Candidate Journals

Today I woke up early and ran a mile. then I came back home and cleaned up the house. Then a guest came over. Then I played with my friends. It was a short and simple day.

Today was a mid day. I woke up ate breakfast and ran my mile and did my physical work. In this hot hot heat. It was really hard. After i freshened up around 1ish and played outside until like 4. After I played Roblox and then practiced sam Chang and memorizing the whole thing! After I cleaned my room while calling my friend picked out an outfit for school packed my bag and then practiced a bit more before going to sleep.

Today was kind of boring. I got to sleep in this morning, and when I woke up, I went on a walk and did my requirements. I finished up my painting from yesterday, but I had to run to the store to grab some glitter for it. After that, we went to a BBQ cookout with some of my mom's old friends and got some amazing food. Then, I went home and watched a movie called "Don't Say Good Luck", which was really sad but really good. Anyway I hope everyone had an amazing day. Goodnight!

Today wasn’t great tbh. Didn’t have much energy. I did try making curry tho, and that turned out amazing. And I spent a little time in the sauna at the ymca today, was also pretty nice. It’ll be nice to see people tomorrow.

Today was a great day. I spent most of it at home with the family. We cleaned off Christian’s desk to make room for a computer—we don't have it yet, but hopefully soon!​Later, my wife and I stepped out for a few hours to look for gems at Goodwill. I’ve been substituting other exercises for pull-ups lately, so finding a pull-up bar there was a total score. The Denver Goodwill never fails—there are always a few nice finds.​Once back home, I knocked out my physical requirements, played a few online games with Christian, and grabbed a shower.​All in all, it was a solid day. Group 3 is all mine tomorrow, so I’m looking forward to mixing things up with the kiddos now that Charlie is heading back to school. I hope everyone had as good of a weekend as I did.

On the way back from Greenville yesterday, my family and I stopped about half way because some of our extended family lived in the Durham area. We visited and spent the night with them and then in the morning we hit the road back home. I was pretty exhausted from what went on yesterday but I managed to get my requirements over with, especially with the increase in minutes. I went shopping for school materials that were needed in some classes and when I got home from that I was ready to relax for the evening and try to get some good rest before school tomorrow.

Yesterday and the day before I'm pretty sure I forgot to journal but I think that's because I went to Atlanta. Today I woke up late since I arrived back home from Atlanta around 11 and went to sleep at 12. Yesterday my cousin sister came to visit us since my grandparents came so yeah. Today After I woke up I completely forgot to do my run and just did a bit of my requirements. Due to the Atlanta trip im a bit behind I think I should be able to catch up sooner or later. After I ate lunch and headed to concord mills with my dad and cousin sister. We went to a few stores then I got a mango smoothie. After we headed home and I started to do a lot of homework that my teachers game me. I worked on this thing called a one pager and...

Today I woke up and ate breakfast. Then i went to go do my workout for the cycle. After a long black belt training I went to eat lunch. After that I went to my pool for a swim. Then went to go home ate dinner then went to write my journal.

Hey everyone, today was pretty chill for me, I woke up and went 4 miles, it felt really good to get back into air conditioning after that because it was 104°F. Then we went to church and had a good time, after that I went to some ones house with my dad to talk with them and their family. Once we got home, my grandmother came over and then some friends came and we had some dinner. Today was good, I hope you all had a wonderful day, I'll see you all later.

today i went to my sat prep class in the morning. because i lost a lot of time in the morning there i had to do my requirements after lunch. i then went to the temple with my family. after coming home i finished up my homework since i have school tomorrow 😢

I'm officially half way to being done with my journals! I went on another walk today to catch up more on my miles I'm missing. Church was good, I had fun in class, and it was a good lesson, cause we are learning about Job this week, and for those of you that don't know who Job is, he was a righteous man, who prospered and had tons of animals and money, but he was also one of God's best servants during that time. Even though he was nearly perfect, the devil took everything away from him just to show God that even his most faithful servants will turn against him when faced with hardship, but Job held firm, and didn't waiver, not when his sheep were burned, or when his camels were stolen, or when his kids died, or when he was covered in terrible blisters from head to toe...

Today I tried to recover some of my requirements that I missed while I was injured. I planned on doing the miles forst. So I walked 2 miles in the morning and 2 miles late afternoon. I am slowly but surely going to try and finish all my missed requirements.

We had a couple of unexpected visitors in church today (at least they were to us parishioners).  Mayor Rob Harrington and former Governor Roy Cooper stopped by to say hello and remind us of the importance of voting this November.  Rob is a member of our church, so we've known him for years.  Governor Cooper was very nice and a few of us got to meet him after the service was over.  

