played just dance in JROTC and I tried to solve a little puzzle thing in English. I then had a meeting after school to practice my JROTC SLP debrief with my team. I then came home and ran with my dad. Right afterwards I went to Tae Kwon Do. We went over the written test. Afterwards I came home and finished requirements for the day. Then I showered, stretched, and now I am here. 

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February 22nd, 2024

Today was a long day. I had a pretty good day at school. I wasn't very productive, but I had a lot of fun. Especially during 4th block when me and my friends wrestled, colored, and talked for the entire class. Then I came home, finished the homework that I didn't do during 4th block, and then went to the gym. I had a pretty good, full body workout. Afterwards I went to Tae Kwon Do and helped with class; I also took sparring, which was very enjoyable. Then I came home and finished some requirements. Afterwards I showered, stretched, and now I am here. 

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February 20th, 2024

As always, I woke up and got a start to my day. I did some requirements and went off to school. I had a pretty good and productive day at school. I played Cards Against Humanity during fourth block with my friends, which was really fun. Then I came home from school and did some school work, as well as some requirements. I then went to get allergy shots and went to run club. Today's workout wasn't bad, but none of my really close friends were there. Then I came home and did some more requirements. Then I ate, showered, and read. Afterwards I stretched and now I am here. 

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February 19th, 2024

Today I slept in a lot since we didn't have school. I then started my morning with requirements and breakfast. Today and tomorrow we are getting out cabinets painted in the kitchen, so I ate out a lot today. I the built some of my new Warhammer 40K Lemon Russ tank. After that I played Fortnite with my friend. Afterwards I went out to get lunch and studied on the ride. I then got home and got ready to go workout. It was a hard workout, but I am glad I went and got after it. Following that, I went to Tae Kwon Do and helped out with class. I then came home, hung out with my girlfriend, showered after she left, and now I am here. 

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February 18th, 2024

Today I woke up and was pretty tired since I was up late last night. I then went to church. I was in the kids and was running media. I spent some of my down time at church learning and watching videos about our sound board. After almost 2 years of running media, I am just now learning how to do everything on the sound board. I then came home, did some homework, and some requirements. I then hung out with my girlfriend. Afterwards I showered and now I am here. 

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February 18th (ish), 2024

Today I woke up and went to black belt class. We went through all the Poomsaes, which was good since I needed work on blocks and stances. I then help with the family class. I always enjoy teaching. Then we went to Master Shins school for sparring, but we didn't check to make sure they actually had class. Of course, they didn't. We then drove home and I got some school work done. My dad and I then went to the stick seminar, which again was amazing. I really enjoyed it, especially the knife stuff. I love working on more practical techniques like the ones we practiced. Then I came home and went for a run with my dad. Followed by showering and eating. Afterwards I painted some Warhammer 40K minis. I finished a few of my soldiers and started working on one of my tanks. I then updated Fortnite and...

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February 15th, 2024

Today I woke up and skipped requirements. I woke up the most tired I have been in a few weeks. I made it through today. My 4th block class was very unproductive, but I hung out with my friends all class. After school I had PT; then I went to Tae Kwon Do. It was pretty good, talked to Logan Luna a bunch, which I always enjoy. Then I came home, did some requirements, and then went for a Peloton ride. Afterwards, I showered and now I am here. 

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February 13th, 2024

I woke up late today and didn't have time to do my requirements. I then went to school, which was pretty good. I then came home and hung out with my girlfriend. We are getting our house repainted, but they finished upstairs so we just chilled up in my room. Then I went to run club. There wasn't as many people as there normally is, however a few of my friends were there. I then came home, took a epsensalt bath, read, and did some requirements. Followed my some more reading and a shower. Now I am here. 

