Candidate Journals

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.   

Woke up ate breakfast and sadly went to school. It was so hot at recess. I went to King Tiger after school and got some requirements done before color belt testing. My Mom brought me dinner so I could eat before testing. I met with my mentee. I helped out with testing and got a leadership credit. I came home and worked more on requirements. I am tired and will sleep well again. 

Today was amazing. I woke up did some push up to wake up. Then ate some breakfast. After I went I went to school. Then after school I went to my schools soccer try outs. Then did my workout for my soccer practice. Then my coach said i did great at try outs.Went home me to eat then enjoyed what time i had. 

it’s been a while since i last blogged. but im still kind of getting in the swing of things as the assignments pile up. but still keeping up with requirements and such. also i started my week as a white belt. it’s kind of weird to not see color on my uniform. 

Today was such a Monday.  Kind of reminds me of a line from Alice In Wonderland...the Mad Hatter tells Alice that she used to be "muchier" amd that she has lost some of her "muchness."  I was definitely lacking in muchness today.  But the day was not lacking in "Mondayness."  I got some requirements done this morning before work...no miles today, this heat is way too hot. Hoping to get some in before work and the heat tomorrow.  I hope that you have a lovely Tuesday!

Today I got some good sleep. After J had breakfast I did some laundry and watched TV. Later on I did my requirements and got ready to go on my run. I’ve been seeing so many reels of all these people going on really long runs and having really fast time and I’m over here nowhere NEAR their level. Obviously they are more trained but my mile time has gotten just plain embarrassing honestly. I went on a run around 5:30 and thought i could make it back in time to go to class. Boy was i wrong, It was so hot I had to keep taking breaks and even stopped at a gas station for water, not fun. In total I did a 5k but definitely one of my worser days. Didn’t make it back in time for class and definitely need to find a better time to run. Really...

Today I woke up a little late since I went to sleep pretty late the night before. Somehow, I did not feel very tired for most of the morning which was pretty surprising. Today at school I only had one class which was college math (math 171 which is pre calculus) and it was 2 hours long. I got my requirements done after school and went to black belt class and after class I worked with my mentee zohra. (zohra if you're reading this go practice your stuff) After I got home I went for a super quick run because it looked like it was going to rain so I only did one mile. I got 8 minutes and 8 seconds. I'm gonna try to get it to 7:30 by the end of the month. 

I didn't get great sleep last night so I was a bit more tired than usual for school this morning. All of my classes really picked up today and it is starting to feel like typical school again. After school, I cam home and did some of my requirements. I forgot how much time school takes up so I need to make a routine in order to account for the daily requirements. Later, I went to King Tiger and worked on hapkido. Master Marcus and I started to go over hapkido number 6 and 7. That was completely new to me but I'm sure with enough practice, everything will be all good. After that, I came home and finished up the rest of my requirements and I am now about to go to bed.

Yesterday I came home from a sleepover took a little rest. Then I got ready because we needed to go to a picnic. At the picnic we came and ate food. After I met some old friends and played a few games. It was very hot so I got a snow cone from a snow cone truck. After things got a little boring so we went to a nearby playground. once I t got hot again we came back and talked till we had to leave. Once I got home I rested for a bit then ate dinner. Once dinner was finished I read a book and went to bed.

Today was a pretty normal day. As always returning back to school after a weekday is a hastle. Carpooling with my friend was fun because we got to talk to eachother during the time in the car. After I went to school, we did all classes like normal, but today, in Ap Comp Sci,  we played IMPOSTER. It was so fun because when I was the imposter no one could guess that is was me.   Overall it was a fun day.

Today I woke up for school but I was really tired. So I had a decent day at school, nothing much to look forward to, just more stuff to worry about in the future. From school I would have had tennis class but it was too hot today, so it got canceled. So I went to black belt class instead. Then I came home and I socialized with my family.

