Candidate Journals

Today I woke up early in the morning to go to BBC. I didn't have enough time for my run so I just went, we worked with Master Evans, doing self defense and poomsae's which was pretty fun. After that my aunt was hosting a gather up so I had to spend my whole day there. After class I changed and headed straight to her house and helped set up everything. After that I enjoyed spending time with my cousins and friends. I played soccer with my friends pretty much the whole time. Anyways at like 9:30 we left to go home. After getting home I took a warm shower which felt really good and then went to sleep.

Happy Saturday! Woke up dark and early at 6a.m. to get in 3 miles before black belt class! Class was good, we worked on both poomsae and self-defense. I have not practiced weapons in a while so I need to start working that into my day. Work was good, all the kids have new belts so it was fun seeing them try new kicks and poomsaes they haven't done before. After I came home, my mom and I deep cleaned my closet and got rid of a bunch of stuff. It looks so much better now and is much more efficient than it was. Around 4p.m. I started working on my other requirements, I did my 2nd digital detox today and it wasn't bad but a little boring. Usually while I do requirements, I watch a show just to have something playing in the background but I couldn't do that today....

Today was a good Saturday. I woke up early and headed straight to black belt class, which went really well—we managed to cover a lot of material. After class, I spent some time with my mentor and mentee for a much-needed tune-up and some note-taking. Once I got home, I grabbed lunch and knocked out a few items on the honey-do list. By late afternoon, the fatigue caught up with me, so I squeezed in a quick one-hour nap that felt amazing. After waking up, I had dinner, knocked out a few requirements, and settled in to watch some football. Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

I had a really eventful day today. I woke up early and did my requirements before class started. Black belt class this morning was good, it seemed like we were able to cover a lot of material. After class, me and my family celebrated my birthday at the white water center. Even though my birthday was in February, I decided to wait to have a celebration until the weather was warm enough to go to the white water center. Rafting was a lot of fun and I really enjoyed the day but by 4:00 I was exhausted and ready to relax for the rest of the evening. We came home and that's exactly what I did, chilled out for the rest of the night. Overall, great day.

    Today was a pretty chill day, but it was quite busy. I woke up at 6 AM and went to Black belt class before helping out with the family class. After that, I did a mentee session with my friend Jaden. I taught him all six of his self-defense since he got his belt yesterday. After that, I went home and did my blackout exercises. My mom then took us out for a surprise and me and my sister, Layla, ended up finding an orange board that they use in class at Goodwill. But that was not the surprise. The surprise was when we went to spare time. We had a blast and played lots of games and me and my sister got a Pokémon pack bundle. We didn't get any good cards however it was still exciting. That brings us here. We are at home and I just...

Today I woke up early and went to Black belt class but I didn’t eat anything but a banana like 15 minutes before. I felt kinda sick the rest of the day. Headaches and a runny nose. Maybe me not eating food is what caused my headache but I don't know what caused my runny nose. After black belt class, I finished my requirements and Me, my Mom and Dad went to watch the Spider Man movie. I liked it a lot but after that my runny nose and headache got worse from me starring at the screen for a long time. I folded clothes and stuff the rest of the night.

Today I woke up and went to black belt class at lake norman which was okay, once I left I went home and cleaned my room then went to the gym for 2 miles and other things. I then went to starbucks but the car started getting this little wasp inside of it so I had to get out and away from the car. Once I went home I chilled out for a little before working on 2 identical garden boxes that are pretty small and elevated about 2 feet. Once I finished I looked in my book and chilled out for a bit, I am now on a call with some of my friends. I hope everyone had an amazing day!

Woke up and went to black belt class. We were on a Zoom call with Master Evins. It was great. I ran a mile before breakfast with my parents. I also met with my mentor today after class. I did some requirements and chilled at home in the afternoon. My Grandaddy came up and we went to dinner. After dinner I did another mile. I will sleep good tonight. 

I woke up and went to my black belt class than grabbed some breakfast and went back to sleep I then went to shop for groceries and then i chilled out for a 

I attended Grandmaster Evins's black belt class this morning.  We warmed up by doing all the poomsaes, from Kwonsool through Koryo.  Then we concentrated on self-defense for Bocho Dans, 1st degree black belts and 2nd degree black belts.  At the end of practice, he said that with 4 Saturdays left in the cycle, we shouldn't be learning anything, we should be refining what we already know.  Everybody needs to be honest with themselves, find out what areas they need to work on, and get with their mentors.  Otherwise, it's going to be a long night for them.  I met one student who came to practice all the way from Kings Mountain.  If he could be there at 8:00am...  After practice, I went to go downtown and met with some of my fraternity brothers to help feed the homeless (which we do every third Saturday in each month) on 7th street.  No...

I took a pretty big test today so to get rid of the stress i just did my requirements. being tired really does help you forget about whatever. anyways, yesterdays bb class was fun. i really like when we do rotations like that so that if i make a mistake its easier to spot and get corrected.