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February 12th, 2024

Today I woke up and was back at it. I got ready for school and as I was walking out the door, my sisters dog got sick. Which was a terrible thing, however it did mean he got to come with me for the ride to school, which was awesome. I had a pretty good day at school; I had a test in psychology and registered for my classes next year. Then I came home and had a meeting with my personal counselor. Then I went and worked out. Afterwards I got food from City Barbeque, which was really good; I did get way too much food and could not finish it all. I then did some homework while waiting for the dogs from camp. Later I finished up some requirements and showered. Now I am here. 

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February 11th, 2024

Today I woke up, did requirements, and showered. That is not something I normally do in the morning, but I forgot to shower last night since I showered during the day. Then I went to church, I got to teach the kindergarten and 1st graders, which I always enjoy. They are so young, but some of them are just so smart. I then came home and helped get the house ready for the painters to come. Tomorrow and Tuesday we are getting most of our house repainted into a more modern and neutral color. Then I finished up my requirements for the day with my dad. Then I did some homework, my girlfriend came over, then I did some more homework. Afterwards I showered, stretched, and now I am here. 

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February 10th, 2024

Today I woke up and went to Black Belt class for the first Saturday in a while. We dud a lot of self-defense, which was fun because I got to work with my dad and Instructor Logan (future master). I enjoyed being able to be more dynamic and having a chance to practice falling. I then got a hair cut, which I desperately needed. I then came home and showered. Afterwards, I got lunch with my girlfriend. Followed by, going to Urban Air, which was crowded. We made the most of it and had a lot of fun. Then we went to the track to workout. It was a hard, interval workout, which I always enjoy over longer workouts. I then came home, did some requirements, and now I am here. 

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February 9th, 2024

Today would be the day I would be going to states for track. Still a little upset, but I made it through today. I had a fairly normal day. I had a test in my government class, which went well. I then had a meeting for JROTC where our team practiced our brief for our project. That also went well. Afterwards, I came home and did some homework. I have the whole weekend to get some stuff done, but I wanted to get a jump start on the work. After that, I went to Black Belt class; I had so much energy in class, which was unusual, but felt good. I then came home and hung out with my girlfriend after eating dinner. Then she left, I showered, read, and now I am here. 

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February 8th, 2024

I woke up today and did my normal thing, except no requirements. I then went to school, which was pretty fun. I had JROTC today and it was uniform day. I then went home and hung out with my girlfriend. I did some studying while she was over. I then went to Tae Kwon Do. I helped out with class and took sparring. My dad got a little injury at sparring so I spent some of the class making sure he was "ok." I then went home ate and did some requirements. I then showered and now I am here. 

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February 7th, 2024

Today was a long day. I woke up, did my thing, and went to school. Today I met with one of my counselors to talk about my classes for next year. I then came home and hung out with my girlfriend for a little bit. I then went and worked out. I came home afterwards and went to youth group at our church. Afterwards I came home and read for a while since I have reading due tomorrow. Now I am here. 

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February 6th, 2024

Today I woke up and had the exact same morning routine as yesterday, except there was another curve ball. My nose started bleeding this morning. I am pretty sure it is because my room gets so dry at night; I plan to take some precautions now with a re-humidifier in my room. I dealt with the issue, was almost late for school, but still made it on time. I had a pretty normal day at school. After school I had a meeting about CPCC classes next year, which I plan to take; now I just have to work them into my schedule. After that I hung out with my girlfriend for about 30 minutes then went to run club. We had a pretty good workout and I got to hang out with some of my close friends. I then came home and finished up some requirements. Afterwards, I ate, did some...

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February 5th, 2024

Another normal day, except my dad is on a work trip. I woke up and did requirements; it was weird not doing them with my dad. I then went to school, which was pretty productive. I then came home did some homework then went to the gym and had a nice workout. It has been a month or so since I have been to the gym; I haven't been in a while mainly because I have been racing so much. Afterwards I headed straight to Tae Kwon Do. I helped out with a class and got to work with some yellow belts on proper blocking preps and IL Chang. Afterwards I came home and finished up my requirements for the day. I then finished homework, stretched, and now I am here. 

