Candidate Journals

1   Decent day overall, school was normal as usual, after tkd requirments I skipped math class to go to tkd assistance class. During class, I felt like my forms were getting better and better as we progressed with the class. Helping other students made me feel like I was learning from them as I was teaching them. I saw simpe mistakes and learned to not do them because it served like a 3rd person view, it was like I was sculpting the perfect view for myself.   Overall it was a very informational 6/10 day

Today was an average Tuesday. I went to school and had a normal day at school. When I came home, I knocked out my requirements and worked on my creative form. I finished watching Interstellar this evening which turned out to be a really good movie. I'm planning on getting to be early tonight because I am feeling a bit more tired than usual.

Well I’m sick lol. Skipped workout and class today. I’m going to see how I feel in the morning, maybe school maybe not. I’ll try to get to black belt class though I need the credit. I don’t want to be behind in school this early either but that’s not controllable. And I have a lot to keep up with, so it’s not smart to drag it out. Anyways we’ll see. I could also use that time, get caught up on some academic stuff. 

Today I went to school and it was okay, but after sschool was the fun part. Once I got home, I ate and chilled for a bit before going to taekwondo where we did a lot of poomsaes and self defences for the class, Later I texted a few people about band, I then came to this running track and ran 2 miles, I then went home. I went to take a shower because I was really sweaty after my run. I then went to chill out before my workouts, I then chilled out, I just ate some Fruity Pebbles because why not. I hope everyone had a great day!

Today I got up, got ready & went to school. After school I figured out my sister was going to take class today. I've been trying to talk her into starting taekwondo again. After we went to class, I went home and worked on requirements. Just got done with my shower. Now it's a video game or two and then bed. 

I took a test today in AP Bio, and I got a 20/24, so I'm pretty happy with my score (It's an 83% roughly). Some of the questions I missed when looking back on it I thought were because if stupid errors or not reading the question correctly. I also had an appointment to see when I can have my wisdom teeth removed, and we ended up settling for October 9th. I'm not super excited cause I'll be swollen for a while cause I have 4 wisdom teeth instead of 2 like my dad. I'm pretty tired form long days from waking up around 5:15 and going to bed around 10:00 every night, I'll have to get to bed earlier now. Anyway, hope you guys sleep well, goodnight!

    Today was a very simple day. I woke up after a good night of sleep and had a delicious PB&J before packing my back and going off to school. I had a social studies and a math exam which I think I aced. I then proceeded to hop onto the king Tiger bus. Once I got to king Tiger, I was then picked up by my dad and took to my orthodontist appointment. It went well and then went home and finished my exercise. After that, I took a shower and had a nice dinner and relaxed the rest of the day.

Today was a pretty average day at school. I started a project in Bio, which is really cool, and we had a discussion on the electoral voting system in AP Seminar, and it was really cool to hear and read about the different perspectives. When I got home, I worked on some homework and did my requirements. After I finished with that, I went to TKD and got to work on color belt self-defense again to make sure that I have them down, and we worked on all of the poomsae's. Anyway, I hope everyone had an amazing day. Goodnight!

Tonight, I assisted in the Senior Tigers class (ages 8-12) before my Adult class.  I met an 8-year-old Yellow Belt who I'd never seen before.  I thought she was visiting from another dojang, but she's been on vacation for the last month and hadn't been back at practice until tonight.  If she hadn't told me, I would have never known because she still performed Kwon Sool in both English and Korean, the advanced blocking techniques, and Chagi Sool without missing a beat.  I asked her how she remembered all that so well, and she said she practiced every day while she was on vacation.  That was very encouraging to hear because I remind other students that, if you want to improve, you can't just practice on Tuesday and Thursday nights when we have class.  You have to put in work outside of class.  She is the proof of what I've been...

Today I was very busy and productive. I had three classes at school and in my free time I was able to get that assignment that's been bothering me done. I thought the assignments after that one were going to be easy, because there's not usually more than one hard assignment in a module for that class but apparently that wasn't the case. There's another tedious research assignment, but at least this ones shorter. I also worked on a lot of math today. I haven't really been doing anything for my other classes since we don't have anything due until this weekend, but I think I should start because the weekend comes faster than you expect. 

First day of September. It was fun at school, but nothing much. Then I had a class right after arriving from school. Then I went to swimming class, which I had fun at. Then I came back home, and played with my friends, soccer. I played goalkeeper which was fun cause they were taking freekicks on me.

