Candidate Journals

Today I woke up early and went to school at 8 am, once I got in my homeroom for 6th grade I found my seat and we talked about everything for the day and how the day is going to go. After that class we all 30 people in 1 class went to reading and watched a video and decoded a paper, after that class I went to band and art. Once I got back I went to soical studies with a teacher that has a very thick accent. I then headed to science and we did really not that much. I went to my dads house after school to grab my uniform and went to my moms house to eat and change to my uniform. I went to taekwondo and did all three classes, I went home and changed out of my uniform. Right now Im doing my other workouts...

I woke up and ate breakfast and went to King Tiger camp. Today was swim day and it was so much fun. It wore me out. My Mom picked me up early so I could work on my requirements before going to black belt class at Master Evins’ school. Back to school tomorrow…..UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!

First day of school today, it was pretty easy since it was just a half day and all the hard stuff starts tomorrow, but high school feels the same as middle school, but except I know it's going to be harder. But other then that my day was good, went to TKD then went on a nice run, then chilled and ate some dinner. I hope everyone else's day was as good as mine was, see you later.

For the past 3 weeks, I've been using Wednesdays (more than the Black Belt, Sparring and regular practice days) to concentrate on my requirements.  With that in mind, I took a Cardio & Strength class today at the Harrisburg Y.  Nobody told me the instructor was a cross-fitter!  I knew I was in trouble when she started the class off with suicides on the basketball court.  I had been told we'd start off by jogging twice around the building.  Nope.  After 5 rounds of suicides, we got into the kettlebells, dumbbells, jumping rope, and burpees (you knew that was coming).  After 2-3 more weeks of this class, I should be in good shape for September 26th.

I woke up today to start with some breakfast did some grit and took a nap. Woke up around 2:00 and just chilled until my dad got home and we did the 5:15 class.

Had a mentee session today, assisted/took class. Made more music progress, hung out with the cats. I’m a little overwhelmed but doing fine. Making good progress but the ankle is still irritating. Good night guys.

I woke up and did my physical requirements like normal. I then practiced everything that was on the list for the testing on Saturday. I took a break for a little bit and then practiced a lot more. I was able to get a mentee session in today as well. Basically my full day was training for the Saturday testing. I guess you could say that I am a little anxious about the testing but I feel that all will be fine. Tomorrow I plan to do the same as today to try and get in as much preparation before Saturday.

Today I focused on the more physical requirements: pushups, situps, burpees, plank. I need to find some time to get more jump ropes in soon.

Today I woke up went to my second day of school. I went to class early and talked to my friend. After school I ate a quick snack in the car and went straight to my gym class. I went home ate dinner and showered.

t-1 day till school 🫩🫩🫩. i have yet to get any school supplies so…anyways, today i was trying to enjoy the last of my freedom. i did my requirements in the morning because i had to go to school and help my friend do her senior parking spot. after that i had lunch and got a haircut. then i came home and finished my summer assignments for physics.   

I stayed at my grandpa's last night. Played with the kittens for a while after I got up and moving, then we went to my great grandparents house. When I went to black belt class, I suggested working on rolls & falls so I wouldnt have to do as much once I got home. After class I did my requirements then went home. Now im getting ready for from bed, got our first day of school tomorrow. I dread getting up that early everyday 

Today I had band camp in the morning. Instead of running on the track we ran around the school. The pt wasn’t too too bad today. I finally memorized my main songs today so that made me happy. I think i’m pretty alright at the dances as well. We are playing for the freshman tmr at orientation to excited for that! When I came home I went to tkd to get a leadership credit in and my friend actually came with me because we had to work on a trifold together since we are starting a club and we have a present a little thing to recruit members. It’s been a pretty long day like usual. But dinner was really good, my sister made pasta and this burrata dip with toasted bread. Still falling behind on some things so once band camp is done I really need to lock in on...

Today, I decided to do my first digital detox. I woke up and went on a walk, and did my requirements really early. My sister just finished her senior parking spot, so I went to go see it because I'm gonna have to drive to school a lot this year. After I got home, I read a lot of my book and started writing that essay. I had taekwondo tonight, and we worked a lot on rolling and falling (I think I'm getting a little better). Anyway, I hope everyone had an amazing day. Goodnight!

Today I woke up pretty late and got dressed for my mums office. When we got to my mums office I got this cabinet thing and some sharpies so I could finish it, Once I got situated I started coloring it for a few hours which was amazing when it was finished I set it down and did some of my workouts for the day. Later once we left I went home ate and went to taekwondo for all 3 classes and got in a setion with my mentee. Once I got home I got in the shower and cleaned up. I now am getting ready for bed. I hope everyone had an amazing day!

