Candidate Journals

Two tests today, I think I did pretty well on them. We also got homework over the weekend as well, so that’s going to be interesting. This is my last required journal so I may not be back until next cycle!

I have a math and physics test tomorrow, so I spent most of the day studying. When I got home from school I took a long nap before doing homework and requirements. Then I took sparring class at the Lake Norman location today, it was very different from the classes at North Charlotte. 

Ever since I woke up, the day has been going by very slowly. I felt so tired today, so I took a nap after school to see if that would help, it didn’t do much. I still got through the day though.

Today I took some time for myself and went to study alone instead of with my friends. It was very refreshing to have some peace. When I got home, I got my requirements done and then went to piano lessons. I spent the rest of my evening doing homework and just chilling.

Woke up to a gloomy day. I got rained on today while I was walking to class, almost ended up looking like a drowned rat. Rainy days always go by very slow for me but I still made it.

Another early Sunday, it was really hard to get out of bed though. After getting everything done in the afternoon, I took a big nap and caught up on tracking. I hope tomorrow will be a good day.

This was my first weekend black belt class in a while since I was busy the past few weekends. I enjoyed the review, when I got home I finished all my requirements so I wouldn’t have to worry about them. In the evening, I went to my cousin’s birthday dinner.

I felt very congested today, it wasn't great but I still made it. At school, we took a little excursion, it was fun to do something different. When I got home, I took a nap and then finished all my homework and physical requirements.

It’s been a while since I journaled, mostly because I didn’t have access to any technology for the past few days. But I am back after a super long but fun weekend. I need to catch up on tracking this week but everything has been going smoother than expected.

Today I took a civics test and finished a project. During my free time, I explored the vintage fair on campus, it was pretty interesting. When I got home, I took a very long nap and then woke up to do my homework and requirements. 

Today I went back to school after the first long weekend of the year. Lots of work to do on top of the cycle requirements. Then I went to my piano lesson in the evening.

I enjoyed being able to sleep in today. I went on a grocery run with my mother in the afternoon and then got to the cycle stuff. I think today was a well deserved break from school.

Since there was no black belt class this morning, I woke up and headed straight to preparing for my upcoming youth event. It was a long day so I didn’t get many requirements in but I’ll catch up later this week. 

I think the shorten schedule at school messed up the orientation of my whole day. I felt super tired when I got home so I took a nap, only to be rudely awakened by thunder. I headed to sparring class where we spun around, fell over, and kicked.

It was extremely hot today, the sun really didn't let up. I attempted to nap when I got home from school, but it didn't go too well. So I just went to the dojang to help out with class, take class, and do some mentor/mentee sessions. We did lots of self defense today.

School was a little bit overwhelming today but I got through it. I am getting tired of doing everything, however, I can't do anything about it since I've already started. Ended the day by catching up on tracking and some homework.

Monday morning always sucks, I never wanna wake up and the fact that my alarm was set too early didn’t make it any better. I thought it would be less hot today but I was very wrong. I stopped by the dojang to help out with class in the evening and finished up whatever I had left for the day.

It’s finally Friday! But I still have to wake up early tomorrow for black belt class. We did lots of drills in sparring class today and finished with some flow sparring.

Today felt like a Friday, even though it isn’t. I feel very discombobulated, I was tired the entire day and didn’t feel like doing anything. But you can't just sit around and do nothing, especially when you’re on the cycle, I had to push forward and get everything out of the way before finally resting up.

Another day with literally no breaks. I wake up, go to school, hustle to make it on the bus, do math, go home, do homework, go to the dojang, and do more homework after. Then there is also the requirements that I can’t forget everyday.

Hectic day of school, lots of going back and forth. When I got home, I took a quick break and got to working on my homework and requirements. Then came piano and more homework.

Today was the first day of my math class. It was okay but a little bit fast paced. I headed to the dojang after a wonderful nap at home, stayed for a little longer for fun, and then went home again.

Today I went to church in the morning, did my requirements at home. Spent my evening preparing for school tomorrow. 

Black belt class was focused more on self-defense today. Mostly bocho 1-steps but it was good practice. Went home, did some cleaning, and moved onto requirements.

Woke up feeling extra tired today, I had an overall okay day. I felt so listless the entire day, school dragged on for what felt like 12 hours. I'm not accustomed to sparring class being on Friday now, that probably just added to the dragging. 

School was the same as ever today, nothing remarkable. I didn't go into the dojang today because the class times changed so I just stayed home, got my stuff done, and rested. I ended the day with some homework I forgot to do and caught up with tracking.