Today I had a pretty Good day. I got a black book class and some classes assistance and leadership. I’m close to being done with my classes assistance and leadership.

Hey everyone, today was a good day for me because nothing bad happened, I woke up and went to the church discussion then went to school as usual. Then we had a seminar discussing things in APWH talking about stuff in groups, and I felt like I was on a world history podcast, it was awesome. Then after school, went home got my homework done and then went to my grandmas house and ate some Mexican burritos. After that we went home and got ready for the next day and made our lunches, then I finished the episode I was on in my show, I hope you all had a wonderful day, see you later.

Today I had quite a long day at school and only ran 2 miles today because of the hot weather. I also helped lead punching and kicking, and also helped high red belts with their breaking.

Woke up ate tasty breakfast. Went to school and had MAP state testing. Went to King Tiger and did a class and some requirements. I did more requirements when I got home. Tonight is the last day of my diet change challenge……woo hoo!!!

I woke up and got to school. got to assemble a drum kit then play on it while I was in band that was the main highlight of my day. I then got home did my homework and then ate dinner. I then chilled out for a bit then went to sleep 

Someone said school is tiring and I agree lol. I forgot how much energy it takes. I have that threatening sore throat feeling, irritating haha. I better not be getting sick I swear. Imma go get some sleep, I didn’t do great with that last night. I’ll get about an hour more tonight so yay that’s progress.

31 Today, school was so tiring. I kept falling asleep in my classes becuase I'm having so much homework to do. After school, I did my tkd requirments and then went to tkd class. It was my last day of being a white belt so it felt pretty good. During class I had a stomach ache but I still powered through. Then I gave a mentor session to help the person prepare for their belt testing.   Overall a 4/10 day

September appears to be confused... where are the litter temperatures? I see pumpkin spice being advertised everywhere and it is HOT. Fall, hurry up. Today was very Monday as well.  Got a lot of things done but not everything, my energy stores are running very low.  Tomorrow is another day though and I am off to sleep now. See you on the mat! 

Today was finally a normal school day for me cuz i didn’t have band practice after school🥹. Schoolwork is slowly starting up but still honestly love all my classes( i jinxed it ik). Once I got home I js had a snack and chilled for a little before starting my requirements. It was raining really hard and then suddenly really hot so had to wait till evening to go on a run. I have to make up a couple bbc so i went to harrisburg today and their classes are lowkey cool and fun, it made me miss my old dojo even more cuz there’s was rly nice and big and they had a 3 times the people we normally have in our classes. We got to practice on kicks and other stuff and i did pretty alright. I’m prob going back next monday. After I came home I went for...

Today was the day, I finally can stop not eatting bread. I am so exicted, But anyways I went to school and in band we did the first few notes, open G. After school we went home, ate, and went to taekwondo. After taekwondo my dad and I went to the track and got a mile in, then we went home and got morgans, Around 8, 8 30 we went to go get food. I then ate and chilled out. We watch a movie. Now I am going to bed. I hope everyone had a wonderful day!

Today I went to school, and I got excited because they gave us a field trip form to go to Atlanta, and see lots of cool things. Then I cam home, my tennis class was canceled, so I went to Tae Kwon Do to help out the junior tigers. Then I took black belt class and the Bo Cho Dans practiced hurricane back kicks so I got the hang of that. Then I went out for my fathers birthday.

Today I woke up and went to school. Then went to go to my soccer practice.Then went to play a soccer game. Then went to class in TKD . Then went home for dinner then right now about to sleep early.

Today I had a dentist appointment after school that I had to rush to. And then had Boy Scouts. And then I went home and did my requirements and I am really tired.

Today was a good monday. I got most of my work done for school, there's just this one assignment that has been bothering not only me but pretty much everyone taking that class. Its a research assignment which is very long and tedious for no reason. The teacher provided us with links to articles to research which might seem like a good thing but none of them had any good information, one was about something else entirely. So many people ended up watching videos about the topic or finding and sharing their own articles. I still haven't finished that assignment its too frustrating. Once school was over I went to my first after school club which is girls who code. I mostly only joined it because a lot of my friends are either in it or running it and they asked me to join. I am interested in coding though, and...

It's late again today too. I went to seminary early in the morning and was able to stay awake, thank goodness. School was pretty boring today, but I have a quiz tomorrow in AP Bio, and a proper unit test coming up as well. I need to get sleep so I can feel rested for tomorrow cause I also have a doctors appointment for my wisdom teeth. Anyway, hope you guys sleep well, goodnight!