Today, I finished my exercises in the morning again, and boy was I sore today. The concert last night was amazing! The Openers were good, but Muse was another level. They played all of their hits and one of the songs hit different (it's called Knights of Cydonia jsyk). I went to taekwondo and got my poomsae and self defense and kicks done and practiced. I was able to remember the 10 breakaways without having to look them up or ask for questions so I'm happy with that. today was a good day, hope yours was too! Goodnight!

In tonight's class, for the first time in the few years I've been practicing Taekwondo, I momentarily lost my temper with a fellow student.  Losing my temper is something I rarely do in any situation but there's a time and place for everything, and, to me, practice is not the place to be screwing around, especially for those of us on the Black Belt cycle, and especially from a student who's a higher belt.  Blue belts and up should be setting the example for the lower belts, not playing around in class.  I talked to the student after class, and hopefully we won't have a repeat of this incident.  

Hello everyone, today was the last day of summer for me, I'm disappointed because this summer has been my best summer. But, it doesn't mean I won't have a good year, I'm ready for it and I believe in my self, I also believe in anyone else who is also going back to school. Yesterday we went to a concert and that was so cool, there was an awesome lightshow that just blew me away. I hope everyone is having a great cycle, and I will see you all later.

hellooooooo, today i woke up so early today so i can adjust to school timings. tomorrow is the first day of school but im not going so yayyyyyy that means extra day of summer. so much for last first day of school but oh wellll i can sleep instead :). i did all my requirements and then had a shift. now im just gonna go relax and go to bed. goodnight!! 

Today was such a fun last day of summer break! I woke up ate cereal and went to get my haircut then I went home ran my mile and did my physical work then I went to my friends house and we played together and got ready for our “pool party” after we went to the pool together and played lots of fun games! After we came back and had pizza and watched movie. Then went home and played Roblox with my friends and went to bed!

Today was the last day of summer break. And, a very depressing one at that. It was cloudy all day and rained for most of the evening so I wasn't able to go outside or play volleyball. I haven't played volleyball in so long I'm so sad. I skipped my run today because 1, it rained and 2 my knee has been killing me. I actually really don't like skipping runs it makes me feel lazy. I did all my requirements and worked on bolo form which I mostly forgot. I'm going to sleep early because I have school tomorrow. Good night if you're reading this and have fun on your first day of school if its tomorrow!

Happy Tuesday! Longgg day at the pool but a great time! Kids behaved for the most part and all of them were smiling and having fun! Went back to KT for class, snack, and toys. The day went by pretty quick but the pool definitely sucks a lot of energy out of you. I managed to get most of my requirements in tonight before dinner, but I'm definitely tired. Now I'm just working on my summer assignment for the rest of tonight. Probably should've started earlier but this summer has been super busy. Tomorrow is my last day working summer camp for 2026 so its a little bittersweet moment. I feel like I got to know some of the counselors and kids on a deeper level and thats always really special. I start school Thursday so getting back into the school routine will be nice but also an adjustment. I hope...

Toda I woke up and did some pages of the Grit Workbook. Then I ate breakfast and right after that I played soccer outside with my friends. It was very hot outside. Once I went back inside I had lunch then took a shower. 

Today I woke up around 8 in the morning an d had breakfast. After breakfast I waited a bit then ran my mile. For today's mile I was able to get 30 seconds lower than yesterdays time and got 10:12 something. After that I quickly finished up the rest of my requirements, relaxed a bit then had lunch. After that I had to go to a doctor's appointment and then to a store to a took some time anyways I just prepared for my first day of school which is tomorrow. I am pretty excited but nervous, and sort of sad because I didn't get in any of my friends classes. Guess I'll just have to make new friends. Anyways that was pretty much it for today, Cya tomarrow!

Pool day for my group, always a good day for my kiddos. It's that time of the summer where the kids need to get back in school and back to their routines.  All in all this has been a really good summer with some of my kiddos making a great deal of progress, some swam for the first time or came out of their shell, others really helped to make new campers feel welcome.  And I could see a lot of positive growth in campers that in previous summers had been challenges. Very happy about that! We made tubular paper airplanes the other day and every single one worked. Lucas told me about them last summer, I had never heard of them. Big hit! I had my last late session with Peyton to prep for Saturday.  Working on getting my creative down and a few spots in other poomsae.  I know...

Is the last day of summer🥺. I had a lot of fun this year, but I’m still kind of sad that it ended. Today in Taekwondo I helped out with a class ditto leadership credit a mentee and a mentor session and I got a black belt weekday class on.