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February 4th, 2024

Today I woke up, did my morning requirements and went to church. I volunteered in the kids room again and worked with the kindergarten and 1st graders. It was a little hectic, but we all made it through and I hope they learned something today. I then came home and ate some lunch. Afterwards I started working on a essay that I have grossly overwrote. Shortly afterwards I did a lot of requirements to catch up from what I have missed this week. This seems to be the new norm for me; miss a few days of requirements, make them up on Sunday. Then I wrote some more of my essay for school. Then I hung out with my girlfriend. Came home, wrote more of my essay, stretched, showered, and now I am here. 

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February 3rd, 2024

Today I woke up and got ready for my track meet. I didn't race until 2:00 but I had to get there around 9:00 since my girlfriend ran before me this meet and we drove her up there. I spent a lot of the day sitting around. When it was time to race I was definitely ready. I didn't get my state qualifying time which was a bummer; however, I did enjoy the race and even prayed with one of my competitors before we races. Afterwards we came home and I hung out with my girlfriend for a little bit. We started a new shoe: "The Good Place." It was really good so far. Shortly after she left I did some requirements and now I am here. 

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February 2nd, 2024

Today I woke up and did my thing. School was pretty good today. I got out of 4th block early for a assembly to talk about class registration next year. It was good, I talked with one of the administrators about a internship I want to apply for this summer. After school, I went for a run and almost immediatly headed to Tae Kwon Do. I relearned staff form 4 and learned the first section of belt self defense. I am excited to learn some new stuff since I have been practicing the same old Poomsaes and self-defenses for a few weeks now. After I got home, my girlfriend came over. We did some self care in preparation for the track meet tomorrow. We also played Cards Against Humanity. After she left I showered and now I am here. 

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February 1st, 2024

Today was a hectic day. I woke up did my thing, but when I got to school there was no internet. This didn't completely ruin any of my classes but definitely made them interesting. After school I went to the track to try out my new spikes. They felt amazing; I am looking forward to using them on Saturday. Afterwards I went to PT, which went well and she said everything looked great. That was a confidence booster for Saturday. Once I got home I immediately got ready for Tae Kwon Do. I helped out with a class and took sparring. It went pretty well. I then came home and started working on preparing for my 2 presentations tomorrow. I feel pretty ready. Then I ate, showered, and now I am here. 

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January 20th, 2024

Again, another day. Woke up, went to school, and came home. My school day was pretty normal starting to enjoy my new English class more and more. Today we had a diagnostic test which was boring and I almost fell asleep during it because the teacher kept taping her nails on her desk, almost put me to sleep. However, I woke up during lunch. After I came home I finished up a speech I had to write. Not long after I was off to run club. We had a kind of hard workout today. All my friends were there, including Marcus, but I didn't run with him because he did a faster, sprint workout. After I cam home and finished the last little bit of requirements, I finished some more homework. I stretched, showered, and now I am here. 

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January 29th, 2024

Today as usual I woke up and did all my morning routine stuff. I went to school, which was very productive. I started getting fatigued by the end of the day, but overall I continued working hard throughout all my classes. I got how and had an appointment with my Counselor which was very productive and I found some solutions to a few personal problems I am struggling with. I then went for a easy run. I came home and started on some homework; I had to annotate a psychology study on aggression and adults influence on kids revolving aggression. Then I went to Tae Kwon Do and helped out with class. Afterwards I came home, did some requirements, ate, and finished up some homework. I stretched and got ready for bed. Now I am here. 

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January 28th, 2024

Today was a very productive day. I woke up and started on some requirements. I then went to church and volunteered in the kids room again. It was fairly boring as I was just the DJ and then had nothing to do while the kids were in small groups. After coming home and eating I did about 2 hours of requirements. The plan for today was to catch up on everything I had missed throughout the week, which was a lot. It was enjoyable since my dad was right next to me doing them as well. Afterwards I got ready for a dinner that ended up being canceled, which was a bummer; however, it worked for the best since I got extra time to finish up some personal projects. I just finished two of my personal projects. Now I am here, about to go eat dinner. 