Another solid day overall. Started the morning by knocking out a few requirements before heading into work. First order of business when I arrived was getting gas for all the vehicles that needed it. The workday flew by, and I managed to make some progress on my Kwans essay during lunch. Got home and went straight into yard work. No matter how short or tall the grass is, it’s always a solid two-hour job. ​After showering, we grabbed pizza with the family at a spot my in-laws highly recommended—it was a great deal and turned out to be fantastic pizza. Wrapped up the night by completing a few more requirements back at home before calling it a day.

Today I woke up early in the morning around 6:30. Today I ran 2 miles in the morning getting the exact same time for each which was 10:32. After that I got ready and went to school. I also sold lots of chocolates for a fundraiser we had to do which was fun. After school I chilled for a bit before heading to my robotics class which was around 2 hours long. After robotics I came home around 9 and ate dinner. After dinner I went to sleep. Good Night!

Today was a pretty normal day at school. I went to all of my classes and mostly just took notes. When I got home, I had a bunch of homework to do, so I finished that up before going to taekwondo. Today, I helped with the shin kickers class and the white belt class before taking red belt class. We worked on some color belt self- which was great because that was what I have been struggling with more. After class, I came home and did my requirements, and my parents decided to enter me into a contest with my mom's friends, so I had to do 100 push-ups in 30 minutes. It really wasn't that bad, but my arms are definitely sore. Anyway, that was my day. I hope everyone also had an amazing day. Goodnight!

Hello everyone, today was pretty good for me, woke up bright and early at 5:00 AM and got to go to a church discussion before school started. Once school had started, I saw my friends, and did all of my work, did all my classes, got a good grade on the AP world History (APWH, I'll just call it that from now on) test, and went home. I went to TKD and got all my work done, and I have straight A's in all my classes, my life is pretty good right now, I'm just pretty busy with everything that is going on. I hope everyone had a wonderful day, see you later.

Tonight, we had High Belt Practice (Blue Belt and Higher).  I knew we were in trouble when Master Foster asked the students (probably 12-15 years old) what post practice exercises they wanted to do.  Their eyes lit up like kids in a candy store.  They came up with exercises I'd never even heard of, like a "Flying Turtle".  I like to see them lead during warmups because some of them are not used to standing in front of a crowd and it builds their confidence.  I don't remember them being given free reign for post-practice workouts though.  I'll be ready for them next time.

    Today was as usuall. Wake up get ready for school and hop on the buss. Get their and have a good day and then going on the bus to king tiger. I got a mentee and mentor session done and lead class warmups. It was a normal yet efficient day. 😴

ok,so, sadly i was sick and couldn't make it to class today, BUT i am feeling better and can go to class tommorow. hooray!!! since i was doing alot before this, taking a day off didnt get me behind luckily. I just have to get back on that streak.

School was pretty laid back sense it was the second week of school. Got home to hammers and screw drivers and went to class to get a leadership credit. I then got home ate dinner chilled for a bit and went to sleep

Today was a good day. I went to school and had a typical school day. When I came home, I started on my requirements. My shoulder was starting to get a little sore so I took it easy on burpees and pushups. I went to King Tiger this evening and worked on my 540 kicks some more. This evening I plan on finishing the movie Interstellar which I started last night. That wraps up my day.

Today I had a long day at school, and came home to run 3 miles, and do 15 minutes of push ups, sit ups, & burpees.

We finally got my room finished and all the flooring done, so I got to move everything back in yesterday. First time sleeping in my room in a little while, since we could only work on it a little at a time, with my parents working most of the time. I slept pretty good. Before school, we stopped to get some Starbucks. Had a pretty normal school day. Did some requirements after school, then class, then home to finish requirements. Shower & bed soon. 

Starting to think I may have a serious knee problem. Will continue rehab and see if I can get some improvement. Some new support devices should arrive today. Glad September is here and hope to see some cooler weather soon.

Today was my grandpa‘s birthday so I celebrated it the whole day. Did my daily run ,Felt like my endurance, and my stamina was getting better and better.

hi guys, today i went to south carolina and went to my aunt's house. it was pretty fun i havent seen her in a while. we came home pretty late and i finished up all my homework. goodnight!!