Today I went to school and after school, I did my routine for my belt cycle and then I want to black belt class, and after that I went sparring, making sure that I catch up all my journals and clocking in all my journals.

Today was a good day at work. Took the little kiddos over to Enso so they could watch a movie, while the older group had a game day. I didn't set up the best games for the older kids, but they still had fun playing. We tried a variation of a game we played the other day, adding a few twists to make it more interesting for them. ​around the time I left to pick up a few kiddos—a great downpour that cooled things down considerably. Hopefully, the cooler weather sticks around for a few days before the extreme heat kicks back in. ​I definitely need to get better sleep tonight; I was pretty tired today. Great Black Belt class this afternoon! It was awesome working with Evan on our Hapkido breakaways. Looking forward to Black Belt class in the morning and hopefully a great weekend ahead. I hope everyone has...

Just made myself a list, kind of a pop quiz if you will...what are the forms, self-defenses, weapons forms, etc that you may have a pause with? Specifically...not for instance "Keumgang" but more like "double-check that you are fixing your knife hand preps correctly" or "the problematic turn in Double Stick Two". I tried to put as much detail into it as I could and this list is going to help shape my work this week and my mentee sessions as well. Something I learned in prepping for Greenville...I do well with specifics. I had very specific goals/obstacles that I wanted to attack and those determined what my time was used on. Food for thought. Happy Saturday, see you in class!

Today my mom came back from her business trip. Didn’t really do much tkd related stuff today. Kinda chilled. I reorganized my room and listened to the new album one of my favorite artists released. The power went out in the morning so that was odd. Tomorrow is my recital so i tried on some dresses. I also went to class today and im kinda scared because my teacher added a new formation literally today. Hopefully everything works out. That’s all for today, goodnight!n

21 today I was finally so happy it was friday because I could finaly get some sleep. I came home, did my tkd requirments and then went to sleep for an hour. Then I had to go to volunteering at the local blood drive for the red cross, and sadly have to miss the tkd class. It ok because I stall mad it to sparring class. Sparring class was so great because I learned many lessons about sparring. Overall it was a 7/10 day.

Today I had taken the black belt weekend class and advanced sparring class. In black belt class, we switched between stations of three, which were poemsaes, self defense, and staff/stick forms. In sparring we were able to spar for fou rounds, & I think I had my best sparring performance yet.

Today I was out almost all day and I finished my requirements kind of late but I still did them. I woke up and finished the pushups and sit ups etc but I didn’t do my Mile or my poomsaes and stuff. At around 8 We went to the Chiropractor and after we went to the cleaners and went home to drop my Dad off and my Mom and I went back to school shopping. After that, we picked up my Dad and we went out to eat while listening to og Kanye albums on the way. That made me happy just seeing that my dad knows the lyrics just like I do. I went home after to get ready for sparring. I took sparring and at home I finished my requirements and then showered. After I showered I went to eat dinner and watch TV. After I did all of...

    Today I woke up and went to school before heading to King Tiger. Today me little sister who recivied her bocho yesterday where going to BBC. This was her first time. She had lots of fun. I then went home and did my best to him complete and catch up on the things I didn't do from yesterday. Good night.

I am very tired. I could barely stay awake all day, and almost fell asleep a lot. Black belt class was good, we did15 breakaways instead of just the normal 10, so I'll practice those tomorrow morning before black belt class. I started reading The Lord of the Rings as well. I've already read them once, and I've seen the movies many times, but I feel that now that I'm older, I might get more joy out of reading it again. Anyway, I'm tired so I'm going to bed, goodnight!

Thank goodness its the weekend, I have been waiting all week! Today was a pretty easy school day, most of the teachers were tired so we didn't have a bunch of classwork which was nice. Absolute downpour on the way back to KT but it cleared up eventually. Little Tigers wasn't bad today and BBC was just reviewing and learning the take-a-ways. Finished up requirements before dinner and have been relaxing the rest of tonight. Goal for tomorrow is to get my 2nd digital detox in and just reset from the week. I have a lot of chores and homework hanging over my head that would feel really good to just knock out. Have a great weekend everyone! ~ Peyton

Hey everyone, today I was pretty tired but I was able to get what I needed to do done. first I went to school, did my classes then went home, then I finished up my homework, and now I'm ready for the weekend. I went to TKD and got that marked off, then went home and played Helldivers with my friends, it was a lot of fun. Anyways, I'll see you all later.

hi guys, i just finished all my calc work so i could do a little less work on the weekend. today i was supposed to go to sparring class but i didn't get to because the sat is tomorrow and i had to do some last minute studying. i'm gonna miss tomorrows bbc class too because of it so im really sad about that. my stomach is killingggggg me im gonna pass out. i hope everything settles before tomorrow so im not distracted. im super scared but i'm pretty sure this should be my last time taking it before i submit my apps so fingers crossed. goodnight!!