Happy Sunday! I slept in until 9:30a.m. this morning and got up for a run. It was quite hot and my body was still tired from the long day yesterday so I only got in 2.25 miles. I got some other requirements done afterwards and then had lunch. I finished the rest of them and then unpacked from yesterday's trip to Greenville and helped clean up the house. My mom and I went on a little coffee run in Birkdale and then came back to relax. The rest of the night will just be relaxing and getting ready for the week! Make sure you guys are keeping up with all of the requirements! It is up to the max amount of minutes on push-ups, sit-ups, burpees, jump-rope, pull-ups, plank, and miles so make sure you aren't getting behind!! Have a great start to the week tomorrow! ~ Peyton

Yesterday was pretty good. So I woke up at 6 30 or so and change to my uniform so I could go to the black belt class, before I went to leave the house I drank an energy drink. When I got to the black belt class we did kicks, poomsaes, stick forms, and study guide. After class I went home, changed, and ate some food and chilled a little, I then a few hours later went and did my other workouts for the cycle. thats really it.   Today I woke up and went down stairs to find some food for breakfast. I then ate and did this wooden puzzle cafe thing, That only took an hour or so, I then went and did my workouts early so I didnt have to do them later. Then I went down and my dad and I went to a restaurant, we got...

I had a really good day today. I ate a banana and ran a mile. I had breakfast when I got back. After breakfast, I did my requirements. I had to go to Costco with my Mom and that was a nightmare. It was so crowded. The rest of my day I just chilled. 

    Unfortunately, today I woke up with an ear infection. However, I tried my best in participated in the pool competition and tried my best to fight through the pain. As the day went on, the pain got worse, and I couldn't bear it anymore so the day I will have to do all of the requirements that I didn't complete today I at least got my poomsae, kicks, and self-defense. Hopefully tomorrow it will be better and I can get my stuff done.

Today I did my daily run and routines for the cycle, after that I went to work, workout and hang out with friends the entire day

  I woke up for sparring. Then got my book signed. After that I did my workout. After my workout I went to the pool and relaxed. Then after that I went to a golf place called Top golf.

I went to lake norman for my black belt class today and it was nice. After that I had to go toa quick dance rehearsal because I have a recital coming up next week. Then J was practicing piano and i learned how to play champagne coast. My sister left for college today so she was rushing and packing and stuff. After she left I started finishing up my requirements. You would think by now i would be a faster runner but i’ve honestly not changed and it’s hard for me to run faster. Surprisingly i was faster last cycle. I got ice cream and am chilling that’s it, goodnight!

I saw the masters test today! Was really neat to watch. I’ll write more on that tomorrow, tired from the trip. It’s almost midnight (just got home), so I’m skipping the requirements and just going to sleep. Which I will regret when I have to make them up this week, but that’s fine.

​Today was a great day. I was pretty tired waking up early to head to Masters Testing in Greenville, but it was so worth it. I got to travel there with my family, though I ended up crashing on the way because I didn't sleep well last night.​I'm super thankful for the opportunity to go and watch everyone perform. For me, seeing all the hard work and experience from years of training come together in front of Grandmaster Lee was amazing to watch. Everyone did an excellent job with all aspects of their performances, and getting to hold boards for a few of the testers was a real treat as always.​After testing, a group of 12 of us grabbed a bite to eat at a ramen restaurant, and it hit the spot. I ended up driving the crew back home tonight, which wasn't bad at all—traffic flowed well and we only...

Today was the Masters Exam. Me and my family made the trip last night and spent the night at a hotel, so I woke up well rested and ready to test. I was a bit stressed out before testing started, but as soon as we all got on the mat and started doing tae kwon do, all the nerves eased. I thought everyone did phenomenal throughout the entirety of the kicks, forms, creative forms, and breaking. I am super grateful that I was able to share this experience with everyone who watched and participated. It’s amazing how everybody came together, supported each other, and gave it their all. I am thankful for everyone who has been in my life to get me to the spot where I was today. At the end of the day, everyone had a successful Masters Exam, and personally, I had a great time being a part...

Pretty Normal day Today I woke up early and did my tkd requirments. then took a shower and my friend came back from his vacation from out of country. So, me and him hung out played videogames, then later enjoyed playing soccer outside. I took another shower and once it was time I went to a baby shower. IT WAS A BABY GIRL!! Overall a pretty fun day.

Just made it home from Greenville where we got to see the Master's Testing. Everyone did an excellent job! I loved everyone's creative forms and I'm proud of my students for working so hard and for performing so well. I can't wait to see what the do in October.  Needless to say, not a lot of requirements got done today, so back on track tomorrow.

Yesterday i went to blackbelt class and sparring. there i found out that our service project is being done by Mr. Woods so thank you! but we also learned about more self defence. Master Foster likes to make it known that self defense is not a choreography and that in a situation like that, just do whatever is smart to get out of there as quick as possible.