Today, I went to school, and I got all my work done for the day pretty early, including my college courses I'm taking outside of school. I also was able to get caught up on most of my stuff, and I got another mentee session in, so that's what I'll be focusing on getting for a long while. Not too much to talk about today, other than school and stuff, but nothing really eventful happened today, it was pretty chill, and a chill day is a good day, goodnight!

​Took the older kids to the park today—wow, was it hot! 🔥 🥵 I stayed in the shade and drank plenty of water, but the kids were actually running around playing soccer. Absolutely crazy; I would have passed out! Looking forward to indoor swim day tomorrow. ​Got home and put in about two hours of yard work. By the time I finished, I looked like I’d just stepped out of the shower. Grabbed a bite to eat, hit my requirements, showered, and then bed. ​I need to make sure I pack my protein shake for work tomorrow. I forgot it today, and I can definitely feel the difference. Goodnight, everyone—hope everyone sleeps well!

Today I had my first Monday of the school year. Then I went and did a help for class and then I did My requirements and now I’m going to bed.

Today was ACUALLY a really fun day! Today I woke up at around 6:40 and got ready and did my physical work and my mile with my Friends including Ira! After I got ready and took a bath and also practiced a bit of poomsaes before drinking my smoothie and went to school. After school I had a class to attend then I went to assist with junior tigers then attend a black belt class and had a mentor session with renuka. After I went home and played with my friends dog, ate dinner and went to bed.

Today I woke up at 7 in the morning and went for my mile run. Today the whole day for some reason my calves hurt a lot. Like when ever I walked or ran they just hurt and burned a little bit. Even though it hurt I still y pushed through the pain and ran my mile and got a little longer time of 10.30 something. After my mile I did my requirements and finally got my first 100 jump ropes in 1 minute and 30 seconds, my new PR. After I went to school and it was pretty fun and boring. We didn't really do much but after school I ate a snack and went to my robotics class. I got to the state tournament and my team and I placed 4th in the whole of North Carolina last year so I was hoping to win states and go to...

Today was a good day. I woke up and ate breakfast in school.Then at the classes was fun since it was the second week of school for me. After school I went to TKD for my black belt class and then did a game for fun in the end of class.After that I went to do my workouts and relax after the journal. 

Hello everybody, today was good, it was pretty normal, wake up and go to school and see friends, do homework and focus. I will say one of the best parts of the day is coming home from school because I feel much better at home then I do at school. I finished up my homework, but at the cost of not being able to go to TKD, I had a lot of notes I had to take for AP World History. After that we ate some dinner and then hung out as a family, I hope you all had a wonderful day, goodbye.

My teachers definitely jumped right in to curriculum today! I came home with loads of homework and assignments that we just didn't finish in class. I tried to get as many requirements done at TKD as I could but I got home and started school work around 8p.m. I probably won't get to all of my requirements so I'll be pretty behind on burpees but hopefully Tue-Thu I can catch up since those afternoons and evenings aren't as busy for me. I hope everyone had a wonderful start to the week. Thats all for tonight since I have still have some homework to finish before I go to bed! ~ Peyton

Today I had a Black belt weekday class, in which we went over traditional Bo Cho Dan self defense. I helped assist the teaching, after mostly recovering from back pain, and had gotten my fourth mentee session, teaching my mentee about her self defense (Hapkido 2).

Tonight, I had my first practice as a White Belt.  Expecting things to be different and actually experiencing things being different was an eye-opener.  For one, tonight we had more students than I'd ever seen in any class I've participated in.  Master Foster said that's because a lot of them have returned from summer vacation.  As a good white belt, I stood at the back line in class with one other Bocho Dan "white belt". After that is where the confusion began.  I practiced in group sessions with the one Blue Belt we had in class.  In the group session, we went through Taegeuk Oh Jung and Hapkido 1.  As a white belt, I didn't know if I was supposed to struggle like I didn't know the poomsae or the self-defense or help her with the poomsae and the self-defense.  Since it was just the two of us, I used that...