​Today was a good day. I woke up and knocked out some of my requirements while watching two online church services. After lunch, I dove straight into cleaning around the house and getting through some laundry. ​I also finished my essay on the diet challenge today. I officially decided to keep the challenge going through the end of the cycle—there’s no reason to regress to a less healthy lifestyle. I feel better, have more energy, and notice my endurance improving, so I might as well see how far I can take this. ​Finished the evening with a great dinner before heading back home to complete the rest of my requirements, shower, and call it a night. Another solid week is coming—I can feel it.

Today was pretty chill. I did a 3 mile ish run yesterday and it was definitely one of my worst runs. I went with my dog and sister and couldn't really keep up, had to take breaks every now and then and it wasn't that bad my last 3 mile run. My sister said it was mainly due to my eating habits and running form which we worked on. My time hasn't really changed at all this cycle, not as much as it did last time. I really wanna get faster but I need to have better stamina and endurance for that. Anyways, didn't run today and got to sleep in yay! I've been kinda sick the past 2-3 ish days but slowly feeling better. I ate breakfast and was kinda chilling and then got ready for sparring class. I'm slowly getting better and there were some people there I havent...

Today was a pretty chill day. I woke up later today because we didn't go to church until 11. The service was really good, and it talked about teens with phones and what the bible says about it. After, I came home and went on a walk. My knee has really been hurting lately, so I just did a mile and worked on the rest of my requirements. Other than that, I did some chores and just watched a show. I made dinner tonight, and while I was making it, the power cut out, so that sucks. Anyway, I hope everyone had an amazing day. Goodnight!

today I got back from a Boy Scout camping trip. I visited with my nephew and niece. Once I was done with that, I came home and did A 2 mile run and my exercise exercises

30 Today was a pretty normal day. I didnt do much. I woke up and did school work. It took me about an hour to finish. After that I had a fairly normal day. I said my goodbyes to my grand parents that were leaving my house. After that I played videogames with some of my friends and went outside.    Overall a pretty good day. 6.7893298/10

Today wasn't much of an eventful day. After being out all day yesterday, I stayed home and focused on being productive today. I was able to get some homework done and all my requirements. My run felt hard for some reason, my legs hurt and I was overall very tired. I guess everything is catching up to me. I worked on weapons forms today, for some reason they are hard for me to remember. I guess because we don't do them much in class. And if we do, its not very in depth unless we actually have time. 

I woke up had a protein shake and chilled out for a bit then did my essay and ate lunch. I then did my exorcises chilled some more and ate dinner.

    Today was as usuall, I woke up from my grandmas house and had a delicous breakfast. I then went home and completed my black belt exercises before having some dinner. I am now at the table eating my ice cream. Good night

Today I ran 7 miles & ran 5 yesterday. I also completed up to 2 hours and 10 minutes of kicking requirements today. ( my legs are so tired) 

I had a really restful day today. I woke up and did my requirements so I would not have to think about them for the rest of the day. My legs are still really sore so I am still trying to take it easy while they recover. The weekend felt like it went by too fast but everything goes by fast when your on cycle. I hope everyone had a good weekend and is prepared for another week.

Hey guys, today was a nice relaxing day for me, I was able to sleep in and eat some breakfast and hang out with my family, I started watching a really great movie with my family as well. Then we went to church and did all the things we need to do there, then we went home. Some of my other family members left to go do something with other people. Later our grandmother came over for dinner, it was great to have her over, then I finished my last assignment, now I will go to bed. I hope you all had a wonderful day, goodbye.

Today I woke up and did nothing. I just practiced poomsaes and stuff. Then I played soccer. It was fun as I was goalkeeper and I was playing like Vozinha, the Caboverdan goalkeeper. Then in the afternoon, I got flowers and cake for my dad, because it is his birthday tomorrow. We are waiting for the right moment to surprise him now!

Happy Sunday...sort of. I got up early and had a great run. Ms. Jen and I met at 9a.m. to run through all Hapkido stuff and some weapons forms. Stayed for poomsae class but just wasn't feeling it, I was super tired, could barely keep my eyes open, and was just thinking about the amount of requirements and homework I still had left to do. I came home and started on homework, took a break for lunch, and then dove into requirements. I got a good amount done before 4p.m. My dad and I went on another drive this afternoon, I'm definitely getting better. Hopefully I'll have enough energy to drive to school tomorrow. I came home, worked on homework for an hour, had dinner, and have been working on homework ever since. Hopefully I can finish up by 10p.m. but we'll see. I took a much needed 30 minute nap this afternoon which...