This morning I went to black belt class, which was really fun and helped me improve a lot. After that, I had to wait for Owen's hockey practice, so I just hung out with his mom, and we went shopping. When I got home, I invited a few friends over, and we watched a movie and painted boxes to put our memories in for his upcoming year. When they left, I went on a run and did the rest of my requirements. Then, I had to go to the store to get the rest of my school supplies. Anyway, that was my day. I hope everyone, especially the people who attend the master's exam, had an amazing day. Goodnight!

Today I woke up early for sparring class. After that I taught my mentee his self defense. Then I we helped with the junior tigers obstacle course. Then I ran a mile at Harrisburg Park. Then I got a haircut. Then I went home and took a shower. From there we went out again and shopped.

Very long.day but an excellent one. Super proud of  us today, everyone really brought it and it was so much fun to watch. I am exhausted from the day and will talk about it more tomorrow. So thankful for my family and my King Tiger family...absolutely couldn't do this without support from all of them.

Today was catch up for me. Black belt class was good, since all the masters were gone for Masters testing, It was taught by Sri and Caleb, and it was fun. Me my dad and Jack went to the gym today and ran 3 miles and I played catch up with all of my exercises that I missed. I've almost finished reading The Catcher in the Rye for school, it's good, but a little bit vulgar. I went to a pool party, and had a blast, we did 9 square, frisbee, basketball, and karaoke. I did lose my ring though, and that was unfortunate, but here's hoping and praying someone will bring it to church tomorrow, goodnight!

helloooo, didnt really do much today. i woke up and did my requirements then hung out with my friends for a little. my best friend just got a maltipoo puppy named mocha and she's SO adorable. im gonna watch a movie and head to sleep, goodnight!!

Hello everyone, I hope you all had a wonderful day, I also hope all the people testing for their master belt did phenomenal. Today, I woke up and went to black belt class, it was a pretty chill class but it was still very helpful. After class, I went to the gym with my brother and my dad and did all my requirements, I went on a nice 3 mile run and did all the workouts, even included some bicep curls. After that, we ate lunch at a place called Poke Lakes and it was so good. Then I went home and I finished reading a book that I was supposed to read over the summer but wasn't able to finish, but I'm glad I did. After that I chilled at the house for a while and then went to a pool party with a bunch of friends and sang karaoke...

Woke up at 6a.m. and left just before 7 to drive 4 hours to Greenville, NC! We got there just before 11a.m., the testing was supposed to start at noon but got moved back to 1p.m. so most of relaxed at a little cafe while we waited. Got to Grandmaster Lee's school at noon, started warming up and next thing I know blink its 1 o'clock and time to line up. Testing starts with a bunch of kicks, Yuk chang, and then all of the black belt forms we know up to. I felt really good about my kicks and poomsae and I'm happy with how I performed. Next was creative forms, everyone's was really great! I was most worried about my creative today but I'm proud of how I did and a lot of the nerves and pressure is off now! Lastly was breaking which went well, lots of different and...

Today was a decent day. I woke up got ready for taekwondo and attended sparing class. I also had a mentor session with renuka and worked on some poomases. After I ran my mile and did my physical work and went to smoothie king and got a really yummy yourgurt bowl. After immediately I went to get ready to play outside with my friends, we played with my friends dog and played some games. Then around 7ish I went home and took a bath practiced a bit ate dinner and played Roblox and then went to bed.

I woke up and went to Saturday black belt class. There were a lot of people there even though most of the Masters were gone. I ran a mile after class and went to breakfast with my Mom. When I got home I finished my daily requirements and knocked out an essay. We went out to dinner at my favorite place Firebirds for my Dad’s birthday. I am going to sleep well again tonight. 

I went to the Harrisburg Y at 8:00am this morning to beat the normal Saturday crowd.  I was able to get in my requirements and was even able to get in some lap swimming in the pool.  Let me tell you, swimming 25 meters consistently will get you in shape, and it's a lot easier on the hips and knees.   After that, I came home and helped my neighbor (who just moved into the neighborhood) clean out her garage of boxes and other stuff she either 1) wanted to dump, or 2) take to Goodwill.  Now she'll finally be able to get her car in her garage.

    Today I woke up and got ready for black belt class before hopping in the car just for us to be late. Fortunately, Aiden, Xavier, and Dhann were all there so class was fun and enjoyable. After class my nana took my sister, Layla, and me to rock climb at Cliff Hangers. I had a blast and after I left I eat some more delicious Orange chicken and fried rice leftovers. I did my black belt exercises and got a whopping 2.5 miles done for today as well as completing all my other exercise. Other than that the rest of my day is going to be laid-back and calm. Good evening.

Today I had sparring class. We went over basic distance and how to know which distance is 1. We went over countering your opponents with cut kicks. Then we also learned how to catch your opponent off hairs with punches and clinches.