I started my day as usual, woke up, went to school, all that good stuff. I came home ate some food and then I went to PetCo with my brother to get kitten milk for the bunny we found yesterday. My brother took the bunny and now they are taking care of it. I went to the dojang early to help out with class and take black belt class after all of that. In the evening, I had to do schoolwork, which is never fun.

School was the same as ever today. I got home, did requirements, and finished my homework. I found a baby rabbit in the lawn today, it wasn’t moving and the mother was not in sight. 

Monday means school and school means homework. Today was a sleepy day for me, school went by very slowly and I almost fell asleep in physics. I went to the dojang in the evening, got my credits, hung for a little watching the next class, and went home.

Early morning again to go to church. After that I had a quick lunch at home before going to a youth group training. When I got home my little cousin was over, so I played with them for a while. Today was supposed to be a rest day, but it was busier than a normal day on the cycle.

Started the day with the regular black belt class, we worked lots of self defense. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to make it to the knife seminar today. 

School was delayed today, I got 2 extra hours of sleep. It felt like the school day just dragged on forever even though it was shortened. When I got home, I ate some late lunch and rested before starting some requirements.

School got cancelled so I slept in today, but when I woke up I completely all the online classwork. I ate lunch and started some physical requirements. When I was headed to the orthodontist, luckily the rain let off so I didn’t end up looking like a drowned rat. After that I headed to the dojang for a mentor session. We worked lots of self defense and it was great working with other candidates too.

First day of school today, it was a bit overwhelming. I was very tired by the time I got home, but still had requirements to worry about. After some of those, I took a short nap and headed to the dojang for a mentor session. I found out that school got canceled tomorrow, so all work will be asynchronous, which is good because I get to sleep!

I had a very eventful weekend which is why I haven’t been journaling lately. I flew out to New York Friday morning for a national youth conference and was busy ever since. I was supposed to fly back home on Sunday, but my flight got cancelled so we went to DC by bus. We stayed at a hotel overnight and went to the National Mall in the morning. Then it was a long drive home, I got home late night on Monday. There’s a lot of catching up to do for requirements.

Just a normal day on the cycle for me, nothing noteworthy happened. Completed my requirements as usual, then came my piano lesson. I would like to believe that I made good progress today.

Today was a little bit lazy, but that didn’t stop me from doing my planned requirements. I skipped going to the dojang to help out with class today, I figured I could just make it up another time. At the end of the day, I’m not in the best shape but I should be good to go tomorrow.

I can’t believe it’s already been 2 weeks on the cycle, it really flew by! No classes today, so I stayed home and just did my physical requirements as usual. I’m feeling a little more sore than usual but should get used to it soon.

The majority of my day was spent at a waterpark with some relatives. When I got home, I did some requirements and rested for a little before heading to the dojang to help out with class and take sparring class. It was a very big class today, many cycle people were there.

Today went by very quickly. I got many of my requirements done earlier than usual so I spent some time relaxing. I went to the dojang early to help out with class and get a mentor session in. Then black belt class and a mentee session. 

Today was just another repetition of yesterday. I’ve officially accepted that the rest of my days will look like this. The requirements have kicked my butt and every now and then it hurts to move.

I went to the eye doctor in the morning and my vision was blurry for a few hours from the dilation drops. I was able to knock out requirements during that time though, so it wasn’t too unproductive. Headed to the dojang to help out with class in the evening. 

I woke up at around 5am and headed to the track at 5:30am. My run was around 40 minutes, which is better than I thought I would do for 4 miles. The rest of the pre-test went pretty smooth for me. I got a decent portion of requirements done then, so there was only so much more to do at home.

Today I woke up and it was cloudy outside, it rained a lot. I was doing my requirements when it finally hit me that the pre test was tomorrow. To be real, I’m not that excited to wake up extra early to run 4 miles but I gotta do it.

Another tiring day of the cycle, only difference was going to sparring class in the evening. I seem to have outgrown my sparring gear after 3 years, so definitely need to get some new stuff. I’ve been working on my arm strength because my arms have been quite lazy after the last cycle I was on.

Today I woke up and did some driving practice. When I got home I ate lunch and did most of my requirements. I stretched a lot today so I definitely feel better after finishing everything. In the evening I went to black belt class and it was mostly color belt review.