    Today was pretty low-key. Went to King Tiger, did my black belt exercises with Aiden, and went home and had some delicious Orange Chicken and fried rice. However I did have to catch up on quite a bit since I was on a four day cruise, which I really enjoyed. This left me with a good amount of minutes to complete for my exercise. Other than that, it was a pretty calm day, I met my teachers they all seemed very nice. Now here we are. It's almost the end of the day. I am thinking about finishing off my day by watching my TV and or eating a popsicle. Anyways, if your reading this, "Good Night."😴   If your reading this Aiden I see you :)

Busy day. Woke up, ate breakfast and went to King Tiger camp. Today was movie day. I did some requirements at camp with Landry. I got picked up early and went and got a haircut before my orthodontist appointment. I did the rest of my requirements when I got home. I will sleep good again tonight. 

Today I woke up late but I still got everything done before lunch. I ran my fastest time since starting the cycle which is 6:54. I’ve never ran a mile before the cycle. I only did 2 practice runs before the pre-test just to get ready in preparation. I did 9:15 on the pretest but that was my fastest back then. I’ve already improved a lot which I’m really happy about. Today’s my first day of the diet and I feel like I’m not affected as much by it. I’m just not eating fast food and sweets and eating more protein full foods and vegetables. I’m overall just eating healthier. I normally eat pretty healthy but I do like to eat sweets and stuff. At class today I learned a lot concerning kicks and blocks and forms. Master Weeks Mentored me on everything he saw I had to fix during class.

I woke up around 8:00 to get breakfast and go to Bailey middle for the community service project I was doing for my teacher. I helped clean up the classroom and made desk arrangements for the next students. After that I wrote my essay about it and then headed home. 

Today I ran two miles because felt like I need to get better with my stamina. Went to black belt class today, also was able to get some leadership credit and celebrate one of our leader las day working with us.

10 Today was a little difficult to run as I felt irritation in my lower knee area, but I pushed through and ran my early morning mile. After tkd requirments, I took a shower and got ready to go meet my grandma after a long time. It was so fun hanging out with her. She is so sweet and she cooks amazing food. She is the best thing I was ever introduced to. Overall it was very fun .

I took a week off of running and jumping because I was having some irritation in my knees. Today was my first day back running and I did a 1 mile run/walk to see how I felt. I'm ahead on miles so I'll still take it easier this week but looking forward to progressing again.

Had open house this evening so I had to miss class. But I got to meet all my new teachers and see a few of my friends from last year. My teachers all seem pretty nice. I'm still on my summer sleep schedule so I've got to get back to my school schedule but I'm still pretty excited about this year!

Today I had band camp in the morning like usual and it was soo hot today. I’m slowly getting better at piccolo though but flute will always have a special place in my heart. The dances are kinda fun to do as well. I was able to get my physical requirements in though so that’s good. When I came back I chilled a little before calling my friend because we are starting a club together at my school and we had to work on a little presentation since the club fair is coming up soon. It took pretty long but we were goofing off a lot. I definitely need to catch up A LOT on my poomsae and self defense minutes as well as pull ups. Once band camp is over life will be easier. It’s that last week so just pushing through! Goodnight!

I woke up pretty early and was able to get my physical requirements knocked out. We got the testing schedule for the master's testing on Saturday so for the next couple of days, that is what I will be practicing very intensely. It has been six months since I got my driver's license so I was able to order my fully unrestricted license. It should come in within a week. Speaking of driving, this will be the first schoolyear in which I drive myself to and from school. That's going to be a little strange at first but I'm sure I will get used to it. I hope everyone's week is going good as we continue through week 4.

​Today was a good day. Work went well, though it felt like most of the groups were pretty uppity—almost like it’s a full moon. Hopefully, they’re a little calmer tomorrow. ​Came home to complete some requirements and then took the boat back to storage. On the way home, grabbed dinner with my wife at a new-to-us spot recommended by my in-laws; would definitely go back. Finished a few more requirements after getting back, and now it's bedtime. ​Didn't get a run in today, so I'm planning a long one tomorrow (around 4–5 miles). Weirdly enough, I'm actually looking forward to it.

Today I woke up and, like always I did some pages of the Grit Workbook. Then after this I folded the clothes and took a shower. Then in the after noon I went to play tennis, then I ran a mile at Harrisburg Park, then from there I went to my parents friends house and we stayed there for much longer than we thought we would. We planned to stay there for only 5 minutes but we ended up staying there for 2 hours, and we ate dinner there. Once we left I was very tired.

hellooooooo, i spent most of my dad doing my apps and hanging out with my sister. i was supposed to go to tkd today to help out and get a mentee session in but my sister had a dance practice and i had to help all the kids with the steps and technique. i did my requirements after practice and now im dreadingggg for school to start in 3 days. sighhhh its okay senior year yay! anyways goodnight!