I just got to Greenville for the Masters testing tomorrow, I’m pretty tired but I’m glad that I am here. I hope all goes well tomorrow!

Almost forgot again lol. I’m heading to Greenville tomorrow to see the masters test. Pretty excited for that. I thought my ankle was better until I went to sparring. It’s not better lol. It’s been frustrating honestly, kicking used to be my absolute favorite thing to do. Now I can’t do I nearly as well. Even kicking with my other leg is hard because my base isn’t stable. Just gotta keep going tho. Also I made overnight oats for the first time, excited to try those in the morning. Good luck to everyone testing, break a leg! (Please don’t haha).

Today was finally the last day of band camp. It was fun though because instead of running laps we played freeze tag and since it was a lot of people it was really fun. We also got some nice new music. After I went home and ate and just chilled for a while. I have to constantly keep waiting till the evening to run because it is genuinely wayyy too hot. I went with my sister to run some errands a took a nap in the car ride and it was honestly really nice. I finished a good chunk of my physical stuff during band camp as well except for a my full run(i did half at band camp) I planned to run after my dance class in the evening but never got to it because it got dark really fast and I had some things to do. I had some...

​Today was a good day overall. I stuck to my normal routine, starting off by heading to work and grabbing one of our fleet vans that was ready at the repair shop. Once I got back, we took the kids over to the park to hang out for a few hours.​Afterward, we headed back to eat lunch and help out with the older kids. Once we wrapped up picking everyone else up from the park, we spent some time at Enso before heading back to King Tiger.​I took the black belt class today, and it was great—huge thanks to my sister for running an awesome session! To top it off, my brother-in-law came into town today, which is always a blessing. We all grabbed dinner together as a family before heading home for the night.​I’m heading to bed shortly since tomorrow is going to be a long day traveling and watch...

Today was a nice day. I woke ipa round 7 did the usual , change and run my mile and did my physical work. This time I did it with my two friends Keemya and ridhi! After I took my bath and went to school. We did nothing but just play games and do a few light activities. After I went back home took another bath got dressed took my class ate lunch and took a long nap. Then I practiced a bit. Ate dinner and went to bed.

I woke for school. I went to soccer practice after school.I went to go to tae kwon doe for my black belt class and sparring to get signed for my black belt cycle. I went home and righting my journal.

Today was pretty easy. I went on a walk this morning and did my exercises, but I didn't do poomsae or self-defense until later because my sister decided that she needed to go to the mall. We spent some time shopping, but my sister had to leave because she helps with the sports medicine at my school and there was a football game she had to help with. So we left, and I went home, finished up my requirements, and went to the football game. Anyway, that was my day. I hope everyone had an amazing day. Goodnight!

First Friday of the school year! Today I went to downtown Mount Holly because there was a band playing and I hung out with some of my friends after I finished my requirements

Today was my birthday, nothing special really happened. My friends sang happy birthday to me at school and someone gave me 20 bucks. Anyway today was also picture day. I don't know why they make picture day so early in the school year, its literally the third day of school. Today I went to black belt class and sparring class which was fun. Aehlei always beats me up in sparring, I figured out one of her weaknesses though. 

helloooo, today was senior sunrise. the event as a whole was more boring than i anticipated but i had a lot of fun with my friends. i thought the school would have some fun stuff going on too but i guess not. we all took like 100000000 pictures together and the sunrise was really pretty. i went to sparring today and it was actually pretty fun this class i enjoyed it. anyways im so tired so i'll be heading to sleep. good luck to everyone at masters testing tomorrow!!

Today was pretty normal. I went to school pretty normaly and felt as if nothing was wrong. I did my tkd once I got home. Overall was a normal day

Today went a lot better than yesterday, I took the quiz, and I feel kind of confident I did well. The average for the quiz was a 64%, but my teacher is adding a curve, so as long as I got a B I think I'll be fine. Black belt class today was different from any black belt class I've ever been to, we did line drills, then poomsae, then line drills, then another poomsae, then line drills, then another poomsae, and then we did line drills again! I'm super tired today, so I'm going to bed, and I need to catch up on some sleep cause we have black belt class in the morning too, so goodnight!

Getting ready to go to bed, have to be up early to hit the road for Greenville.  Trying to quell the nerves too but I am guessing the car ride will give me plenty of time to get them going again.  What I know for sure is that I have worked very hard and listened to my SaBumNims and worked to make the changes that I need, the corrections. I am thankful for Peyton and Lucas, can't imagine testing without them. We have all come so far.  Hope everyone has a great weekend and that you are all making yourself proud!

Today I went to school at like 8 am and went to my homeroom, math, ela, social studies, science, and band. After school I went home to my moms house and helped around the house with cleaning some things and packing a taekwondo bag for tomorrow in the morning. I then was picked up from my moms house by my dad who then took me to his place to stay until Wednesday if im correct. We just finished watch the movie, Masters of the Universe which is an amazing movie by the way. Well im heading to bed now, I hope everyone had a wonderful day!