Woke up early today to run, wasn't feeling too well though, so I had to cut the run short. After some rest at home, I got into the rest of the requirements. I've recently been focusing on practicing correct technique in my workouts so I can get the most out of it.

Another day of the cycle and more things to do. I was able to complete my planned requirements today and make up for what I didn't do yesterday. In the evening, I went to assist a class at my dojang. The plan for tomorrow is to wake up early and get my run in so I don't melt into a puddle on the ground in the scorching heat. 

I had quite a long day today so unfortunately I couldn't get many requirements in. I woke up early and went to church, came home, then left again for a youth group event! It was a very long event so I ended up coming home later than expected and very tired.

I can't believe I'm already back on the black belt cycle, I feel like I was just on last year. I went to black belt class in the morning, as usual, nothing out of the ordinary, it was mostly a reviewing the basics class. We touched on staff and stick forms a bit too. When I got home, I relaxed for a while before getting into the requirements. Getting back into the pacing of the cycle will definitely not be easy, but I'm looking forward to the journey this cycle!

Today was a regular day on the cycle. I didn’t have school today so I decided to work on my essays and requirements before I went to Jr. Instructors Camp today. I woke up at 7:30 today because I thought there was school but they called and said no school because of the weather last night.

Today I woke up and went to school. At school there was a tornado warning so I had to go to a small room and crouch down with all the other fifth graders. When we were 1 hour through we got to sit up. We still stayed there for like three more hours though. After that we went back to the classroom and watched a movie while eating lunch and playing games. Later, when I got home I went to lake Norman for sparring class. So that’s all for now!

Today I went to school and worked on a few projects. When I got home I got ready for dance class and ate something. I also received my report card today. After I came home from dance class I took a shower and ate dinner. Later I did my homework, projects, and requirements. So yeah...

Today was another day on the cycle and school. I went to school received homework from my teacher and came home. When I got home I ate pizza then did my homework. After my homework I did my requirements then ate a snack. That’s it I guess.

Today was was a pretty normal day, despite the fact that it was Multicultural Day.The reason why I'm not very excited for that is I have to wear a costume to school. But at school it snowed today! That was the only good thing that happened at school. When I got home I ate and did my requirements since i didn't have any homework. After that I went to go write this journal. Later I'm planning on eating diner and reading.

Today was a regular school day and a regular day on the cycle. I went to school and received 1 piece of homework. Vocabulary homework, it was really easy. Before I did my homework I went to piano class and King Tiger. I got leadership 1, a mentee session, and a black belt class in. Tomorrow is a big day so I’m gonna prepare myself for tomorrow.

Today was pretty tiring. Especially because my bus dropped me home 1 hour later. After I got home I had to go to dance class, I could only go to jazz class because I was very late for ballet ????. I got back from dance and took a shower then ate dinner and wrote this journal.

Today I woke up as usual go to school get tons of homework. But since today was Tuesday, I had Science Olympiad so I had to stay at school for another hour. Then when I got home I went to King Tiger to get leadership 1, black belt class, mentee, and mentor session. At the end of the day I had tacos for dinner and did my homework until 10:45 and now this!

Today I went to school and got loads of homework. When I came home I ate pizza then went to King Tiger TKD to help out with class. I got in leadership 1&2 after 3 classes. It was really fun! After I came home I started on my homework and finished around 8:30pm. And now I eat!

Today was a nerve racking day. Why? I had my piano recital today. But before that I went to church. I ate Chipotle for lunch and went to my recital. It went pretty well. When I got home my grandparents came for dinner and yeah. That it...

Today I woke up earlier than I thought I would because it was a teacher workday. When I woke up I went to do my requirements. Then after that I ate breakfast and went to the gym. Later when I got home I ate lunch and wrote this journal. I’m planning to go to black belt class at the Lake Norman location at 5:30 today. So yeah...

Just another day on the cycle. i went to school and apparently I have homework on a three day weekend! After school I went to a piano lesson and King Tiger. At King Tiger I helped out with family class, took black belt class, and had a mentee session. when I got home I wrote this journal and tracked.

Today I woke up and went to school as usual. In the afternoon I had Science Olympiad. After that I went to King Tiger to help out with family class, take black belt class, and do a mentor session with Master Dege. When I got home I did my homework and ate dinner.

Today wasn’t a bad day. Since I didn’t have school today, I woke up a little later than usual to go to the MLK celebration in downtown that I was invited to. After that I went home and rested for a while. When I felt like I was ready to start my requirements, I did my daily miles and moved on. Now I’m waiting for dinner time to come.