Today I woke up and went to school. At we school we read monologues of a book. Then science class was boring. then I had health which was also boring. Then I went to band, in which I play the trumpet, which was fun. Then I had social studies next in which I had a project. Then I had Math and I had to go to eighth grade for that class which is kind of annoying, since I am in seventh grade, and they do not teach math 1 in seventh grade, so I went to my class then we had a Pep Rally. After school I came back home  to the rain and thunder. We had no power so we just chilled until I had Tae Kwon Do black belt class, followed by sparring. After sparring hurt a lot, but once we got back it started to wear down. We...

Today at school was pretty eventful. I had like 2 tests today, and I had a meeting with my principal and my sponsor so I can start a Beta chapter at my school, and I think it went really well. We have a spot at the club fair next Wednesday, and I have another meeting next Friday to talk about further actions. But I did have to miss a little bit of AP Seminar, so I'm working on what I missed in class right now. After school, I came home and did my requirements, and that basically sums up my day. Anyway, I hope everyone had an amazing day and an amazing week. Goodnight!

I’m so tired lol. Started my period today, the day of sparring class of course. So did not have as much energy for that as I would have liked. Also got a skinned elbow and a decent kick to the jaw which hurts. (You know who you are KICK LIGHTER). Anyways, yeah, tired. Still dreading school next week. I do not want to go to black belt class in the morning. I’m fine with the evening classes but I always feel like a zombie on Saturdays. Anyways that’s all.

I woke up ate breakfast and went to school. Glad it’s Friday! I got to King Tiger and did some requirements. I did rolls and falls before black belt class. We had Chick Fil A for dinner and then I did a mile after dinner. Will be up early for class tomorrow. 

Today I woke up and ate breakfast. Then went to school. Then went home and relaxed a little. Then went to eat pizza place i didn't  know and liked the place. Then went to TKD for pictures and class. Then went home and went to do my workout .Thats my day.

Today was a pretty good day at school, busy, but at the end of the day I didn't have any homework which is always nice. I came home and got my requirements done before class this evening. Class was good, we went over the takeaways all the way through 15. after class I was able to get a mentor session which was also helpful because we went over some things about poomsae. I am about go on a run in order to hit the goal of 10 miles for the week. I hope everyone had a good week as we enter into another one tomorrow.

I woke up early so that I could get in my requirements at the Harrisburg YMCA, which opens at 5:00am.  Then, I came home and did my weekly yard work before it got too hot.  Also, I wanted to be able to rest enough for tonight's sparring class, and I'm glad I did.  We're halfway through the Black Belt Cycle, and even Master Foster told us how happy he was with our progress as a group. We have a bunch of smart kids, and, to me, it's like they went home every Friday night after class, thought about what Master Foster and Master Knight talked about in class, slept on it, then came back the next Friday night and put it into action.  We have a couple of students who are stone-cold killers when they want to be.  I mean, they are FAST!  Honestly, they would never try to intentionally hurt...

Today I woke up and went to school, in band at school we played our mouthpiece which was super fun and loud. Later I got picked up around 4 pm, I then went to my mums house and chilled out for a bit because we really dont get homework or things like that, I then went to the gym around 6 pm to go do my 1.5 mile i needed to finish off the week. I then went and tried a few of the machines, so after 30 minutes of trying machines I went home and chilled out, I just did my other workouts. I hope everyone had an amazing day!

It’s Friday! I ca e home from school and me and my mom went to get ice cream. Then I hung out with my friend and did my requirements.

yesterday all i did was class assistance and leadership. it’s kind of fun helping others in their classes. even more when they’re confused because i’m a white belt. 

Another round of color belt testing is done. And we have five new Bocho Dans! Always fun to help out with testing and to be able to watch students that you have taught and helped do their thing. And attacking them for self-defenses as well. Thinking about all of the ways that I have changed, things that were so hard that I figured out, challenges that became things that I love.  Easy is fun sometimes but conquering that something hard...so much better. Plus, I got a huge hug from one of my kiddos who did really well and has grown so much tbis summer, he's so proud and excited. Awesome thing to see! Hope you all have a beautiful Friday!

hi guys, had work today and came home late. currently doing homework and im so tired, one week of school is done and im ready for it to enddddd. goodnight

Today was a fairly typical Thursday—at least until work wrapped up. I was head counselor for the older kids and helped transport the middle group to the pool. It’s becoming very clear that the kids are ready to go back to school; end-of-summer cabin fever has set in, and their attitudes toward one another this week have definitely shown it. There was no sparring today due to testing, so I’ll need to figure out when and where to make up those rounds to stay on track for my cycle requirements. Even without sparring, the evening turned out great. I joined my wife, son, and in-laws for dinner at EEZ Fusion, which is always fantastic. Happy 75th Birthday, Bob! We love you and appreciate everything you do for our family. After dinner, we headed back to their house to help glue down a countertop and wire up a new TV and AV...