Today I was pretty busy I had an SAT class in the morning, then I had a violin class after that. After that I ate lunch, finished my requirements and went to work. Today was my last day of working at King Tiger for the summer. I can't work over the school year for now because my school gets out at 4:00 and my bus gets home super late. I'm going to miss some of the kids from the earlier classes which I probably will never see again. Tomorrow is the last day of summer break which is sad, I feel like this summer break went by way too fast. 

Woke up early to get another 3 mile run in--I've run 9 miles in 3 days which is a lot for me--and my legs are definitely feeling it. Started on some AP world summer homework and then got the rest of my requirements done before work at 1p.m. Summer camp and classes were good, I stayed after with Ms. Jen for another creative form/kicks session. We definitely got a lot of good work in today. Also not to brag...but baby Olive walked toward me (or anyone) for the first time--she did it 2 different times too--with Master Chelley balancing her. She grabbed onto me and I just know I had this huge grin across my face. It was adorable! Came home around 9:30p.m. ate some dinner, took a shower, and am heading to bed soon. I hope everyone had a great start to the week! ~ Peyton

Today I woke up and ate breakfast at school.I went to see new students and maybe friends, and old friends. My day after school I went to the mall. Then I went to tae kwon doe for more training and more caught up now. After class I went to get my book signed, and after we went home we ate pasta.

Today I woke up early at 7 and ran my mile. Due to the fact I didn't run yesterday I went a bit slower and also because it was really sunny. After I had breakfast and then starting doing a bit of my requirements, I still felt tired from the day before yesterday to it took some time. After that I kept spending time with my grandparents and gamed a lot today. That's pretty much all I did, looking forward to doing my white belt challenge soon!

Today was pretty great. So I woke up and went to the gym for a 2 mile run with my mum, After I went home and did my other workouts, then I started doing some art in my room for I think around 3 hours just drawing on this cabinet which was so fun. Later me and my mum headed to orentation where my dad was because my mum had a very important meeting, after the slide show I went to go meet a few of my teachers, me and my dad then went to my band teachers room and met her. I then went to my dads house and did my own thing for a little before I headed to my mums house. Well I hope everyone had an amazing day!

Today was really productive. I got a lot of stuff done early. I finished my requirements, made a lot of progress on my song me and my friend are producing. I also got to watch YouTube for a while and even got to take a little nap before class. At the Dojang, I took philipines martial arts class, then I helped out in 2 and took 1. I listened to a lot if music throughout the day and I think it helped me a lot. Me and my mom made a plan for my diet I have to do after class and during dinner.

to start off with today the reason why there are two dates with 8/10 is because yesterday since I came home late at 12 the date changed.  So today was a simple day, I woke up and cleaned my room while calling my best friend after I practiced my poomaes and then took a class and went straight to taekwondo. Then me and my dad went grocery shopping for snacks and then I ran my mile and did my physical work. The  ate dinner  and played Roblox and went to sleep.            

today i woke up unable to move my right leg. i must've messed it up during sparring yesterday. i tried to do some stretches my mom told me to do to regain mobility. i was able to do all my requirements after except my mile run took a little longer than usual. in the afternoon i headed to taekwondo to have a mentor session and i helped out with two classes. these days it seems the instructor to student ratio is way too much. maybe all the students are travelling for the summer...?

Today I woke up to my sister's puppy licking my face, so that was fun. My brother and I went on a three-mile walk today, and when I got home, I did my requirements. I told my brother I would take him to the pool, so we went there for a while, and when I got back, I had to get ready for taekwondo. I got to help with the shin kickers and the white belt class today, and it was fun to be able to help. Then I took red belt class, and we went over some color belt forms and did rolling and falling. Now, I got a copy of the written test, so I'm trying to go through all of my study guides to find everything. Okay, sorry that was a lot. I hope everyone had a great day. Goodnight!

I got my running and other requirements in early at the Y (which opens at 5:00am) because I had an appointment at the dentist later in the morning and I didn't know how I'd feel at Black Belt class tonight after I'd been given anesthesia.  After I warmed up, I felt OK, so it wasn't really an issue like I thought it might be.  Also, a new instructor (4th Dan) joined our class tonight.  I think he'll be a great addition to our dojang.  

Day I went and helped with a class at Taekwondo. Then I had to go do something for Boy Scouts after all of that I came home and now I’m doing my requirements.

I woke up and ate breakfast and went to King Tiger camp. Today was park day and it was fun. I ran a mile with Master Matthew and really improved my time. I finished my requirements when I got home. I am so glad to be caught up!

I enjoyed my time on board the Carnival Sunshine and really enjoyed it. We played several game shows including deal or no deal! We bought a ticket for a possiblity to be selected as a player up on the stage on deal or no deal. Low and behold, on the screen apeared, "Mathew Sherrill", my dads name. He got to go up on stage and he won $129. Today we had to depart so we packed our things and started our long drive back home. I don't feel prefect as I came back with a stuffy nose and a headace. Anyways I had a great time on the cruise and I am wishing my self good luck on catching up on the black belt cycle exercises.