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January 26th, 2024

I went back to school today after two days off. I started one new class: English. The teach seems very chill; she has definitely spent a lot of time around gen-z. I then came home and chilled for a little bit. I then went to Black Belt Class where we worked on Hopkidos again. Afterwards, I did a mentor session with Master Marcus and worked on 2nd Dan Specials. I then came home and started preparing for my track meet tomorrow. Now I am here. 

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January 25th, 2024

Today I woke up later than I normally due since I had no school again. I then did my normal morning routine. Afterwards I went for a run with my girlfriend in the rain which was amazing because we ran in her neighborhood which is right on the lake; the lake with the rain was so beautiful. Then we hung out for a few hours; I went to PT and she came with me; then we said goodbye. I headed to Tae Kwon Do to help with class, I worked with Nathan Miller which was good since I got to work on 1st Dan stuff. Then I took sparring class which I enjoyed. I then got home, ate, and now I am here. 

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January 24th, 2024

Today I had no school since I today would be the make-up day for finals and midterms and I had no exams to make up. I spend most of my morning doing my normal routine and adding in some extra requirements. I then drove my mom around to do some errands to get some driving hours in. Afterwards I hung out with my girlfriend for a few hours before getting ready for black belt class. I really was hoping we didn't do weapons and sure enough we did. However, I was glad we did because I was able to remember many of the Poomsaes I forgot and now have something to work on, on my own. After I came home I worked on my essay for my book. I was able to finish that while doing some rehab for both my knee and achilles. Now I am here. 

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January 23rd, 2024

Today I woke up and got ready for school. I had my final two midterms today. So far I have kept an "A" in all my classes. Afterschool I hung out with my girlfriend for a little bit then went to run club. I got to hang out with my friends but because of my swollen achilles, I wasn't able to run today. I got to talk with my coach about how to rehab and help it heal by Saturday for my next race. I then came home, ate, and did a contrast bath. After warming up I finished off some requirements, did some rehab stuff, and got ready for bed. Now I am here. 

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January 22nd, 2024

I woke up today and di my normal morning routine. I then went to school. I had my engineering final which I believe went well. Right after the test I started studying for my midterms tomorrow. Afterschool I had a meeting for JROTC; was very productive and finished my agenda for that meeting. I then came home and did a bike ride. Followed by some more studying. I then went to Tae Kwon Do and got a leadership credit as well as worked with my mentee on Taebaek. I then came home, ate, studied some more and now I am here. Overall was a very productive day. 

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January 21st, 2024

I woke up today and got some requirements done first thing in the morning. I then went to church and I volunteered in the kids room working with the kindergarteners and 1st graders as usual. I really enjoy volunteering and working with the kids. I then got home, ate, and did a bunch of requirements. I used my extra time today to catch up for some days I have missed. Then I studied for a couple hours, watched church, and did some recovery work from yesterday's track meet. Then I read and got ready for bed. Now I am here. 

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January 20th, 2024

Woke up today and did my normal routine except for no requirements. I then got ready for by track meet. We had about and hour drive to the indoor track and my girlfriend came with me since she ran after me. We got there and I sat and watched a few 55 meter races than started warming up. I did my usual warm-up. I then got in line for my heat and was ready to go. I only ran the mile today. Nothing amazing happened, but it was still and a great race. I then watched my girlfriend (Avery) race her 500 meter. She did amazing! Then we went to a bakery and got a bunch for sweets. Then we came home I slept and hung out with Avery for a while; got ready for bed and now I am here. 

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January 17th, 2024

I woke up this morning and completed my morning routine as normal. However, my mom started subbing at school today so instead of being dropped off, I walked from the staff parking lot. I had a very long day of school because tomorrow we start finals and midterms so ever teacher is getting in last minute review. I had a JROTC meeting afterschool which was fairly productive. After coming I home I went for a run. I finally, after a few weeks got in my pre-test 4 mile time. Wasn't great but wasn't bad. Then I studied for my first two midterms tomorrow. I only really had to study for one because the other one is open book and we can use our textbooks. Then I finished up the last bit of requirements I had to do for today and got ready for bed. Now I am here. 