Today was pretty normal. The new season of one of my favorite shows came out today so I watched an episode and then did some of my requirements. I also practiced dance because recital is this weekend. Then I was just practicing piano, playing with my dog and chilling. In the evening I went to tkd class to help out. I ended up walking/running home instead of my dad picking me up because i was anyways going to after class. My house isn’t far from class too. But it was a little annoying since I was wearing crocs and had to carry my book, belt and uniform too. It wasn’t planned so not very convenient. But when i got home I just changed my shoes and did a quick mile just to wrap it all up. I lowkey didn’t get a good time if i’m being honest but better than other...

Today felt the most like a Sunday than an actual Sunday. Today was a pretty easy day to get everything done and I spent a lot of time with family. I did all of my requirements by noon and I was recording my second verse of my song which was way harder to rap than the first verse. I have a speech impediment and that makes it difficult to say everything the way I want to say it while also staying on beat. I did finish it but I'm gonna re do it to try and make it better. After that I had a mentee session with Matteo on Poomsaes and it's making me realize teaching is really hard when you're teaching a forgetful person. I'm that kind of person that has to be told the same things over and over again to break a bad habit of whatever I was...

Ive had 3 hours of sleep. I worked so hard for this weekend. It was an average day like any other. I did my tkd after school then practiced for the sat after my homework. Ive been so tired throught the day and jus would love some sleep. -1/10

Today was just a normal day at school. I was able to get most of my homework done in school. When I got home I did my requirements and practiced for my SAT which is on saturday. I'm not very nervous about it because I've been getting good scores on the practice test so I should be fine. Anyway i can take it again so its no big deal. 

Today I woke up for school and went. When I came back I had a class then, I went to Tae Kwon Do to help out.

Hello everyone, today was a pretty chill day actually, it was just mostly normal, woke up and went to school and did all my classes. In AP World History, we had a seminar where we talked about how the the word civilization had an impact on the people of the ancient era, and it is a bigger impact then you might think. After school, I had a mentor session with Lucas and my brother and that was good. After that we went to a church activity and we actually taught all the people there a little bit of Tae Kwon Do. Then we got home and I finished homework and now I must leave, farewell everyone, have a wonderful week.

I do not want to start school next week lol. Classes have been good though. There’s nothing I severely don’t know anymore which is good. I’m pretty tired. I’m behind on a couple things academically. Like lines for theater, college applications, the written test. I’m about to work on lines now, since that seems to need the most attention. I want to be at a good starting point when we start rehearsing that. That’s all, goodnight guys.

another day. school. not good. 6 hours of homework. robotics. pep rally today but i escaped school an hour early. came home. requirements. end of my 30 day nutrition challenge. overall pretty sad day. maybe tomorrow will be better.

As I was assisting in the Senior Tigers class tonight (ages 8-12), I was reminded of the importance of encouragement.  During one of the kicking drills, I could see the indecision as to whether or not they were doing the drill correctly in some of their eyes (even though they were for the most part).  So, I made sure to say, "Good job!" or give them a pat on the back.  Students usually remember encouragement they receive, not only from an instructor, but from anyone who is a higher rank than they are.  Good role models can inspire students to stay positive, work hard, and believe in their abilities. 

Today, school was pretty boring. I had a test in ELA and started my presentation that I have on Monday for AP Seminar. Other than that, nothing really happened. I went to TKD and got to get another sparring credit and had a mentor session. Anyway, I hope everyone had an amazing day. Goodnight!

All I keep telling myself is its almost the weekend. Even though its been a good week, I am so exhausted from the first full week of school! Today was good, only about 1.5 hour of homework tonight which is pretty light from what it has been. My run was definitely a struggle today, not sure if it was the heat or just exhaustion from the week but I got it done. All caught up on falls and rolls which is a relief and I'm working my way through my burpees that I need to catch up on. Thank goodness its color belt testing and there was no sparring tonight becuase I genuinely do not think I could of made it lol. I hope everyone's week has been going well! Keep up the great work! ~ Peyton

Today was a pretty descent day at school besides how busy today was. After school, I had a mentee session and by the time we were done, I was exhausted. I struggled to get through my requirements this evening because keeping up with school and requirements has been kind of strenuous. I'm planning to go to bed early tonight so hopefully I can feel great tomorrow.