Today I went to church in the morning. After that I went to a festival and came home at 4pm. When I got home I started on my requirements and a few minutes later, we had guests. So I had to move upstairs and do my  stuff.

I woke up at 8 to get ready for sparring class. After sparring class I helped out with family class, then took black belt class. I also had a mentor session with Master Dege today. When I got home I ate pizza and relaxed for a little while. Later I did my requirements and that pretty much sums up my day.

Today was exciting because we finally have a three day weekend again! Same routine as regular. Wake up, go to school, etc. After school I had Spanish class and then ate dinner. When I finished dinner I took a break before doing requirements. I hope u enjoy your three day weekend(those who are in school)!

Today at school I took a reading test and I have a math test tomorrow. I had gym today so I got most of my running out of the way. When I got home I ate a snack and went to piano class. After that I went to King Tiger to do a leadership credit, mentee session, and black belt class. Now that I got home I’m writing this journal and I am going to eat tacos after!

Yet again another regular day on the cycle. Go to school, come home do whatever I have today(I had dance today), do homework, and do my requirements. Nothing special today.

Today was a rough day. I had Science Olympiad again today because it was Tuesday. I don’t like coming home later than usual because then I can’t finish my homework on time. So I have to wake up early in the morning and finish my homework. Before I started on my homework though I had to go to Tae Kwon Do to do a mentee session, get my leadership credits done, black belt class, and mentor session. When I got home I ate some tacos and went to do my homework. I stayed up til 11:30 and now doing my journal!

Today was another day at school where I suffered a major headache. When I got home I ate fish and rice then started on my homework. The homework took a long time, which caused another major headache because the large equations and hard questions that I had to answer. After that I did my requirements and then ate dinner.

Today I went to church in the morning then had people over for lunch. After that I did my requirements. Nothing much to talk about the pretest was yesterday. Today was kinda a chill day.

Today I had to wake up at 6 to get ready for the pre-test. It was pretty great, in black belt class we had our poomsae test. And after our poomsae test we practiced front kicks. When I got home I ate some lunch then did my chores and ate dinner.

Today was an exciting day because it was Friday! I had electives at the end of the school day, it was actually really boring. After I got home from school I went to the gym with my dad to run a mile or two. Then we went to go pick up a treadmill for the cycle so we don’t have to go to the gym everyday. But they said it was already gone, so we had to drive all the back home and we almost ran out of gas. When I got home I ate something then did my requirements. Good luck on the pre-test tomorrow everybody! I hope I do good too.

Today was a regular school day. When I got home I went to piano class and then when I got home I went to King Tiger to get my leadership credit and black belt class. After that I worked on my homework and I will eat dinner after I finish my homework. Hopefully I have a better day tomorrow since it is Friday tomorrow.

Today I woke up and got ready for school as usual. But there was something different about today, it was a half day! At school we just went over a few things in class today. It was a pretty chill day at school. When I got home I had to go to the gym to do some of my requirements. And when I got home I had to go to dance class then go home and do my homework. And yet again, it was a rough day.

Today was a regular day except it is Tuesday and I had Science Olympiad so I came home a little later than usual. And when I got home I ate some soup then started to work on my homework. After I finished half of my homework I had to go to King Tiger to take Black Belt class and have a mentor session. Finally when I got home I ate dinner then finished my homework and wrote this journal. Today was a rough day. I just hope that you had a better day then I did though!

Today I woke up at 7:30 and got ready for school. At school I started three new projects and we started a new math topic. I had media for connect today, it was really boring. When I got home I ate some soup and started doing my homework. After I finish my homework I’m going to do my requirements but I can’t run today because I have too much homework to do and there is no time to. That is my day for now I guess. Have a nice rest of your day everyone!

Today when I woke up and got ready to go to church at 9am. When I got home we had Bojangles for lunch. Then after lunch I am gonna go to the gym with my brother. Later today I’m going to finish the rest of my requirements at home.

Today I woke up to eat a biscuit and go to black belt class. Since the class was held at the Lake Norman location it was a longer drive for me. A lot of people were there. During black belt class we worked a lot on poomsaes, actually we worked on poomsaes the whole time. When I got home I ate chicken for lunch. After that I’m probably headed to the gym to do some of my requirements.

Today is basically like yesterday except it is Friday. I’m usually excited on   Fridays, but this Friday is just not right. Maybe it’s not right because on Monday we’re starting school again. Or because I’m sick or because there wasn’t school today and it was a very long weekend. Well, that’s it for now!