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January 16th, 2024

Today I woke up bright an early for school. It was a normal but tiring day at school. I then went and got my allergy shots, I am pretty close to having to go only once a week, which I am excited about. Then I went home started a little school work, ate, and got ready for running practice. Almost all my friends were there so todays workout was very enjoyable. What was not enjoyable was the air. It was so cold, I thought I was going to suffocate, but we got through it. After the workout I came home and ate CAVA for dinner. Then my girlfriend came over to do some school work and study for a Pre-Calc midterm on Thursday. She left and now I am here. 

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January 14th, 2024

Today I woke up and me and my dad went down stairs and got breakfast from the hotel. We then knocked out some requirements and one of the workers saw us using the pool area to do requirements and let us use the conference room for more space. Then we went to my dad's friend's house again. We looked around his basement some more and played another game of Warhammer 40k. We won again but barely. Half way through the game we went and got Olive Garden for dinner. After the game we looked around some more; seeing it would be our last time for this trip. Then we said goodbye and headed back to the hotel; now I am here.

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1/13/2024-1/14/2024

Woke up today pretty late since we got in to New Jersey late last night. I woke up, ate breakfast, and tried to do as much of my morning routine as I could. I then went down to the pool and used all the open area they had with my dad to do some requirements. I started catching up on a few things I have gotten behind on. Then I got ready to go to my dad's friend's house. He has an insane collection of Warhammer 40k, vintage toys, newer toys, and even real WW2 and Vietnam War era stuff. It was insane, I played a game of Warhammer with my dad against my dad's friend. I have only played Warhammer 40k once before and I learned how much I enjoy it. It gave me motivation to continue finishing building and painting my Warhammer 40k army. We got dinner half way...

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1/12/2023 - 1/13/2023

I woke up as usual and went to school. Was a pretty usual day until we got let out of school about 25 minutes early due to the bad weather. I didn't think we ever got bad weather but I am not going to complain about getting out of school early. I hung out with my girlfriend before I had to leave for the airport. Today I headed to New Jersey. Our flight got delayed about 4 times and we ended leaving about 2 hours late. We got to Philadelphia, got our luggage, got the rental car, drove to New Jersey, got into the hotel, showered, and now I am here.

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January 11th, 2024

I woke up this morning for school normal time; it felt weird getting up so early after so many days off and delayed for school. I had a pretty normal day at school except I left for about and hour for an Orthodontist appointment. Afterschool I had a track meet. I enjoyed the meet, none of my friends from other schools were there so I didn't have quite as much competition. I won both the mile and 2 mile and PRed in the 2 mile. Overall was an enjoyable meet. I hung out with my girlfriend and got food. Now I am here. 

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January 10th, 2024

Today I woke up later than usually because we had a two hour delay for school. This delay messed me all up because I didn't have my regular sleep and eating schedule, but we pushed through. School was pretty good, it was a "b" day my least favorite day but I made the most of it. After school I went to run club and got ready for my race tomorrow. I found out my friend from a rival team will not be racing which is upsetting because he is my only local competition. Then I came home, hung out with my girlfriend, got ready for bed, and now I am here. 

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A lookback on January 8th, 2024

Monday, was a pretty good day. A few key highlights was having a overall productive day at school. Even though I had a lot of work to do I enjoyed the day. I saw many of my friends and as usual we all ate lunch together. After school I went to Tae Kwon Do to do some leadership. While my father and I were there, we did our pre-test self-defense since we would be out of town this weekend. We both passed all our colored belt self-defenses. Then I came home and hung out with my girlfriend. Then I wound down for the night. Had some trouble getting to sleep but I got there in the end. 