    Today was a very exciting day, my sister, Layla, was going to test for her bochodan. I woke up in the morning ate some breakfast and.cx then went to school. I had a pretty pretty good day at school. After I got picked up by instructor, Shawn we went to King Tiger and I sat in the homework room and finished my homework. After that, I ran a mile with my sister before getting ready for helping out with testing. I had an amazing time helping out with testing. Unfortunately, she did not break her board, but she gave it her best try and did great. After that, we went to Publix grabbed us some candy and that brings us here. My mom is heating up some popcorn and we're going to enjoy the rest of the night. Good night.😴

Today was good, but I was very tired all day. I had a good day at school, and I took a math quiz that I think I did well on. I got a mentor session in, and practiced all of my weapons forms. I also taught Taekwondo for a church activity, which was fun, but I don't think that they understood what I was saying, even when I tried explaining it in a way most people could. Not to say their dumb, they're very intelligent, but I don't think explained it well anyway. I hope you guys had a good day, and goodnight!

Today at school was pretty chill because these kids went home which made the day way more chill. Later after school I went to my dads to grab my taekwondo uniform for tuseday. I then went to my mums house and chilled out for a bit, I then went to the gym at 6pm for 1.5 miles, I just toke a shower and now about to go clean the sinks and trashcans. I hope everyone had an amazing day!

Woke up ate breakfast and went to school. After school went to King Tiger and helped with the 4:00 testing. Did some requirements and then ran a mile with the red belts testing at 6:00. After dinner, I walked a mile with my Mom and did homework. I am tired. 

Today I woke up and ate breakfast. Went to school . Then went to go to the gym and some of them had some of the things i needed. Then went home and did some of the black belt cycle. Today had fun.

Belt testing going on this week. Able to do a couple of runs so far this week, and plan runs for Friday and Sunday. Also did some jump roping for the first time yesterday. Some pain, but not too bad or unexpected. Return to PT on Tuesday.

At school today first thing I wake up with coffee after coffee I did all my classes when I was out of school. I did homework and then My routine and took a quick nap after a nap. I Woke up and went to black belt class and teach my mentee His self-defense.

Long day. I am ready for summer to be done and to get back to my regular routine.  Tomorrow is the last swim day for us and that is always a fun day and the kiddos are realy good, they love the pool. Then testing tomorrow night, excited for our Bochos-To-Be. It seems like so long ago but also not...time is a funny thing.  I'm been working on my creative so much that I am switching my focus some to deep-diving on self-defenses and hapkido practice. Gonna get some miles in tomorrow morning before work so I am heading to sleep now. Have a great Thursday!

hellooo, another horrible boring day of school. i know i've said this 10000000 times already but i really hate my classes. i think my counselor ghosted me because she's not replying to any of my emails to let me SWITCH god i hate this schedule. the only thing that i like is i come to school late and leave early which is amazing. i came back from school got some work done and then headed to black belt class. after class i started up with homework again and i just finished. this time before midnight so now i can go to sleep yayyy. also i'm still very very sick and i do NOT feel good so i pray this goes away soon.

​Today was a good day. I drove the little kids to swimming, then came back to King Tiger to play a quick game with the older kiddos, until it was time to pick up little kiddos and transport them over to Enso. I grabbed lunch, gassed up a few vehicles, and checked the fluids. It was another hot one today—though I guess not quite as hot as Monday. Did another transport with little kiddos back to King Tiger then off to pick up Laundry from PLP.  Always enjoy that drive in the afternoon.  ​The new pull-up bar is awesome! Christian loves using it, and now I’m doing way more exercises with it, too. Definitely a great Goodwill purchase. Hope everyone has had a great week.

today i woke up early to knock out my requirements before school. school was long as usual. i have no free periods at my grown age (junior) like the rest of my friends so i just have to suffer. i came home and went to robotics then straight to taekwondo. i got home at am doing my homework which is probably getting done tommorrow morning. 

I had such a busy day today. School was descent today but after school was our first drumline meet of the year. It was fun getting back together and practicing what we remembered from last year. After drumline, I came home and had a lot of homework to do. I used my requirements as brain breaks throughout my couple hours of assignments. This evening I went on a run and everything was feeling really good. I got a good time which is relieving since I haven't truly pushed myself on a run since a week before the testing in Greenville. I hope everyone else is having a great week so far!!

Today I did my requierments then went to school.Today in school i did an Iready test and got a good score.After I finished my social studies project.Once I got home I took a break.Then I went to swiming class and learned something new.After that I went straight to the blackbelt class and did it.Once done I got my book signed and went home.Once I got home I ate dinner then worked on my studies.after all of this I went to write this journal and go to bed.

Today I did A pretty good day at school. other than that, I didn’t really do anything

19  Today was a very bad day. Each of my ap classes kept on giving so much work. I couldnt breathe. Not only that, Im running on 5 hours of sleep, homework from 3 ap classses and have 2 tests to study and take tomorrow. I just wish I can get some sleep. 2/10 day.