Today as normal finished my physical requirements early.In school we had an assembly about expectations and regulations.After I got home I relaxed a bit.Then procede to go to blackbelt class.After I do my first advanced sparing class after.Once I get home I eat dinner read and then write the jounal.

Good afternoon everyone, today was actually a pretty fast school day, I went through and did all my stuff for them and was efficient. After school, went home got my homework done and was able to chill for a little before black belt class. Once we got home I finished my homework, and I have actually been looking into this thing called lucid dreaming, I want to see if I can figure out how to do it. Anyways, I hope your days were amazing, and I will see you all later.

I was able to speak to the manager at the McCrory YMCA on Beattie's Ford Rd. today about the Stolen Lunches charity program being held on September 5th.  I got King Tiger Taekwondo registered to spend 2 hours helping to fill 6,000 lunch bags.  I wasn't sure exactly how many candidates from the 4 dojangs will show up, so I just registered under my name and told him to expect somewhere between 25-50 people.

    Today was my second day of school, so I woke up at 5:40 and got ready for school. I then rode the bus to school before sitting in the halls with my friends and then going off to class. After a long day of school I came to King Tiger after school and had a head ache but some Tylenol did the tricks and I felt ready for black belt class. After black belt class I completed my requirements for the day and had some delicious enchiladas. I am now enjoying some ice cream and will finish my day off with my puppy in my bed falling asleep with me. 

Happy Friday! My 2nd day back to school and it was good to be back. However, all day I was thinking about masters testing, then school work, then masters testing, then school work. I was psyching myself out way more than I should've but whatever. Got on the bus to go to KT and worked little tigers, took black belt class, ran through my creative a couple times, came home, finished requirements, had some dinner, and getting ready for tomorrow now. Goal is to be in bed by 9:30 even though I will probably be thinking about tomorrow and not actually fall asleep until 11p.m. I hope everyone had a wonderful week and has a wonderful weekend! ~ Peyton

I woke up ate breakfast and went to school. I had a good day at school. I was so tired after school. My Mom picked me up early from King Tiger and I worked on my daily requirements before dinner. After dinner I went to sparring class at Master Evins school. Class was great and I learned a lot. Thank you to Master Alaina for working with me. My legs are jelly but I will sleep well tonight. Good luck tomorrow to everyone testing for Master. 

Today I had both black belt and sparring class. In black belt class we covered the special and traditional self defense for Bo Cho Dan. In sparring we had about 4 rounds of sparring, and I managed to land a kick to the head on my opponent.

I woke up had a breakfast sandwich and ran and sis the rest of my requirements and am going to write the rest of an essay today.

Today I got to go to band camp in the afternoon because my band director had something in the morning so I got to sleep in!! After I got up I had to catch up on some pushups so i did that and then did my plank. After eating I went to band camp from 1-5. It’s been spirit week this past week and today was gender swap day so I dressed like a boy and it was funny because all the girls drew mustaches on their face and looked goofy. The band was lowkey playing pretty bad today though, but I still had some fun. We didn’t do pt today which is nice but also not nice because i use those pt minutes for black belt cycle so now I have to go home and do them and I have limited time. So once i got home i finished my...

​Today I woke up earlier than normal for two reasons: it was Christian's first day back to school, and I was meeting a mentor for morning coffee. Christian was wide awake and ready to go right off the bat.​My mentor meeting was great, as always. He continuously helps me spot perspectives I might otherwise miss, and he isn't afraid to call me out when I need it.​Work went really well after that. We had a visiting scientist lead an activity with the kids where they got to make cotton candy, and we set up a quick experiment for the middle group to observe and check back on later. All in all, a solid day at work.​Afterward, I took class, logged a leadership credit, and stayed for sparring. Sparring went great this week—no new bruises, which is always a win!​Just a few last requirements to wrap up before bed. I'm really looking...

Today was my second day of schcool as before school I finished my daily physical requierments.I ran a mile in the morning and evening.I got to play games in P E.I got home and went to a class.Then I went to Taekwondo and got a menti session in.

Today, my knee was really hurting, so I decided to skip my walk and got straight into my other requirements. I had back-to-school night tonight, which was nice; I got to meet some of my new teachers and talk to some old teachers. I also got to talk to my principal about the new club that I'm hoping to bring to the school. When I got home, I had to work on my PowerPoint and make sure that it was ready to show him on Monday. Anyway, I hope everyone had an amazing day, and goodnight!