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January 9th, 2024

School was cancelled today because of the severe weather so I took today to catch up on school work. This workout perfect because I had a lot of homework last night and not a lot of time to finish it. When I woke up this morning I tried to keep my normal morning routine going. Afterwards, I sat down and got to work on my school work. I got most of it done, still have a little to finish. Then I ate lunch and went over to my girlfriend's house. We hung out and got dinner. Then I came home and finished up requirements with my dad. It is always more enjoyable having someone training with you especially when you have to train everyday for 11 weeks. Then I ate my second dinner, now I am here. I am about to finish up my homework and get ready for bed. Luckily...

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1/7/24 Journal Entry

Today I woke up early and got a head start on my day. After finishing some requirements and school work, I headed to church. It was pretty good, I volunteered in the kids room as usual but I was in charge of the 4th and 5th graders instead of the kindergarten and 1st graders which is unusual. Then I cam home and got ready for my running workout. It was good, definitely not easy but also not the hardest workout I have done. Then I got home, finished more requirements. I hung out with my girlfriend for a while. Then I got ready for bed and now I am here . . .

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Journal 51

Today we got cot up on requirements that we fell behind on. We ran far and wile we ran we did exercises then came back did some jump rope then ate and finished up the rest of are requirements, we are almost finished but not all the way done.

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Journal 50

Woke up late and went to school late. The reason I woke up late was because of instructors camp and I was very tired. After school played then ate. And after that I did exercises then started writing this.

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Journal 49

I had a good day at school. We went to eye doctor and every is good. I have to put my contacts in myself. Then we went to Jasons deli for dinner and then to King Tiger. I got hurt at sparring but I am fine. Getting ready for Instructors camp. Now I am writing this. 

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Journal 48

went to school and had cole after school today. our teacher sent a note that some of the kids were messing around and my mom sent it to me. she also asked if I was part of it. I was messing around in the beginning but stopped but some of my team did not and we all got called out. I am pretty mad about it. I told them to stop but they did not listen. I need to do it better. mom was mad and said I need to be a leader. got work to do. went to youth at church and was a good message on doing good things because it is the right thing to do. now writing this.

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Journal 47

I had a okay day. I had an argument with one of my friends and it was silly. I wish we had not argued. we are okay now. I came home and I am tired. Did some exercises and then chilled out and watched tv. I am going to go get ready for bed. I am now writing this. 

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Journal 46

went to church today and learned about God' Love. We just need to love everyone and the world will be a better place. We worked on our sign language study and then ran. I also went to basketball and it was good. I got hit by my own player as we both went for a rebound and he hit me on the way back down. my head hurt but I am fine now. Then I came home and we watched First Time Flippers and hung out. Then I got ready for bed and now I am writing this. 

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Journal 45

Went to family class and helped out. did mentee session with Taylor and helped her with self defense. went to black belt class. then came home and finished exercises. hung out and played. had dinner with my family and now I am writing this. tomorrow is church and working on final essay. 

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Journal 44

today I went to school then came home. After that I did se exercises the went BBC weekday class. we did lot's of stuff. Then went to eat came home and started writing this.

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Journal 43

We got to go on a C-17 at Starbase today. I got to go into the cockpit and see all the controls. I found the button that drops the bombs. The steering for both pilot and copilot work together. The jet was not on so we got to hit some of the buttons. It was fun. I learned that if they remove some of the stuff in the back that the plane can carry over 400 people in emergency. I went to class tonight at TKD. We worked on self dense. Now I am writing this. 

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Journal 42

First day of Starbase. We go to Air National Guard station in Charlotte. We got to go on the military base. We take science classes like chem, aviation, and other stuff. It is fun. We also get to build rockets. I came home and we did exercises. Then we went to King Tiger. Then I am writing this.

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Journal 41

I woke up from my sleepover, tired but still had to go to church. We cam home and I ate lunch. Then I started some exercises. We also went to help my aunt move into her new apartment. I also had basketball tonight, then I came home and ate dinner. Started to write this. 