Today was pretty much full of notes again. I took notes in AP Bio, then I took notes in math, then APES, then Econ and Personal Finance. Everything was extra notey today. I went to the gym and got 4 miles in, and came home and ate dinner. Pretty unlucky though, my ceiling started leaking water, and we don't know what pipe it is, so we're gonna have to call some Italian plumbers to come fix it. Anyway, have a goodnight!

Hello everyone, today was good, but I want to make this short. Today I went to school got all my classes done, then went home. After that me and my brother had a mentor session. After that we went to the gym got our requirements done, then went home ate dinner, now we're going to bed. See you all later.

Today was a good day. I woke up feeling so much better, last night my nose was running a lot and I was sneezing a lot, but after a good sleep it went away. Today the only class I had was math so I was able to finish a lot of homework during the rest of the time I had at school. When I came home I did requirements and I went to taekwondo where we did knife self defense and I really like that one its super fun. Its like you're in a choreographed fight for a movie.

Haven't posted since starting back to school, been kinda crazy keeping up with everything. Some people from my classes last year are in some of my class again this year. One of my best friends from last year, named Malachi, is in my class. He's Russian and taught me to speak some Russian. Found out today that we have a science fair project to do that no one knew about, not even the teachers! We dont even know what the project is about or based on. Just finished up the last of my requirements for the day, now getting ready for bed. School & sparring class tomorrow!

Today was pretty good. Had a good black belt class. Pretty tired and starting to get antsy about testing. Even though we still have about a month. Just gotta prepare enough to feel prepared by then I guess. I’m not sure I ever will though haha. Also I do not want school to start. I’m excited to get home and hang out with my cat. Good night guys.

Today I woke up around 7:00 and ran my mile. I was so happy since I got my new PR run time which was 9:18 and my run time for my pre test was 9:17. My dad also said that the reason I cant beat my first mile even though I'm improving is because I have to run on a straight hill so it takes a few seconds to turn around. I was glad because When I first started running on the hill I got a time of 11 something and now I am 9:18. Anyways I developed a new strategy for me. At first I went just pretty much slow the whole time and still had a decent amount of energy after my run. This time though in the first 0.10 miles I ran a pace of 8:18 and I stuck as much as I could to that pace I...

Struggle to get up and keep my eyes open today, I slept well last night but evidently not enough. School, homework, work, and requirements are definitely taking a toll on me. School was alright, nothing much to report. I came home, got working on my requirements, finished a little homework, and then ran 3 miles. I felt really good on my run today which was nice, since I haven't been enjoying running as much lately with the awful weather. I finished some more homework and hung out with my mom the rest of the night. Finish off the week strong tomorrow and Friday! ~ Peyton

Today I woke up. I went to school . Then did soccer try outs after school. After that i did TKD for my black belt cycle. Today was a normal day for me on a wendsday 

Today I woke up for school and went to school. Then after school I started a class. Then once I finished I ran a mile. Then I got ready for Tae Kwon Do. When I went to Tae Kwon Do I did black belt class, then my mentor helped me with stick form 1 and staff form.

    Today was a little bit different. Today I woke up this morning and enjoyed some oatmeal. I then went off to school I had a math quiz and was a little nervous but pushed through. After a long hot day of school I went to King Tiger and completed my homework until my dad came to pick me up. I went home tried my best ticket all my exercises done for the day before. Heading off to black boat class at grandmaster Evans school. Grandma Evans was not there however there was this older man who was leading class. It was a lot different there they did different exercises, different kicks, and we got taught some things that we did not know. After that, In came back home, ran a mile and that brings us here, me... on the couch... journaling for the day. Good night 😴

This morning I couldn't sleep, so I woke up and went on a 3-mile walk and finished all of my requirements before I had to start getting ready for school. School was pretty chill. I had an assessment in civics, but other than that, I didn't really do anything. Thankfully, I had enough time to finish my homework during 6th period, so I don't have anything else to do tonight. I had TKD; it was shin kickers and sparring, which was good because I got to spar with a lot of different people and improve. Now I'm home and ready to go to sleep. I hope everyone had an amazing day. Goodnight! 

Today I had to make up for the days I didn’t do anything and it took me hours. After I finished I watched a Joe Bart VOD while walking 2 miles. After all of that I worked on writing lyrics for my second verse. At first it was kind of weak and didn’t fit with the flow. I had to change it up and add some more to it. The second verse was accidentally made longer than the first verse by me. I didn’t get to record it all before getting ready for class but I had a mentee session with Mateo and I helped two classes and did warmups with the jr tigers. After that I took black belt class and got Taco Bell. My Dad stayed home from work because he took off this week.

Woke up ate breakfast and went to school. It was ok I guess. My Mom picked me up early from King Tiger. I worked on homework and requirements and then went to Master Evins school for black belt class. I’m wiped.