Today I woke up and went straight downstairs after brushing my teeth and started on my requirements. I finished at 10am with most of my requirements out of the way. Later today my dad says we are going to the gym to run my miles for today. I can’t believe winter break is almost over! School starts back Monday.

Happy New Year everyone! Today I woke up a little late and ate some food. After that my mum and dad went to the store and told me I can take the day off of requirements. So, that’s what I did. All I did today was rest and play some games with my brothers. That was pretty much how my day was.

I can’t believe it is New Years Eve already. It’s almost a new decade! But even though it is New Years Eve I still have to do my requirements for today and tomorrow. The year went by so fast! Happy New Years Eve everyone! I hope u have a great rest of the year.

Today I woke up and did my requirements then ate breakfast. After that I practiced my piano recital song for 30 minutes. When I finish doing that I think I am going to eat lunch and run a mile after I take a break. And also there might be a slight chance of me going ice skating today! 

Today I woke up and ate some soup for breakfast. After that I went to church. When I got home I ate lunch and went to the gym to get some of my requirements out of the way. Then when I got home I finished the rest of my requirements and since it was raining today, seems like I’m going to go ice skating tomorrow if it isn’t raining!

Today I woke up and ate breakfast, then suddenly got excited! I got excited because I remembered that I might be going ice skating tomorrow. This is going to be me first time ice skating but not to worry, my brother Matthew knows how to ice skate really well. But before I go ice skating I have to get through today first!

Today is just another regular day on the pre-cycle. Wake up, eat breakfast, do requirements, and sleep. Nothing exciting is going to happen today so this is all I can write for now.

Today I woke up at 9 and ate breakfast. Somewhere at noon time I am probably going to start doing my requirements for today. Then, I might go to the gym with my dad to run my mile and  do my jump rope rounds. Unfortunately, I'm not going to go ice skating today but we are going Sunday!

Today I woke up at 9 and ate breakfast. Today my dad said that I don't have to do any requirements today because it is Christmas. I opened my presents at midnight. At 2 I am going to go to a Christmas party and I don't think I'm going to get home until 11 tonight. Merry Christmas everybody! I hope you have a nice day.

Today I woke up at 9 and read 4 chapters of my book, "The Hurricane Child". After that I played cards with my brother. I'm about to eat breakfast, then did my requirements and work on my essays a little bit. Then I am probably going to the gym to run my mile and do my jump rope rounds. Merry early Christmas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today is just a regular day on the cycle. I woke up at 7:30 and read a book for a few minutes then fell asleep again. I'm going to do my requirements sometime at noon. Two days until Christmas, I'm very excited! I wonder what I'm gonna get this year. I hope everyday has a good day.

Today is just a normal day. I woke up at 9 to do some of my requirements then ate breakfast. After that I got ready to go to church. After church I'm planning to finish the rest of my requirements that I didn't do in the morning. And my brother will take me and my other brothers ice skating on Thursday! I'm so excited, and also happy birthday Ritika!!!

Today I woke up a little late but I still made it to sparring class just in time though. After sparring class I had a mentor session with Master Dege before Black Belt Class started, we worked on Bolo form 1 and Keumgang. In Black Belt Class, we worked on poomsaes, staff, and sticks. When I got home I ate lunch and worked on my essays. At 4'o'clock I went to the YMCA to run and do some of my requirements. When I got home I did my basic kicks then worked a little bit more on my essays then showered. That's pretty much how my day was today! 

Today I woke up and ate breakfast then went back to my bedroom to read some books. After that I practiced piano for 30 minutes then 

Today I woke up and got ready for church. Then I went home and at lunch and after did my physical requirements. And then I played games with my brothers.

Today I went to school and my teacher wasn’t here so we had a substitute teacher. And I don’t like substitutes, but I still made it through the day. After school I went to piano class, helped out with family class, and took black belt class. And that’s my day.

Today I had to wake up early to go to the physical and written at the North Charlotte.  I ran a mile, then did the rest of the physical stuff. And then we had to do the written test. The written test was really hard but I got most of the questions right.

So today I went to school and had gym class in my classroom. We played silent ball ????. Then after I got on the bus and went home. And then went to piano class, then helped out in family class, and took black belt class. At the end of black belt class me and my mentor worked on a few things. And that sums up my day!

Today I went to sparring class and helped with family. I later did a mentee session. And after that I went to do my community service. There were lots of people and canned food. It ended early and so many canned beans!