Ok still recovering from being sick. since im not contagious i want to go to class tomorrow but ill have a really bad headache, throat ache, and just be really tired. but i have to stop missing classes. ive taken like 3 naps today. so hopefully ill be better by tomorrow

Today was good, like all Sundays I went to church and it was fantastic as always. I love going and being with my peers my age and also with the adults cause sometimes I like to talk with them more than the kids my age. After church today when I got home, I made an apple cake with my dad and we brought it to that same member who had a stroke and he loved it. He had actually requested it from last time that I brought it because it tasted so good. After that when me and my dad got home we had breakfast for dinner, which might not seem like an actual meal, but it can be if done correctly, and it was done correctly. I wasn't there for all of it, but we watched Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and the battle of helms deep is...

Today I woke up around 8 in the morning being glad its still the weekends. After I woke up I got ready and ran my mile run. I was pretty happy I could start doing my mile runs and some requirements because my knee had healed enough. I got a time of 10:30 which was pretty decent. After I ate breakfast and chilled a lot. Around 1:00 I started to do a bit of schoolwork I had, so I did that. I rested a bit more and then I did some requirements for around half and hour since I had to catch up. I ate dinner later and then finished up the rest of the homework I had and went to sleep.

Woke up ate breakfast and went to church. Church was good. Ate lunch and did some requirements. Chilled some and did more requirements. Ate dinner and then looked over black belt test some. OMG I am so tired! 😴 

Today I went to Church and the sermon was about how Elijah prayed about many things but after 2 great things,(for rain to stop, and rain to continue) he also prayed that he might die because he was scared of someone coming to kill him. Instead of letting angels do what he asked, he told them to make bread and water and tell him to get up and eat. After the sermon I did my 3 miles and my other requirements before sparring. Today sparring was pretty good and I improved a lot from what I did on Friday. After sparring I took a nap in my dad’s truck when he was getting food and then when I got home, I took a shower. After my shower I ate and watched Chelsea vs Brighton. I wont spoil it because it just happened today and it was a really good match. There...

Today I woke up and ate breakfast. Then went to play soccer .Then I went to another one in a diffrent team. Then went to eat ice cream. So far so good.

One of the things I try to get students who have a belt test coming up (not just Bocho Dans) to do is be honest when assessing themselves about what their strengths and weaknesses are.  I have no problem telling them what I think I need to work on, and I invite them to join me in the dojang on Sunday afternoon for 30-45 minutes so we can help each other get better.  If I'm not there with another senior belt, I'm there by myself.  I've had lower belts join me for practice, but I'm still waiting on another Bocho Dan.  We have less than 5 weeks left. After I left the dojang, I went to one of the local bowling alleys and met with some friends to practice for a tournament we have coming up in December.  My brothers and I have been bowling since we were kids, but I...

Today has been resting. Which makes me feel a bit restless, but I need it. I just got caught up on my logging, and almost finished my written test. Great progress. My brain feels like mush lol. I might go for a walk at sunset. I’m not looking forward to school tomorrow. But I do have my free block so that will be helpful for essays. I think I’m going to skip my color belt classes this week. I usually help out then take the one after, just for practice. But my ankle isn’t behaving. So. I might stay to watch, I would much rather stay. But I need to actually take it easy, if that’s what it takes then okay. 

Today was a great day. I woke up and went to Saturday black belt class—it was a solid session, though I owe my poomsae group an apology since I definitely earned us a few extra rounds of push-ups and sit-ups! After class, I relaxed at home for a few minutes before tackling the huge task of organizing the garage. I worked on it for a few hours, then headed over to my parents' house to celebrate Dad's and Tasya's birthdays over dinner. It was wonderful catching up with family, even if a massive post-meal food coma hit me right on schedule. Back home, I jumped straight back into the garage for another couple of hours. I made serious progress—it’s not entirely finished, but it is in infinitely better shape than when the day started. Now it’s time to shower and head to bed. I almost didn't get this entry written tonight,...

It's late. I woke up at 7 for black belt class, and it was really good today, we did a lot of poomsae and self defense. Then, after that me and my brother went to the gym and knocked out a ton of requirements. I came home and played some games for a while, then I made dinner, and after that, went to hang out with a friend. That's why I'm journaling at 11:40 pm. It was a ton of fun though, we played a lot of games, that are a little too nerdy for me to say out loud or in this case in a blog, but anyway, I am very tired, but also very grateful for having my after 9's so I can drive after 9 pm, unlike before when I was within a window of, after 5:00 am and before 9:00 pm. Goodnight!