Today in the afternoon I got some poomsae practice in and also finished one of my essays. After that I was just chilling and playing with my dog until I had to head to school for marching band practice. Just a normal day, we ran through all our songs and got a new one. After I came home I had like a small break and then I went to black belt class. It was pretty fun today kinda. We went through a bunch of basic kicks and twist kicks and stuff and then self defense and hopkito stuff. It was nice though because I finally did the shoulder throw from hopkito 4 right🥹. Now I have to practice some dance because i have a recital this weekend. Lowkey still haven’t done formations for one part of the song so I’m kinda scared. That’s all for today!

Today was black belt class, and we learned about the reverse hand lock technique and how to execute it when being attacked in a close area of motion. We also went over both self defenses for Bo Cho Dan.

Today was okay because I had to go to school and got my bag checked, Later I then went to band after math and ELA. In band I learned that tomorrow we will get our insturments! After school I went home to dads house and ate dinner, Then I got changed and went to taekwondo for 3 classes today. In class I got kicked around a little but learned a little about each person.  After Taekwondo I ran 2 miles and went home to do my jumprope and other. I am gased out but I hope everyone had a wonderful day!

Ok i just started getting the hang of all my classes and tkd and all my other stuff. its a lot but i can handle it. anyways im excited to go to black belt class today!!

helloooo. its super close to midnight and im still up doing homework cuz i had to go to work right after school and came back at 7. my calc teacher gave us 8 assignments to do in 1 day due at midnight actually so i JUST finished that. i have to do some AP lit homework now and its soooo long. we have to analyze Aristotle and i LOVE to read but i cannot understand a single word this man wrote :/ anyways off to go figure that out. wish me luck i hope i can sleep before 2 at least.

​Today was exhausting, but a good day overall. ​We started off at work trying out a new game with the kids involving cones and bear crawls/crab walks. It went well enough to keep in the rotation as a quick filler activity before bigger games on Game Days. ​After that, the kids went swimming. We had the pool area to ourselves for most of the time! The slide was closed, which bummed a few kids out at first, but they got over it quickly. Post-swim, we headed to Enso for snack time and introduced another new game. It took a little explaining and a minute for the kiddos to catch on, but it went well. We’ll definitely give it another shot on Friday. ​When I got home, I put in two more hours of yard work and knocked out some requirements after that. I’m pretty wiped from the last two days. Only...

Today was pretty normal. After i woke up i did some chores and finished this movie i was watching. Today was my open house and my friend and i are starting a club so we called to make some flyers we could print out and hand out today since we would have a small little booth. I finished my requirements except for run before going to open house. My classes are pretty cool this year and they are all close to each other so good walking distance. I wanted to make it to class today but unfortunately couldn’t. Thats where i get my poomsae and self defense. minutes from and im falling behind on those as well as my mentee and mentor sessions. I’m getting pretty worried. Anyways after i came back i had a simple dinner and was watching watching this cool show with my dad, about to go to...

Today I walked 2 miles and then I made progress on my song. I added to the beat to kind of evolve the melody of it. I went to 2 open houses today to try and pick my school that im gonna go to. I might go to Hopewell because it looks like a better school overall. After those two, I went to have Dave’s Hot Chicken and it was really hot. I couldn’t finish the food because it was too hot. After that I finished my physical requirements at home.

18 Today was such a boring day. I had to wake up early to finish a project I started for a non-profit. I had to spend an extra hour at 5 in the morning to finish volunteer work. This made me verrrrrryyyy tired. I was so tired throught the school day I felt like falling asleep. Atlast, came the final period of the day and I was so excited to leave school, that I fell asleep. Nobody woke me up so I missed out on notes. Luckily, when I got home, I took a nap and after my amazing nap, I did notes and learned the topic. 6.3/10 day

Three more days of summer camp. We can make it. It was a good summer, we had a lot of fun in Group 2. Quite a few of my kiddos made huge jumps tbis year, some in confidence, at the pool, in class, in maturity. We learned a ton of new games this year for Game Show Day...probably my favorite change to summer camp this year was adding that day. We made some adorable crafts and some really cool paper airplanes. Several of my kiddos are ready to test. One who was shy around anyone but his best friend kept coming for more weeks and is now signed up for regular classes, love that, such a great kid. The last two days I have been running on empty but I came home, cranked out requirements while dinner was in the oven and even got some essay work in, nice little reset....

Today I woke up for school and went to school. At school we started getting into the phase, in which you start learning. When I came back I had a class. Then later I had swimming class. Then I played soccer with my friends.

Today was better than the last few days. I enjoyed my time at the dojo, assisted then took class. Both were helpful but my ankle was bugging me. We had to do 50 jumping jacks, and I was basically doing them on one leg to avoid weight on the other. Burns out fast haha. Also was modifying some of the warm ups, which didn’t feel good to do but I know I need to for now. I’m grateful to my instructors who’ve been kind about that. Anyways, it’s wild that the cycle is almost halfway done. Definitely hasn’t felt like that long. And I feel like I’m in a good place training wise, I’ve improved a ton and still have half the time left. Hope you all are doing well :). Im off to snoop through some journals haha.

another school day...i woke up late and was rushing to get to school today. still getting used to driving to school. school was pretty bad today and i ended up with so much homework. it seemed like my calc bc teacher was speaking a different language. anyways, i came home and did some requirements before going to my silambam class (another martial art that i do). i then came home and did homework. 