Today was my first day of school!! It was good to see everyone again and I am feeling pretty happy about my schedule. When I got home from school, I worked really hard on my requirements and since I doubled up yesterday and today, I am able to skip my requirements on Friday and Saturday in order to focus all of my attention on testing. This evening I went to sparring class which was good and afterwards I was working on my creative form just locking everything in. I'm a little anxious but I am also confident in my ability to put on a good performance. Tomorrow is going to be a long day because after class I am going straight to Greenville. Peace out.

hellooooo, today i had school bleghhh. i'm not used to waking up at 5:30 so my head was HURTINGGGG. i genuinely hate all my classes and they're harder than i thought they would be but i have a lot of friends so that's what's keeping me positive. last year i took 5 AP classes so i decided to go lighter this year so i could focus on my college apps. we already have a quiz tomorrow and that's really annoying. it's okay though because senior sunrise is tomorrow and im really looking forward to it! i have to be there by 6 which means i have to wake up at 4:50 so not looking forward to that part, but other than that it'll be really fun. goodnight!!

Today I woke up and went to school. Then when I came back I immediately had a class. Then after that I had lunch. Then after lunch I went to Tae Kwon Do to help out. Then once I finished, I went back home and played soccer with my friends for a bit. 

Day 2 of school felt pretty tiring. Almost fell asleep during my classes but I powerd through. Though soon things seemed to get better because I found my textbook and phone that I lost. I thought they were gone for good but I am happy to see them again. doing leadership class for taekwondo for the first time felt amazing. Teaching other people not only made me feel better on my forms, but it was fun because I was doing something nice for other people. Great day

Today was honestly pretty good, today I did the same thing as yesterday in the morning just a hint different. So I woke up at around 7 freshened up and changed and did my physical work and ran my mile. I also saw my friends puppy Max! He’s Soo cute! He Is a Labrador! Tomorrow I’m going to run with her and my other friend and maybe Ira on Monday! Anyways I continued my run then went home to take a bath and change/get ready for school! I drank my smoothie and then went to the bus. I talked to my friends about some random stuff. After I went to school and honestly it was A lot better then yesterday, like I made some new friends got to talk to more people like in 1st period we had to do this cup thing where there strings attached to a rubber band...

Went on a run today and my knees felt good the whole time. Really happy with my decision to rest them for a week. Today I did a lot of focus on self defenses and falling. Still stretching a lot and trying to get my pushups and situps back to pre baby levels!  Today was also the birthday of my childhood friend who passed away last year. She was a master and has completed the cycle many times. I hope she didn't mind doing mine with me today ☺️❤️

I forgot to write yesterday so writing EARLY today. Today was pretty good overall. Getting some work done/catching up on logging things now. Taught some kids today, which is something I forgot I enjoyed. I love teaching, might be the best part of the cycle so far. I already said this at one point, but the dojo has started to feel like a second home. I’m spending a lot more time there than I ever have, so I feel closer with the people there. And I had a fun group of students today, (white belts). Went over their stuff which was all fine, so they got a sneak peak of Hwarang Poomsae. The first bit they did fine, but we got to the big turn and they all gave me big eyes haha. Then had a lot of fun trying to figure it out. That’s all then, hope everyone’s well.

Today was not a great day for me. I made lots of mistakes on my first day back in school, I had a lot of work that I need to do, and I forgot about my mentee session that was scheduled for today. I have a quiz first thing tomorrow in AP Bio, and I have to take notes to show my teacher too, so I had to do those today for about 5 hours. didn't go to sparring today so I am starting to feel behind on those even though I'm not. I'm just very frustrated with myself and I'm trying to play catch up, it's working, but slowly. At least I have the knowledge that I am a child of God, and I can do anything with Him in my corner. Goodnight, hope your day was a lot better than mine, see you tomorrow.

Hello everyone, today was a good day for me, it was my first real day of school today and I had a good time getting used to everything. I have some tough classes but it's ok because I can get through it, I also believe in anyone who is nervous about any classes coming up that they think is going to be tough. I know that you can do it very well and succeed if you believe in yourself. After school, I got some homework done and then went to TKD. We did sparring today and it was nice, I hope I'm not the only one who enjoys sparring, but I think it is fun. Then I went home and made some dinner for me and my brothers and then finished everything else I needed to do. I hope all of you had an even better day then me, I will...

Happy Thursday! Today was my first day of 10th grade at Lake Norman Charter HS. It took me a long time to fall asleep last night so I was a little groggy this morning. Most of my teachers were super nice and I think I will enjoy most of my classes. I have a lot more friends in my classes than last year so I'm really happy about that! I came home around 4p.m. and started on my requirements, went to KT for a mentee session, and took sparring. My main goal tonight was just to take it easy and not get injured right before Masters testing this Saturday. Speaking of that, I'm starting to freak out a little bit but I know I have practiced a ton so hopefully it will pay off. Finish off the week strong tomorrow everyone! ~ Peyton

If you break a brick in Lowe's outdoor department without kihaping will anyone hear you?  Yes, yes, they will😂 New thing to check off as having done.  And the broken brick was paid for,  of course. I took the night off from sparring class, I spent the time practicing my poomsaes and creative, figured out a move to make it better. Time well spent. Came home and did lots of stretching and also made some hot tea, I was losing my voice some today. Next week is color belt testing at our dojang so there is a lot of prep going, last minute stripe earning. There are several of the summer campers in Group 2 that are eligible to test, proud of them! Hope everyone has a beautiful Friday! See you in class!