This morning I went to black belt class, and it really helped because it showed me that I need to stop focusing on black belt self-defense and focus more on the color belt stuff. Anyway, I came home and did my requirements and took a nap because I was really tired. Today was also one of my friend's birthday parties, and we went to a habachi restaurant that was really good. After that, my best friend and I went to Carowinds to hang out with some of our other friends, and I just got home from that. I hope everyone had an amazing week and is ready for a new one to start! Goodnight!

Getting ready to finish this day. It's been a long but good one. Good class this morning followed by some miles at the gym. Errands with the family, a much-needed nap   and then a birthday party with some of our friends/family.  Always a good thing. Meeting Peyton in the morning for some work before class and then the gym after. Hope that you have a great weekend!

Hello everyone, today was a good relaxing day, I woke up and went to black belt class, after that, I know the stuff that I need to work on. After class, I went to the gym with my brother, we did our exercises and our run. Once we got home I chilled for a while and had an awesome day, I started a show that I have been wanting to watch for a while as well. I hope everyone had a wonderful day, see you later.

hi guys i had bbc class this morning. i got a mentor and mentee session done too. i just came back from my friends dads bday party and it was pretty fun. im about to head to sleep. i think we're gonna head to greenville sc tmw?? idk for sure though. goodnight!!

Today I woke up early and went to sparring class. Then I mentored my mentee, then I got a mentor session. Then after I helped out with class, and I also led class. Then I got my book signed and left. Then I took a shower, and got ready. Then I went to play soccer outside. It was really hot so I went back inside. Then later I went back out and just hanged out with my friends after the rain. Then I went to an event and my friend was there so I ate dinner, and went back home.

It finnaly is here, the best part I of the week. I had so much time to do my tkd requirments today, I actually enjoyed it in a long time. After my shower, I went out to go play soccer with some friends. After that I played videogames with them and overall had a great day. Have a great day everyone.

Started with an early 6a.m. 3 mile run before class today. BBC was great, we did lots of poomsaes and self-defenses game-style! Family class and little tigers were fine. I came home just before noon and for about 5 hours I switched on and off between requirements and homework. Afterwards, I drove around town with my dad. I haven't been able to get a lot of driving practice in just because I'm so busy but today was a good day to do it and we did some errands along the way. We came and had dinner, I finished the rest of my requirements and then we relaxed with a movie for the rest of the night. I'm tired but its been a good, productive day. Have a great Sunday everyone! ~ Peyton

Today was an amazing day. I went to sparring class in the morning, helped out with classes and had a mentor session with Master Knight. I also hung out with my friends today. We just drove around to random stores and stuff. It was really fun. Today when I was out on my run, someone asked me if his daughter could run with me. She was about 12 and it was dark, so I understand why he asked that. At first I didn't really want to but I said yes even though I had to slow my pace (I wanted to get a personal record time today). It was actually okay and we were able to get faster after a while. It was very fun getting to know her and getting to run with someone else is always nice. 

Today I went to Black Belt Class and I feel like I could’ve done better, I made a lot of mistakes except for the part at the end where we did poomsaes as a team but we switched. I‘ve never really been the best at self defenses but I still have time to work on it. After that I finished my requirements and we were out almost the rest of the day. We went to see some friends of my parents and we ate at a Jamaican restaurant that was so good and then we had ice cream. After coming home, I talked with my homeboy while I was washing my face then I watched some YouTube.

Man I’m tired. I have tomorrow though, we’re skipping the park. So full rest/get caught up day. Yay. Although I’m gonna wish I had gone to the park lol. Good practice and it’s nice to be social on a day off. I took two naps today. (Pretty short but still) quite rare for me. I’m gonna try to log some requirements and work on the written test, then bed probably.

Woke up today to do a weekend blackbelt class, class assist, leadership credit, and a mentee session! I then did my workouts and went for a swim. after that I went go carting at K1 and got fourth place out of 11 teenagers on my second time go carting. I then got some groceries and headed home for dinner.

When I woke up today, my legs were really sore. hopefully they will feel better tomorrow. Class was pretty fun this morning, especially because of the poomsae game we played. I struggled to get through my requirements today because I was just really tired and sore and really not feeling it. My dad took me out to Waffle House this morning which was great because Waffle House is one of my favorite restaurants. Later in the day I did some yardwork and for the rest of the evening I tried to let my body recover as much as possible.

Sadly, yesterday i was sick and couldn't make it to either the blackbelt class or sparring so ill have to make those. also my mile today was 5 minutes longer than my average since im sick. but hopefully ill be better by monday to go to class!!!