Today is the day im starting my diet! i decided that eating more protein would be good for me especially when im on the cycle. im excited to see how it effects me!!!

Hello everyone, today was a good day, I woke up and went to an orthodontist appointment and then ran some errands with my mother. School is starting this week and I feel prepared, I know it's going to be hard, but I will do good. I'm going to go to a concert later, I'll talk about how it went in my next journal, see you all later.

I finished my requirements early today, like before Jack even woke up. I started prepping for some of my other essays with more difficult topics, like the Ki Energy essay. I also was able to hit chest day today and got a really good pump. I can still push 155 lbs for 8 reps, which is okay, but I'm working on it. my current goal is to hit 185 for reps. I'm going to a concert today and I'm super excited, cause these guys are really good, and it's why I'm journaling earlier today as well. Have a good rest of your day, bye!

Today was super boring I woke up around 6 and ran my mile and did my physical work and practiced. I’m kinda stressed to because I’m such a slow learner and so my pomsae and self defense is not looking good. But I’m going to try to lock in for the next 2 days especially excuse school starts on the 12th. Anyways today we drove back home and honestly I just slept for the most part. I ate subway and chicken pizza which was so yummy. Anyways I ended the days off by cleaning my room and heading to bed.

I’m very tired. Again lol. Gonna sleep in tomorrow. I got a good writing session in today. Essays and music later. I wish the music inspo could strike sometime before 12:30 am lol. That’s always the earliest. Anyways, beautiful song coming along which is always nice. I am pretty irritated about my ankle. I walked my mile on a treadmill today, took me forever and still hurt afterwards. Went faster, it hurt. Up the incline, it hurt. Even pushups did today. Like that one isn’t even ABOUT YOU. Anyways, frustrating but I’m trying to make myself rest. Which I now know I’m terrible at lol. But I’m good at writing essays, well and fast, so I’m trying to focus on the academic process I’m making. That’s all, goodnight guys.

I was super tired this morning which added some extra difficulty to my requirements but I was still able to knock them out at a relatively early time of the day. My body was feeling a lot better today when practicing kicks and poomsae, I don't know why my hips were hurting so bad yesterday. I played chess for a while in the afternoon which was pretty fun. This evening was not too eventful, I just relaxed and rested so I will be prepared to really practice my creative form tomorrow.

Saturday is coming up quick. Lots of poomsae work today and kicks. Fine tuning but also just trying to keep the nerves at bay as well.  This week will be about locking my creative down and getting my mind ready, and turns...working on my turns. I finished up my requirements with Joel this afternoon when we got home from Ikea...closet organization shopping. Today was finalizing what we  want to go with and now just double-checking our measurements. Stretching tonight, my left hamstring is tight. The partner stretches we did this morning helped quite a bit though so just some light stuff tonight.  Happy second to last week of Summer Camp! Have a great week!

​Today was a good day. Woke up early and cut the grass before heading over to my parents' house for my nephew's 18th birthday. It's crazy how fast those 18 years have flown by. ​They had pizza, wings, garlic knots, and mozzarella sticks. I kept it sensible with a few slices of pizza and a few wings—pretty good overall! For dessert, there was ice cream cookie dough cake and ice cream Oreo cake. Wanting to stay on track with my intake goal, I opted for just a small slice of the Oreo cake. It was so good, and so sweet. ​Once I got back home, I hung out with Christian for a few hours. We spent time gaming, grabbed dinner, and worked on restoring a computer—he’s really excited to see how it performs. I also managed to knock out some requirements while watching part of a movie with him. ​Off to...

Sunday: I woke up to eat breakfast. Next I went to church. After church I went to shop for school supplies. After that, I went to red lobster. Next I went to the movies. After the movies I went home to pack my stuff for school. Thats was my sunday.   Saturday: I woke to eat breakfast. Next I went to get my dads surprise party ready when we were inviting people to the pool party. When the party was ready my dad was happy when he saw the surprise. In the middle of the party was a corn hole spot that my dad helped put. At the end of the party my dad opened every gift he got. Then we went to bed to sleep.  

Today I went to church and learned something important. God won’t always give what you expect or exactly what you asked for because you might need the experience. After Church I chilled at the house until Sparring. I met someone new and I don’t know if it’s spelled the same way but it sounds like Decoy. He was really tall and he helped me learn something; I can use crescent kicks and Inside out kicks a lot more and put them to use. It’s like Curry with a 3 pointer. If you can consistently get the higher scoring shot off and make it, then you’ll be harder to beat. After sparing I completed my physical requirements and made some progress on me and my friends collaborating.