I was able to attend 2 classes again tonight (Senior Tigers and Teen/Adults), which is a good way to rack up some leadership and leadership 2 credits.  Assisting the lower ranks learn their poomsaes and self-defenses really helps me learn what I need to know for the test.  Before I the cycle started, I was so focused on Koryo, Bocho 1-step and Special Self Defense, Staff #1 and my board breaking kicks that I'd kind of forgotten the poomsaes below Chil Jung.  These last 4 weeks assisting in the classes have helped me remember them.

Today, I woke up early at 6 Am in the morning. I spend 30 minutes just prying my eyes open so at 6:30 in the morning I started running my mile I forgot my time but after my mile I was a bit behind on jump rope so I mainly focused on that. After my requirements I headed to school. School now feels really long but after I got home I ate a snack. Then played games for an hour. After that I headed to sparring class, for sparring we did something different where everyone found a partner then they lined up with their partner in front of them left to right. We sparred a little bit with each person. After we finished sparring with one person we moved to our left and sparred another person which we did 6 times total I think. After I got home I had some...

Today was my second day of school and we didn't do anything interesting. Since I'm a junior at early college we have all college classes now, and they don't start until next week so we actually could have left school early, I just didn't because I don't have a car or license yet, so after lunch we literally did nothing. When I got home I did my requirements and went on a run with my friend. It's so much easier to run with someone, especially if they are better than you because they can help you pace which is something I feel I have trouble with. Tomorrow is my birthday and also picture day which I'm not to excited for....

today I went to my second high school, which was very good. I did a foreign class after school and now I’m doing my requirements not feeling much Happened today

    My day was exiting! I met my teachers and had a good first day of school and got some black belt things done. I don't have much to write about today.

I started back to school today. It was terrible. After school I got most of my requirements done before sparring class. I am tired and ready school. 

Today was the second day of school and my second session of chiropractic recovery. I was very sore from the first session but the doctor assured me that I was getting better. I also started settling in my classes, as I have some fantastic teachers and a good lunch table with my friends.

Today i woke up yo eat breakfast. Then went to school early. after school I had soccer practice at my school. Then after school I went to do my workout.

I woke up around 8:00 where I got a breakfast sandwich and went for my run I then got back and the rest of my exorcizes and did the dishes and then just chilled.

I am off to bed as soon as I finish writing this entry. So ready for some sleep! I went back to KT this evening and worked on my creative, Lucas was there too doing the same. I put some good work in, hard work  now so I can be relaxed and not anxious at testing. I hope everyone starting school has a great day and a wonderful school year! See you on the mat!

 I went on a walk and did my requirements pretty early this morning. When I got done with them, I started putting my bookbag together because I start school on Monday. I also had TKD today, and it was pretty fun. I got to help with the shin kickers and got to take sparring class. Overall, today was pretty good. I hope everyone who started school today had an amazing day, and everyone else, obviously. Goodnight!

I woke up and spent most of my day on requirements and training for Saturday. Later I went to King Tiger and I was able to practice my creative form inside for the first time and it was a total upgrade from being outside. I was able to see my staff a lot better and there was air conditioning too. Tomorrow is my first day of school; I really wish Summer was longer but all good things must come to an end. Tonight  I went on a run / walk. I didn't try to break any records because I want to preserve my legs as much as possible for the Master's exam.  I hope all goes well tomorrow, good luck to everyone else who's first day of school is tomorrow as well.

Today I woke up early and did some pages in the Grit Workbook. After this I went to m first day of school. And I have nothing much to say about school as others do, as we did not do much on the first day. Then once I got home I had a class then later I went to Tae Kwon Do for class. It was pretty short of a day.

​Today was a great day spent with the family. I took the day off work so we could spend some quality time with Christian before he heads back to school.​I woke up, got a few chores done around the house, and then we hit up Topgolf. Christian had two friends and his cousin join us for two hours of golfing, which was a blast. Afterwards, we headed to Charlotte Premium Outlets in Pineville and scored some really good back-to-school deals for Christian. I'm glad we took a few hours to do that before heading home.​Once we got back, I spent some much-needed time organizing my closet and clearing out clothes I know I’ll never wear again. Shortly after finishing that, I went out for a 3-mile run. While out on the road, I spotted a Bluetooth speaker on the side of the road—tested it out, and it still works! I posted...