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Journal 40

Today we did not have school even though it is a Friday. We did not have school because it is a teacher work day. So, in the morning, my dad had to work. So I just played. And then we studied for the our test. Then we went to Black Belt class and kickboxing. We got lots done. Then came home and finished exercises. Now I am writing this.

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Journal 39

Today was valentines day. So at school I got a lot of candy. When I came home we did exercises. Soon going to top goal. Know I am writing this.

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Journal 38

I got up this morning and went to school. It was a good day. We discussed Starbase next week. I have a half day tomorrow and off on Friday. I had COLE today and my friends bugged me about reading. I did exercises with dad and then we went to Youth at the church. Going to bed. Good night.

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Journal 37

I did really well on a science test at school. It was a review test and I got 100. I also did really well on a math test. I got a 95. I missed one question. I went to class at King Tiger tonight and did kick boxing. it was fun. I am tired and going to bed. 

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Journal 36

Today I woke up and started on my Book essay for Tae Kwon Do. Then Went to church came home and got started on my Kwans essay. Only got two paragraphs but they were big paragraphs. Then went to basketball. Are team lost. But it was a good game we played well. Came home and started on my next paragraph for the Kwans essay. Then started writing this. 

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Journal 35

I did not do well on my chem test. I got a 75, which is okay but I thought I did better. I studied but mom said I need to study more. I went to Black Belt class. It was good. I did some requirements with my dad after class. 

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Journal 34

I had good day at school today. Had my chem test and I think I did well. worked on my deisolation project as well. It was nice out today and my friends played a cool game at recess. It was like tag but it was teams. We made it up. Then I came home and we had Tae Kwon Do tonight. Got to help with class and Tiger and I played some games with the kids. It was fun. 

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Journal 33

At church we had a great lesson. It was about god always does miracles everyday we just don’t see it. We watched it in a movie. It was about a kid and his father that live through several miracles. The biggest one was when the kid had emergency surgery on his liver but didn’t die. But he did see heaven, god, and everything that is happening to his family and friends. The last thing we saw was when his dad was a on duty firefighter he went to a man’s house that was on fire. He ended up going inside to save the man’s family, but instead he found manicans because this man had no family. That was the last thing we saw before we had to go.

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Journal 32

Went to school and came in to crazy stuff. Five friends huddled at one table trying to talk to me about the super bowl. Then lots of discussion throughout the day came home rested did school work. Then worked out. Ate dinner. Showered and started writing this.   

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Journal 31

Today I woke up for church then got ready. At church we had a great lesson about service. Then came home did exercises and learned bolo by using a video. Went to basketball and did lots of things. Came home put one the supper bowl. Worked on essay. Then wrote this.

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Journal 30

Wow! This cycle has gone by fast this is the 56th day of cycle. And my 30th journal. Today was are community service day, we helped sort the canned foods at the food bank. Then we went grand opening of the new  Harrisburg King Tiger school. It was bigger then I expected. Then we came home tiered but still finished exercises. Then I started writing this.

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Journal 29

My day at school was okay. We did get information about our Starbase Rocket Launch at school where we get to build rockets. I am excited to try this. I have watched some on youtube and it seems cool. I also found out we have a chemistry test next week. I need to make flash cards. I will do it. Going to King Tiger tonight for black belt class. 

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Journal 28

Today was church day. After church were we had a great lesson we came home did some exercises. I ended up not felling good. So, I took some medicine then went to basketball. Are team loss but my dad and I fell good about how we played. Then went to grocery store. came home and wrote this. 

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Journal 27

We had a good day at king tiger. Zach came over today. We got to play nerf war at the house. it was great. we tried to get a sleep over but our moms said another time when we can plan. finished cleaning up and going to bed. 

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Journal 26

Great day today at school. I got to work on my deisolation project. It is going well. I have a test tomorrow and so I am studying for that. I think I am ready. It is multiple choice. Had classes tonight and get some exercises in. 