Hey guys, today I went outside to my gym and did some requirements and ran alot outside. After that at 6 I had a sweet 16 to go to and spent the rest of my time there. 

I’ve been falling a little behind on my journals lowkey. Today I got to sleep in finally and when I got up I was planning on going to sparring class but I had to end up doing stuff with my family. I have time to make it up. Later on I went to the mall and buy some stuff for our house. We had food at the mall and it was reallyyyy bad. When I came back home i had an online meeting and right after I went to watch the odyssey and it was very good. I just came back home, goodnight!

hellooooo, i'm very very tired right now. we were getting the house ready because we had some guests come over and it was super fun. after they left i got in my requirements and went for a run at the gym. my sister had a dance practice at our house with all her friends so it got reallyyyyyy hectic. anyways off to bed, goodnight!!

Last night I spent the night at my friend's house, and when I woke up, we went on a walk. Since school is starting soon, we went to the outlets and shopped for a few hours before one of my friends had to leave. After that, I went home and did my requirements. My mom and I had to run to Target to get the rest of my school supplies (although it failed) before school starts next week. Okay, so that was my day. I hope everyone had an equally amazing Sunday. Goodnight!

yesterday my day started of simple as I tried to get every thing done in the morning .Then went downstairs to eat brunch .After brunch I played a game with a guest who came to our house .The helped my sister with her studies and played with her. Around evening I went to go play outside with my friends where I also did my mile for the day .One I got home I ate dinner and played another game .After all of this I went to bed.

9 Today was pretty hard to wake up, I woke up very sore with body aches all over. Nevertheless, I still went and ran 2 miles this morning. It felt like the running helped me ease my pain a little. A warm shower followed right after, for, soon I was off to a family friend's house to share a lunch together. It was quite fun to be at there house and the food was amazing. We made brownies with them and they turned out amazing. Overall the day was pretty fun and I had a blast at my friend's house.

Today I woke up, did some pages of the Grit Workbook, and the I had breakfast. Then after breakfast I went outside and played with m friends, then I went another friends house. We played on his Nintendo Switch and we also played a card game. Then I went home and it was raining very hard! 

This past week and a half I have been drilling down my creative form, Yuk, Koryo, Keumgang, Taebaek, and Pyeongwon since those are the poomsaes that I and the other 3rds and higher are performing for Grandmaster Lee next Saturday. I feel ok-ish as of now but I'm sure later in the week stress will be high. I went to TKD for about 2.5 hours today and worked on kicks and poomsae. Straight to a birthday party for a few hours and then back home for my requirements. I went on another 3 mile run in the evening and I definitely prefer running in the morning. Its just too hot and muggy outside after 10a.m. Anyways had dinner, watched some TV, played ping pong, and ate ice cream the rest of the night. I hope everyone had a great weekend and has a great start to the week tomorrow! ~ Peyton

Today I was up early at like 6:45 in the morning and wasn't really in moon for a run. Since my grandparents came here for the first time and I haven't seen them in 3 years I decided to spend the whole day with them. In the morning since we woke up early we caught the sunrise. Then we had breakfast and caught up with them. We talked for a few hours then we had lunch. We chilled a bit more together than my grandparents went to take a nap. They napped for like 3 hours since they were very jetlagged and I rested too since I was "carlagged". After we went in our backyard picked some fruits that grew, after my aunt and uncle came over so we had dinner with them, desset, and then went to sleep.

Did most of our school shopping yesterday. We went to get supplies and our shoes when my mom got off work today. Afterwards, I came home and knocked out my requirements. And now I'm playing the video game, winding down a little before bed.

Today I went for a walk/run. I did 6 miles switching between walking and running, and it was really good. I was able to get all of my requirements done and prep for my lesson that I had in church today, and I think it went well. We had read in the book of Esther this past week, and It's really amazing, because it follows the story of Esther , an orphan girl, who rises to become the queen of Persia and the savior to her people. Anyway, got to go to bed early tonight because tomorrow's gonna be a late night; I'm going to a Muse concert! Goodnight.

Today I got a new dresser and that was about the only exciting thing. My requirements are done and I’m posting this.

Hello everyone, today was nice because I got to go to church and see a bunch of really good people. After that we went home and I went 5 miles and did my requirements. I had a nice chill day, I hope your day was as great as mine, and I hope you who are going back to school as well are going to do fantastic.

Today I took a practice test to prepare for my SAT which is is in a couple weeks. I got a pretty good score on it but I've gotten higher scores before so I wasn't very happy about it. As long as I practice consistently I should be able to get a good score on the real test. Also, today I was able to drive again after a long time, I just drove to Publix with my parents to get groceries which added another half an hour to my total time. I need 60 hours to get a license and so far I have about 20. I wanted to go for a run today but it started raining really hard so I couldn't go. Anyway, yesterday I ran a 5k so technically I didn't have to run today. 