Today was pretty rough. I had a pop quiz in AP Seminar (it's the second day of school) and overall have a lot of homework. I also had a meeting with my advisor today, and it went okay-ish; she told me about some things that I needed to fix, and that was really it. When I came home, I immediately had to start getting ready for TKD. It was pretty fun today, but I was really tired, so it was kinda hard for me to focus. Anyway, now I'm home and working on some homework for civics and seminar. I hope everyone had an amazing day. Goodnight!

Hello everyone, today was pretty normal for me, I woke up, went to school and did all my classes and was pretty successful. After school I finished up my homework, sadly I wasn't able to go to TKD because testing was going on, but I will most likely go tomorrow and I will definitely go on Thursday. Then we went to our grandmas house and ate dinner, went to the gym and ran 2 miles and did my exercises then went home and showered, see you all later.

Today at school, my schedule got switched up a bit because apparently my English class was too small. The school had to dissolve the class and because of this they made some adjustments to my classes. I'm not to fond of this but it is what it is. These past couple nights I have not been getting great sleep so when I came home from school it was a struggle to knock out my requirements. It took some time but eventually I prevailed and ended up going on a run tonight. Hopefully I can get some better rest tonight for a better day tomorrow.

    I had yet another day of school so I woke up half asleep and ate my breakfast before heading to the bus to school. School was low key although our math teacher Ms. Miller did give us our first homework which is not a good look on her. But other than that I got to King Tiger and finished my homework until my dad picked me up. Me and Jaden, my mentee, scheduled a virtual call so I could knock out a mentee session with him. I think he's going to do great testing on Thursday as well as as many others. Good luck. After that, I finish some of my requirements in that leaves us here me sitting at the dinner table eating some ice cream journaling. Good night 😴

I was really tired today, I don't usually have to take naps, but today I did. I got all my homework done, I just have to get some more notes done for AP Bio, but I'm not in a concerning spot, so I can do it tomorrow. I have to do so many notes for AP Bio you might as well just call it AP Notes instead, bleh. Anyway, got my exercises done and went to my grandmas house for dinner, and it was really good. Goodnight and try to get good sleep tonight and every night, cause you don't want to be excessively tired especially during black belt cycle.

Today I had a weekday blackout class after school and right now I am doing all my running require requirements and physical requirements and other stuff. I also had a mentor session.

Today was probably the first school feeling school day. I had three classes today which were spanish, history, and business. One thing I like about what college professors do that high school teachers don't really do (at least in my experience) is how they put out a detailed schedule of all the assignments they are going to give as well as due dates and days we probably won't have class, when the final exam is, etc. Sometimes my high school teachers did this but the schedule changed a lot and they were not very detailed in the assignments they put on it so I wasn't really able to plan ahead. On another note, everyone at my school is sick but they come anyway so its pretty much spread around our entire school since we have a small school. I was feeling pretty sick for the last couple days but got my requirements...

During my 2nd day as a white belt, I actually got to participate with real white belts.  I was able to help both them and me during the breakout session when we went over White Belt Self Defense.  I was the attacker tonight (I'm usually the defender), and I was shown something tonight that, as the attacker, I didn't even realize.  I'll always believe you can learn more by teaching something than just memorizing, then doing it, especially if you're doing it by yourself a lot.  

Today I woke up early for school and got ready, once I left for school I then got dropped off and walked through the metal detectors. After school though I went home, ate, and went to taekwondo. At taekwondo I did all 3 classes which was really fun. After class I went to this track really close to king tiger and ran a mile before leaving to go home, I just took a shower and now playing with my cat, Cheeto. I hope everyone had a wonderful day!

Happy Tuesday! School is definitely feeling like school again. Notes, quizzes, tests, projects, presentations, and worksheets all this week. Struggling a little bit with keeping up with a few requirements but overall not too behind. After school today I came home did my physical requirements, went for a very hot and humid run, ate dinner, and finished some homework. Going to bed soon, trying to get back onto my school sleep schedule. Remember to be drinking lots of fluids before and after you run, Gatorade Zero Sugar is really good to replenish your electrolytes. Also making quick little snacks like protein balls or having easy smoothie recipes can help when you are on a tight schedule! I hope everyone had an amazing day! ~ Peyton

Today I was able to help assist in the junior tiger class by helping a yellow belt with their stances on Il Chung and was able to get a leadership credit by leading warmups in the senior tiger class. I was also able to get a mentor session to learn staff form l.