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Journal 25

Today we were off from school because it was Matin Luther King Jr. day. I got my empathy training essay done. Then did some other projects and clean ups. Later finished exercises then started writing this. So kind of busy day. 

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Journal 24

Today was my empathy training it was hard because of church. Before church we did are exercises. We also fixed my Xbox account because it stopped working. The problem was that someone tried to hack into my dad's account that was hooked up to the Xbox. We stopped the challenge at 5:00. Then I went to Basketball. Came home ate and about to go to get ice cream.

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Journal 23

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Journal 23

School is fine today. Nothing happened. Normal stuff. I got haircut after school and went right to King Tiger. Then we ran with Lucy and did kick boxing class. It was good to review stuff at Black Belt class. Ready for tomorrow.

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Journal 22

Today got up as soon as I walk in the class room I have to go help put up the flag at are school. Once I got home did homework and ate dinner. Know getting ready for classes.

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Journal 21

The same girl tackled me again today. I talked to her about it later and she apologized. She is aggressive and tall. She tackles everyone so it is not just me. I don't like it. We are not really friends anymore because of it. We still talk somethings. Went to classes tonight and I helped the higher belts. Worked with Emily. It was good practice for me too. 

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Journal 20

It was first day back. Okay day at school. We were playing a game at recess and girl ended up pushing me during the game. I went down pretty hard. She blind side me and I hit the group. I rolled a bit. I had a bunch of homework and make up work. Got it done and then went to King Tiger to mentor Taylor. I still have a cough but getting better. 

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Journal 19

Woke up and did some exercises before heading to BBC weekend class. We basically got all reequipments done. But we did some extra because I have been sick the past 4 days and got nothing done. Then we had a nerf war. Know we are watching the Bachelor. Sone I will go to bed.  

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Journal 18

Not feeling well. I have been sick but getting better. I missed school and classes. I feel very behind. I hope to go to class tomorrow and get some stuff done. 

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Journal 17

Today I learned a valuable lesson that will stick with me my whole life. Today I woke up, got ready for school. On the bus ride me and my friend play Hill Climb Racing (remember this it is important). Got to school and it was going normal and then when it came to recess something happened. And I learned that what happened on the bus helped lift up there day. And that story was when we failed so hard that we were laughing. Even when others were making fun of us. So the lesson was that your fails can bring you down but bring someone up from laughter. But they can also make yours's and your friends day up.     

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Journal 18

I came home sick today from school. Not feeling good. Took some medicine and finished homework. I missed tae kwon do class tonight but I am tired. I am going to bed. 

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Journal 16

Got ready for BBC weekend, and family class. Came home did requirements. Ate dinner, Know writing this.  

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Journal 15

It was a good but long night. We started with kick boxing class with Master Marcus, then we did a mentor session with Master Marcus, and then we had Black Belt class. It was hard but we learned some new stuff. Then we came home and ate dinner. I was hungry. I at a bunch and then watched some tv. I then went to take shower and now writing this. I am tired and will sleep soon. 

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Journal 14

Woke up exercised. About to go to lego store. Not very busy.

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Journal 13

Today I woke up, and played. Then we did all are exercises. Hanged out ate lunch. Then shortly after dinner. Then got ready for New Year's Eve lock in. Know writing this.

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Journal 12

Got up early and got some exercises done. Dad and I went on a run before church. Then we went to church and came home. We finished some stuff and working on cleaning my Lego room. 

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Journal 11

Woke up got ready for the football game. Are team lost. Came home ran did exercises. Ate dinner, now writing this. 

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Journal 10

Woke up went to basketball. Came home ate lunch. Worked out. Now writing this. Not very busy so bye. 

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Journal 9

Yesterday was Christmas. Me and my family had a great time we got a lot of things. The biggest thing I got was a Xbox. Then we set it up and started playing. After that we wauchted MBA Basketball game. And that was my Christmas day. 

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