I just realied today that in about 2 to 3 days my diet will be done! Anyway today I woke up and went to black belt saturday class which was so fun, after my dad and I went to Aldis store and got some food. Later we went home, ate, and watch a part of the movie then I got tired and tooke a nap. Soon after my dad went to bed, I then woke up around 2 pm, So we went to my mums house and went to the gym for a few hours. Once I got back I ate dinner and chilled out for a bit. I hope everyone had a wonderful day!

Woke up and  went to black belt class. I met with my mentor after class and worked on self defense. I ran a mile and then went to breakfast with my parents. When I got home I did more requirements and then knocked out another essay. I’m going to try to get ahead on some requirements this week so it isn’t such a challenge during the week with homework. 

.   Today was a pretty chill day. I woke up and went to black belt class before heading back home to do my exercises. After that, my mom and dad took me to go get some ice cream at the newly opened Huntersville ice cream store. After that, I went home and packed my stuff since I’m going to my Nana‘s house and she’s taking us out for a surprise. I can’t wait to see what it is. I’ll give an update on it later today. 

Today I have to journal early because I’m going camping and my phone will not work. I’m going to do my requirements. 

I updated my requirements today, just have a few days left to do. Some essay work tonight and I think that Sunday may be my second technology free day. I have a lot to do around the house after poomsae class and the gym so I am hoping that I can be productive and really use my time to get a lot done. My son's graduation is coming up and beyond proud of him, kept thinking about him and all of his first days of school today. Time is so funny, slow sometimes but so fast.  He never learned how to truly crawl, just a sort of soldier crawl but once he figured out how to pull up and stand he was gone, zipping all over the place.  And now he is officially a Journey Wireman and is thriving and preparing for his trip to Japan.  Very proud, I do wish...

Today was a really easy day. I didn't do anything in most of my classes, so that was good. I did have another meeting with my principal and got Beta Club officially confirmed! Which is so great because I have put so much effort into getting that started. Anyway, when I got home, I went for a walk and got 1 mile before it started raining, so I just started heading home. I did my requirements and got ready to go to my school's first home football game. The theme was USA, and that was really fun to see everyone dressed up. I hope everyone had an amazing day. Goodnight!

Today I had school. I came home from school and I did my requirements and hung out with friends

Today at school during band I went to class and saw east gaston  high school jr and seniors helping us 6th graders. I then went home after the rough day, A few hours later at my mums house I stayed there until aroung 6 pm is when my dad came from charlotte for 3 hours he was in charlotte. I then went to his house, ate and chilled out, I then went to go do my workouts except for running, after that I head to go clean my room a little. Once I was dome I chilled out for the rest of the evening. I hope everyone had an amazing day!

Today I couldn't make it to black belt class because I had another place to go to. However, I was bale to finish my week 3 journal requirements and will start on week 4 tomorrow.

This week flew by but also couldn't be done fast enough. Today was just one of those days where everything was rough. Classses were pretty tough today with pop quizzes and normal understanding checks. On top of that, I had a giant headache...not sure where its from, but I've had it since yesterday so maybe this is my sign to hydrate more. Little Tigers was alright, got some requirements in before black belt class and then afterwards when I came home too. Got takeout from Chipotle tonight and watched a movie with my dad. I'm hoping to wake up ealry tomorow and get in some miles before class but we'll see how that goes. This weekend I have come home with about 7 hours of school work...which is just great. That's about it for me, I hope everyone's week was exciting and eventful. Have a great weekend! ~ Peyton

Today I just woke up and went to school did nothing much. Then I went to Tae Kwon Do and took black belt class and sparring.

Woke up at 6 AM and decided to get coffee because I knew it was gonna be a long day for school after school. I try to finish all my homework and study for  economics of personal financial honors quiz. After I was finish, I want to taekwondo to get my black belt classes and sparring classes in.

​Today was another good day overall, aside from waking up pretty tired. I didn't sleep very well last night, so I was feeling sluggish and got to my workout about 30 minutes later than usual. Unfortunately, being late meant I missed the birthday pictures the ladies set up for my dad this morning. HAPPY BIRTHDAY POPS!​My foot was a bit sore from catching an elbow in sparring yesterday, but I still pushed through a solid workout at 9Round. After that, I headed to work to hang out with the few kids who didn't have school today. We made paper airplanes, and I set up targets for them to throw them through. I also got right back into cleaning the fleet. I finished three of them—minus the exterior wash, since we're still under water restrictions.​After work, I stayed for Friday Black Belt class. It was another good one; we worked on Hapkido...

hi guys, had a mentee session today before sparring class so that went well. sparring was pretty fun, i enjoyed it even though i'm not that great but i'm trying my best so that's always good. gonna head to sleep early bc i have bbc early in the morning tomorrow, goodnight!!

