Candidate Journals

Saturdays always feel so short. I went to black belt class as usual and hit the bed when I got home. I did my chores and requirements after, and then I spent the day resting.

It’s finally Friday! I did a timed analysis in english today, it wasn’t too bad. When I got home, I took a nap and then got to work. 

When I left my house this morning it wasn’t snowing, but the second I arrive at the school building it starts snowing. It wasn’t that bad of a school day though. My friends and I made a snowman during our free period, that was the highlight of my day. In the evening, I went to help out with class.

I definitely enjoyed sleeping in today. It was a very simple day for me, do a few assignments and spend the rest of my day however. It was snowing pretty hard at noon but it didn’t stick so it didn’t really matter. Maybe next time.

School was even more tiring today, it’s just one thing after the other. Luckily though, school is cancelled tomorrow and it’s just some work I need to turn in before 2pm. 

I went to school this morning, as usual, unfortunately my school did not have an off day. There was testing at the dojang today so I wad able to take an almost day off. Luckily I had no homework so I took a nap with no worries.

I wasn’t able to rest all too much today. I had to go to church and a youth event. When I got home I had to do the cycle stuff and then some leftover homework. 

I didn’t do much today. I went to black belt class in the morning, then the dentist, got food, and practice for a youth group event. When I got home, I took a big nap and then spent the rest of the day mostly relaxing.

Thursday’s always feel longer than they actually are. I had a chemistry test today, I did pretty well on it. I did some calculus after and then went to help with class.

Regular long Wednesday, no breaks whatsoever. It's always around the midpoint of the cycle where I feel super tired and over everything but I have to stay strong and persevere. It also rained all day, which I usually enjoy from indoors but I had to walk outside today so I was not enjoying the weather today. 

It was a struggle to get out of bed this morning and the weather did not help. It started raining when I was walking back to my building at school, but luckily I had an umbrella so I didn’t show up looking like a drowned rat. After I came home, I went to my piano lesson.

Average Monday, nothing too exciting. I’ve been making Valentine’s gifts for my friends, little origami flowers. I went to the dojang today and got my leadership credits in.

Went to church today, had kpot for lunch and then spent my day as usual. I did lots of reading today and then it came time for the super bowl. 

Started my Saturday with black belt class as usual. When I got home, I went to the dentist to find out that the appointment was actually for next week, but it was okay because we just went to eat instead. We did a little trip to Costco and then looked at some cars. When we made it home again, I took a long nap then did my chores.

Today I went to an internship fair, it wasn’t too interesting. I did talk to people I usually don’t interact with though, so that was a good part of my day. I spent most of my time outside and I think that it shouldn’t be that hot in February. I took a long nap when I got home.

I am no longer as sick as before so the day was much easier. I had my first math test today, I don’t think it went too well but we will see. It was an overall good day.

Why was it so hot today. It’s February, it’s winter, theres no good reason it should be 70 degrees outside. Anyways though, I’m still sick, I have this interesting cough. School was normal and requirements felt more tiring today.

It’s been a rough day, I woke up feeling a little bit better and I lasted until 4pm. I got my braces off though, it’s nice to be without these hunks of metal in my mouth. However, I do have to wear a retainer full-time for a week.

Unfortunately, I am still quite sick so I mostly stayed in bed today. I don’t know if I’m going to go to school tomorrow, it depends on how I feel in the morning. Hopefully I won’t be sick for much longer.

I can’t believe I’ve spent the first day of February bring sick. I wasn’t able to do much today, given that I am sick, but luckily I am a little ahead in requirements so I don’t have to do any catching up. Hopefully I will be somewhat better tomorrow.

It's been a long day of school and taekwondo. I took a 30-minute nap when I got home from school after I ate, and then went straight to taekwondo. I then stayed at the dojang for about 4 hours before going home again and doing homework. 

Every day feels the same now, it's always school, home, requirements, and maybe extracurriculars. I finally understood a calculus topic after learning it on the first day, which is always great. Unfortunately, I did not get to take a nap today so it was harder to get through the later portion of my day.

Nothing eventful happened today, it was pretty average. I’ve just been super tired lately, probably because of the requirements on top of what I already do but it’ll be okay. 

Morning black belt class was the same as usual. I finished my requirements before taking a shower and heading to a piano recital. After all that I took a short nap and spent my time reading.

It was a struggle to get out of bed this morning, all I wanted to do was lay back down and sleep through the day. School was slightly less draining today, I kinda zoned out the entire time though. When I got home I did the usual requirements and did my homework.

I enjoyed sleeping a few extra hours with the two hour delay today. After I got home from school, I worked on my requirements and took a short nap. Unfortunately, theres a full day of school in store tomorrow.

School was canceled today so I was able to sleep in! I spent most of my day reading and then went to the dojang to help with class and take sparring and black belt classes.

It was too cold today, but it had brought some snow and a school cancellation. I did my requirements when I got home and had some extra time since my piano class was canceled. Then I read a book in the Bible and now going to sleep.

Unfortunately, this long weekend is over and I have to go back to school bright and early tomorrow. I didn’t do much today, outside of the daily requirements. I got some homework I put off for the weekend done and I guess I’m ready to go to school tomorrow.

The pretest today gave me some more insight on what I need to work on for the remainder of the 8 weeks of the cycle. After a mentor session, I went to the chiropractor and did a short grocery run with my father. When I got home I attempted to take a nap and then did requirements.

Compared to yesterday, I was definitely less busy and had more time to rest. I think I landed a jump wrong and tweaked my ankle a little bit, so it’s been hurting all day. I still got everything done though.

School was pretty average today, when I got home I attempted to take a nap but failed. I then went to the dojang to help with class, take sparring and black belt class, and also get mentee/mentor sessions. Today was a very productive day for the cycle.

Today I went to school and began calculus, I started after school to take that class. So when I got home, I didn’t have much time to complete any requirements before I had to go to piano. After I finally finished everything for the day, I took a shower and did all my homework.

I’m back again for my last cycle to earn my fourth degree. Today was just another regular day at school. When I came home I rested and then completed most of my requirements before going to the dojang to help with class. I look forward to seeing everyone this cycle. 

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.