12 Today was the first day of school. I meet some of my friends I haven't met in a while. Overall I felt my classes are pretty good except for one. AP Precalculus. As a sophomore, this feels almost like a nightmare. But I really do feel If I put my mind to it and focus, I think I can finish it off well. The hardest and worst part of my day was running right after school. I was already sweaty from walking home in the schorching hot weather. Overall it was anm interesting and not avery desirable day. 

Today was a looooooong day. It was my first day of school and the day already started off bad when my bus came super late. An elementary school AND a FIRE TRUCK got to my stop before my bus. And then after that a middle schooler accidently got on our bus so we had to go all the way back to the middle school which made us 30 minutes late. Once I was at school my day did not get any better. The first half of the day I had a really bad headache, and overall I just felt out of it for the rest of the day. It must be the school air. After school I embarked on my long 2 hour bus ride home. Bus driver ran over three curbs and stopped diagonally in the middle of the road for like 10 minutes for some reason. After school I went to...

helloooooo, tomorrow is the first day of school ugh. im actually dreading going back but its okay it'll be over super quick. i missed the first day today so after my friend came home from school she debriefed everything with me and told me who was in our classes and how everything was. i did my requirements after lunch today and then i worked on my apps. i went to bbc in the evening and we mostly just worked on our staff forms and some drills. now i have to go to sleep early and get ready for tomorrow, goodnight!!

Today I woke up at 5 because that’ll be my life for the next 4 years of my life 🫩✌️. I made some eggs and I cooked them almost perfectly. I ate them alone with nothing else. I ran my mile and recorded my fastest time yet; 6:08. Then I paused and ran another mile but I took it easy for that one. After that me and my mom and brother were out for a while. We first went to the dentist, then we went to Sam’s Club , then we went to Chik-Fil-A. I liked my sandwich. After that I recorded my first verse on me and my friend’s song. I started up stream and my friend watched the whole thing from start to finish which was cool. Then I went to class so early that Mrs. Evins was the only one there so I practiced poomsaes and I also got...

First day of 7th grade! Can’t believe it! Well honestly the first day of 7th grade want anything special but today I woke up at around 7 and did my physical work and ran my mile and practiced a bit. Then got freshened up changed and went downstairs to drink my smoothie. After k took first day of school pictures and went to my bus. Then I went to school which was again nothing special. Honestly had nothing to worry about. After I came back home took a bath ate lunch then went took my class and went to taekwondo. There I helped with junior tigers and then attended my black belt class did leadership credit and did a mentee session. I went home and changed then ate dinner played Roblox and went to sleep

Today I woke up early at 6:30 to start my day. Now instead of waking up late I have to be ready to go to school and do my requirements before school in the morning. So at 6:30 I ran my mile and got a sub 10 time getting 9:57. After that I did a few of my requirements got ready for school. In school at first I thought that none of my friends were going to be in any of my classes but turns out that actually a few of my old friends were in my classes. This was a big relief as I now had some friends also one of my best friends was in 4 our of 6 of my classes which was great. After school I dropped my things off and played soccer with my friends for 2 hours. After that I relaxed for a bit then...

I woke up and went to school. I went home after school. I ate a snack before tae kwon doe. I went to tae kwon doe for my black belt cycle and to finishg strong in then cycle as a official black belt. 

Today was my last day before school starts! On one hand I am excited to get back into my school routine and see my friends 5 days a week...on the other, I'm going to miss summer camp, relaxing, having time for requirements, and everything else. Today was alright, Group 2 went to the park and the weather was nice until the sun came out. We came back to KT for class, snack, and toy time. I went home a little after 5p.m. and started on my requirements. I just finished dinner and my summer assignment for AP world. Feeling good about tomorrow but a little nervous to meet my teachers. Hopefully going to bed before 10p.m. tonight to get some good sleep and wake up early tomorrow. I hope everyone is having a wonderful week! Keep up the great work! ~ Peyton

School starts back tomorrow for me so, I'm a little bit nervous, but mostly calm cause it's Junior year, which is going to be the hardest year of high school by far. I played Risk with one of my friends today, then went to volunteer, cause I have to get 160 hours by the end of high school, and I think I have somewhere around 80. I'm going to try and run more frequently than I have been, cause I've started to fall behind on my miles, so I'm going to up the ante with those. Anyway, hope you day was great, and good luck to everyone going back to school, including myself! Goodnight!

    Today was a normal day at summer camp. I woke up and went to King Tiger summer camp and had a fun time their with my buddies Aiden and Xavier. Xavier was kind enough to help me finish my black belt requirements. However there was a plot twist, I have school tomorrow, which was very unfortunate. I am exited to see my friends again and see what they have done over the summer. Anyways other than that it was a normal, chill day. Good night   Thought: Wow, they lock us in a building for 7 hours and we just sit their and take in information. I don't like school :(