Today was amazing because first I woke up and cleaned my room after waking up and getting energized for the day, I then watched some videos my friends sent me so I could be ready to go to the gym for my workouts and yoga or body balence. After morning I headed to the gym with my mom for my mile, after my mile I went to the privtate trainer room for my other things. Soon after I went to do the yoga class for I think 1 hour and 30 minutes which was so relaxing. Soon after I went to Wally World (Walmart) for some things. After I went home and called my friends for an hour and a half. I now am coloring a shelf. I hope everyone had a wonderful day!

Today I was able to recover better from my injury and was able to walk four miles to recover my missing logs in my journal. I was able to also stretch and recover from my muscle spasms and was also studying for my SAT in the meantime.

I worked my butt off this weekend but I am finally caught up on my requirements!! My legs are toast. I am worn slap out. Going to sleep good again tonight!!

I went to dojang today and went over some poomsaes, self-defenses, basic kicks, and Staff #1 by myself.  I also tried out some kicking combinations on the heavy bag in anticipation of sparring class this week.  After I left from there, I went to the Harrisburg Y and got in my requirements.  I was also able to get in some extra work with someone who goes to another TKD school in Harrisburg.  I told him I was going through the Black Belt cycle and some of the requirements.  He's a 2nd Dan, so he was able to critique my kicks and Koryo poomsae.

I feeling sick from yesterdays throw up and headache and I felt like a zombie when I got out of bed. I could not do requirements and doubling up is no problem later in the week. Just want to fall asleep for 14 hours and wake up pristine condition and do the rest of my requirements that I missed.

My Grandson Joseph's birthday today. Having a family get together soon. Got a great workout in earlier. Lots of good weights to throw around, and miles on the eliptical. Then to King Tiger to get some poomse work in.

Gonna go to the park tmrw morning to train. I’ll be tired again but that’s fine. Got my sticks today, yay. I’m very tired so I’m going to leave it at that and sleep, goodnight guys.

Today I woke up early to head to the Saturday black belt class. I wasn't able to get any requirements in the morning because was so early. In class we did this thingy where we only did poomsae's and kicks only with the same belt rank as us and the others had to step off the mat. This was pretty new for me but also pretty intresting. Anyways after class I had to go to Atlanta to go pick up my grandparents from the airport that came to stay with us for the first time from India. This was REALLY fun since It was a pretty good road trip and I got to eat taco bell for lunch and chipotle for dinner. I also got to relax the whole day in the car so yeah it was really fun. We got home with my grandparents around 12:00/midnight, I showed them around...

Black belt class today was just our school and not Grandmaster Evins. Woke up early and started practicing and getting requirements done. went to volunteer, and it was easy today, but it felt really long, even though it was only 2 hours. Then I went home and played some games to wind down, but I ended up going to a friends house and staying about 3 hours, so that's why I'm journaling extra late today. I am super tired today, goodnight!

Hey everyone, today was fun because we got to go to Black Belt Class, it wasn't a Grand Master Evins class though. After class I used the vacuumed all the floors of the TKD Dojung. Then we did class and I did my job, after that I went home, and got a hair cut. After I went home and chilled and took a nap, because I got 1 hour of sleep last night and it took a toll on my body. Then we ate some dinner, and I was finally able to introduce my mom to the movie called The Batman after 5 years. Now I'm gonna go to bed, hope you all had a wonderful day, and don't forget to get lots of sleep. I hope you are all doing great, goodbye.

hellooooo, today i went to bbc in the morning and had a mentor session right after. my hips are super sore from sparring yesterday and i woke up with this BIG beautiful lovely bruise on the side of my arm from getting kicked so much yayyyy :))). my family and i went to the mall and got a bunch of clothes and shoes for school and then we came home for dinner. pretty fun day today!!

​Today was a great day. Didn’t wake up as early as I wanted, but I still got plenty of work in. ​Got to black belt class this morning, which was fantastic.  It was a great class taught by my sister, Master Natasya.  I'm so blessed to have some much experience in my family and around, not just me but all of the testers, there is no reason why we cant all get to the end goal. There are plenty of things I need to correct within a lot of the upper belt poomsaes.  A big thank you to Peyton for helping me after class get my notes right so I can practice properly. ​Got home and went out for a 3-mile run, and it felt terrible! Had to stop about 10 times, but I kept pushing through and finished. Ate some fruit and had a protein shake for breakfast before relaxing...

Today I went to sparring and was able to leader the class for a bit. After that I did my daily workout and challenges.