Today was a good day. School was fun today, its always fun on fridays. Every year we do this competition thing that all the grades particpate in. You go to each classroom and do different games. My group won out of the three groups in our class. It was fun. It rained super hard when was coming back from school. I was supposed to drive but my dad didn't let me since it was thunderstorming. I didn't want to anyway. After school I went to black belt class and sparring. I always like these classes because the structure is different, in weekday classes we are still with lower belts so classes are not as fast paced and they are usually structured in the same way. It can get a little repetitive so its refreshing when we do different and more advanced things on fridays. 

School was filled with note taking today. I think so far today, I've taken over 10-15 good pages of notes just on my AP Bio class alone. I also got my homework done for Mitchell, so I'm getting ahead again, which is good. I was able to go to black belt class today and we did the 15 breakaways again today, and it was good to get refreshed on them again. Me and my family watched the Super Mario Galaxy Movie tonight as well, and I enjoyed all of the references they made to all their different games and stuff, but it wasn't as good as the first Mario movie in what I'm guessing is at least going to be a trilogy. Anyway, I'm tired and I'm going to black belt class in the morning too, so I have to get some sleep, goodnight!

Today I had a pretty good day. School was good today, especially because I won't have anything to do over the weekend. When I came home, I knocked out my requirements and then went over to black belt class. Class was good but I can tell that I need to rest my legs because they are very sore. Despite that, after class, I went on a run. I am super tired so I am planning to go to be very soon. I hope everyone had a good week.

Today I woke up. Then went to school. Then had a soccer meeting after school. Then went home to eat lunch to get ready. Then went home to eat dinner then Going to sleep.

Hey everyone, today I had an AP World History test, and I think that I did pretty good on it actually. Then after school I went home and got my homework done. Then we went to TKD and got a black belt class. It was fun, then I went home and watched a movie with my family, I had a great day, I'll see you all later.

    Today was a pretty relaxed day. I used my new backpack for the first day. Anyways, I woke up, ate some breakfast got ready for school and went to the bus. After school, I hopped back on the King tiger bus and when I got there, I finished up my homework before getting picked up. My dad took me home to get my exercises done in which I then went to sparring class. It was very different and I enjoyed it. I recommend going there anyways so I got home and here we are. I'm in my bed eating ice cream. Good night 😴

28 Today I did my tkd requirments after school. After I went to tkd class and was so excited for sparring. The sparring drills. I learned many new things today and used them during sparring. I felt the drills were very innovative and exciting. After class, I went home and ok a shower.     overall a decent day.

Today was rough tbh. Getting more worried about the injury, it should’ve been healed by now. Sparring is the main thing that gets it. More than anything it’s just frustrating. I’ve always had my body. My mind can fluctuate, I’ll have bad days. But I always had my physical health. I could always run or kick or spar my way through feelings. Now the feelings are ABOUT not being able to run or kick or spar. It’s difficult. And I’m too far in to quit. If I’m not healed before the test, that’s an issue. If I don’t do enough to prepare for the test, that’s an issue. I don’t have those balanced yet. I’m going to try to take it easier next week. That’s what a few of my instructors have been saying, I haven’t listened. So I’ll try that.

I went to the gym early this morning and got in my requirements.  I have to tell you, hearing "you have to run 100 miles" as part of your Black Belt Cycle requirement is one thing, but actually doing it is something else entirely. In all my years of high school and college sports (football, baseball, wrestling), 10 years in the Army, including Airborne School (which is a different kind of hell), and 9 years of Shotokan Karate training (including 9 1-week Summer Special Training and 5 1-week Winter Special Training sessions) I have never run so much in my life.   After I left the gym, I went to South Charlotte to get fitted for a tux for a wedding I'm in on September 26th.  I'm sorry I'm going to miss the Combat Hapkido Seminar (I attended it last year), but when you're asked to be a groomsman in a wedding,...

Woke up ate breakfast and went to school. School was busy and good. I went to King Tiger after school and worked on requirements and then black belt class. Did 2 miles when I got home and more requirements. I’m baked!!