Today was my first day of sophomore year! It was a lot of fun to see all of my friends again and see how my classes are going to be, but I am a little scared because I know that I am going to be REALLY busy this year. When I got home, I did my requirements and got ready for TKD. I got to help with the shin kickers class and the white belt class, which was good because I got leadership and class assistance credits. When I got home, I had to look over my slideshow that I have to present tomorrow for my club sponsor and my principal, so wish me luck! Now I have to finish annotating 3 different essays for AP Seminar, so yay. Anyway, I hope everyone had an amazing day. Goodnight! 

    Here is a quick recap of what happened yesterday. So after I Journal yesterday I was an excruciating pain however about two hours later, I ruptured my eardrum. I was in excruciating pain and it was difficult to fall asleep. I woke up this morning and went to a doctors appointment feeling better than I had yesterday. However, it was confirmed that I did have a ruptured eardrum. I then went home and tried my best to complete my exercises for my black belt cycle and was able to complete 3 miles by walking. However, I will need to catch up on my jump rope tomorrow. It is going to be a little difficult for the next 2 to 3 weeks since I have mild hearing loss in my left ear. Anyways, hopefully it will heal in about two weeks. Good night, sweet dreams.😴  

Woke up ate breakfast and went to school. I had an ok day at school. When I got to King Tiger, I played chess and then went to a class. I had to do all my requirements at home. 

Had a very busy weekend. Included 8 hours of driving to Greenville and back to participate in the special Black Belt testing at Master Lee's dojang. Had a great workout yesterday. Felt stronger and better endurance. Increased my weight and reps across the board. Medically cleared to begin jumping and running, so will begin to add these to my workouts.

Today was pretty uneventful. i went to church, went to a class, went to a festival. then i went home and did my requirements. weekends are pretty boring when theres nothing to do. but still going strong with practice!!!

I am up very late because I just finished homework, which I wasn't aware of until tonight because it was an online course that I didn't think started until next week. Apparently we had a whole module due today so I had to rush and finish it tonight. Today I had fun hanging out with my friends. We went to publix and mc donalds and also played volleyball but it was super hot out. Later in the evening I went for a run, running is starting to get very enjoyable. This is defiently something I will keep doing even after the cycle is over. 

Today I just rested. I had planned to do a run but it was just way too hot and i’m only 1 mile behind which is really easy to make up. I wanted to go to sparring class today but it apparently got cancelled today because they had a competition or something so now I am 3 classes behind yayyy… I got to practice driving though because i drove to my class. After I was lowkey switching between just chilling and practicing piano every now and then. I watched half of this movie with my parents though. It was kinda annoying though because i kept getting reels about running like genuinely my entire fyp was just about people showing off their good running and giving tips like im not already bad enough at it🫩🫩. I played cards with my mom and grandma and got started on one of my essays about...

I didn’t really do much today I Hung out with my friend and swim at his school and then got my requirements and I’m going to sleep

Today did my daily routines, went to my buddhist temple to help out an event happening in a week, after that I decided to relax the whole day at home to get ready for the whole week.  

16 today was very fun. I woke up, very excited knowing I have a function planned. I did my tkd requirments and actually did extra because I was so excited and need to burn off the extra energy. After hitting a nice workout, I took a shower and got ready to go to the function. The function had so many of my friends and the food was so good. Overall a 7/10 day. very fun

Day Off! I took the day off today after yesterday.  I was worn out, it's been a lot the last couple of weeks, all good, just a lot.  We did a few family chores, napped, went to the movies and grabbed an early dinner. Soup for me, my husband described my voice as "operating at 30%" today.  I got all of the pics that my husband and son took uploaded...only 634.  That is a real number, lol.  Once I go through and take out the blurry ones and shots of the floor and whatnot that number will come down, some.  I loved  getting to see my son for a few hours and Jason was so happy to see me test, he was doing Navy stuff for the last one. My oldest couldn't make it but he will be there in October.  Jason held  one of my boards and so did my...

hellooooo, i finished my requirements in the morning and went shopping with my family. i worked on my apps and studied for a bit. i just finished my homework and am about to head to sleep. im dreading school tmw ugh. goodnight!!

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

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