BBC with Master Natasya this morning, super helpful for running through some curriculum.  The mat was full of black belts and we were all working hard. I was happy with my Yuk...I have been having issues withbit but today definitely helped me relax some and I felt better for it.  Tons of work went into getting to that one poomsae today...excellent lesson for me in that.  Then on to the gym where I got some miles waiting for Joel and then we moved on to an upper body workout.  Why have been finishing upper body with pull-up worj and dips?  Sheer lunacy.  I finished strong, such a good feeling!  And thank the universe for the massage chairs! Have a great weekend!

This morning, I went to a black belt class at Lake Norman, and after that I went home and stayed at home for a little bit. Then I went to my friends house and we went to do airsoft and then we watched the new Spider-Man. Once I got home from all that I did my requirements for the day. 

hi guys. today i went to black belt class in the morning. i learned second dan special for the first time which wasn't too bad actually. then i went to my sat prep class which had me on the verge of sleeping until the next decade. after that i went home and had lunch and did my requirements. after that i went to my volunteering. after volunteering i had dinner and now im writing this :)

I had to help my mom go set up for a charity event that she had this morning. And when I got home I got to build some of my lego’s. After I finished with that I went on a walk with my brother and my puppy, but my puppy is really slow so we only ended up walking 2 miles. I got home and finished my requirements and now i’m about to go over to my friends house. I hope everyone had a great day. Goodnight!

Happy Saturday everyone! I was going to get up early and run this morning but that didn't happen...had a great BBC led by Master Natasya. We did lots of kicks, poomsaes, and self-defense. I had some yellow belts in family class today, just getting everybody ready for color belt testing in a week. I went home, ate a quick lunch, and then my mom and I headed out to have a fun day together. We explored a little town called Lincolnton, did some browsing in cute little stores, and made a much needed ice cream pit stop on the way back at Cookies N Creme. Absolutely delicious as always. Whats everyone's favorite ice cream flavor? Mine is anything with chocolate, the last few years I've been really into a flavor called dark chocolate raspberry truffle (which is what I got today). I came home and pumped out my requirements. Had a...

8   Today I woke up feeling AMAZING. I was so motivated and energized when I went on my morning run. I was so full of energy I went for 2 miles instead of 1. I took a shower and felt like doing extra for my tkd requirments. I was so happy of myself and felt progression throught my mind and body throught since the cycle started. We later went to the mall with my friends and we had a fun time watching the spiderman movie there. Overall it was a great day.

I woke up and had a small breakfast before Saturday black belt class. I did well but there is some stuff I really need to work on. I’m still playing catch up on daily stuff from when I was away at Camp Cherokee but I am getting closer. The soreness is back some. I will sleep good again tonight. 

Today I woke up late because I forgot to set my alarm. I was late to Black Belt Class because of it. During black belt class I met someone new and got a new perspective on Bocho special. After class I went home to do my requirements and after that I went to a party and I ate a lot of food. There was an Ice cream shop beside the restaurant that the party was in. After the party I chilled at the house and talked to my brother and played games.

Hello, Today was ehhh, okay but not great first of all I had to wake up early to go to saturday black belt which was super fun! Later I had to go to the gym like 2 hours later, Right after that I did my other workouts and chilled for a little before cleaning and drawing a little, later I watched a show and ate dinner. Soon then I went on a car ride with my mom and our dog stella. I just got back like 30 minutes ago and now laying down for bed. I hope everyone had an amazing day!

Today I woke up early and got ready, then went for sparring class. After sparring class I mentored my mentee. He really learned a lot since I last saw him. The I got a mentor session and I practices my stick form. After this I went to the track to run. Then I went home and went to an event and I played soccer with my friends. After this I went home and organized my school supplies for school.

This morning, I attended Master Evins' Black Belt class, and it was a valuable learning experience for me.  Master Evins is a great teacher.  There were Bocho Dans, 1st Dans and 2nd Dans in the class, and he was able to teach all three groups simultaneously.  By himself.  I learned some of the finer points of Bocho Dan Special Self-Defense and Koryo from him.  He's not having class next Saturday due to Master's Testing in Greensboro, but I'll be back to his class when they start back the following weekend.   This afternoon, I attended a fund-raising golf tournament at the Rocky River Golf Club, which is about a mile from the Charlotte Speedway, given by my fraternity as a fund-raising event.  I can't golf to save my life, but I enjoyed the opportunity to hang out with some friends I don't get a chance to see too often.  

This morning I went to sparring class and helped out with a couple of classes. On saturdays the junior tigers do an obstacle course and the part that I was standing at, they had to roll into the top parts of some kicking bags like a bowling ball which was funny. After I came home I ate lunch and just chilled and finished my requirements. Im going to go for a run later when its not hot anymore.