Candidate Journals

Happy Thursday! Got to sleep in some today, woke up and banged out my requirements. Relaxed a little before work. Summer camp and classes were fine, not much different than it normally is. Sparring was pretty fun. We did a couple cool drills today that were definitely challenging. Overall a good class but I think I will have a couple bruises tomorrow. Stayed afterwards until about 9:30p.m., working with Ms. Jen on our creatives and black belt poomsaes for August 15 testing. Its kind of just hitting me how close it is. I will definitely be psyching myself out over the next 9 days but I think I'm ready....for the most part. Keep up the great work everyone! ~ Peyton

hellooooo guys, today was pretty chill. i did all my requirements in the morning and then worked a bit more on my apps. i had a shift until 7 and straight from there i went to my open house. i'm actually really mad because my counselor messed up my schedule so bad but she always does that so i'm not surprised. i'm gonna have to go and talk it all out once school starts to get the classes i want. from open house i went to dance class until 8:45 and it was really fun with all my friends. i'm gonna watch a movie and then go to sleep, goodnight!!

Today was a good day. Went to work this morning like usual, and arrived to find it was still hot—the AC guys hadn't been by the school yet. The little kiddos went to Urban Air today. Once we got all the kids, I helped move Group 2 from the pool over to King Tiger, then picked up the kids from Urban Air and hung out at Enzo for about an hour. Later, I set up a rotation with three different activity stations where the kids switched every 10 minutes. It worked out great and made the time fly by. Big shout-out to Audrey for being an awesome counselor—she’s always on top of what the kids enjoy and what they're capable of doing. Working with her makes managing the day with the little ones so easy. After a few more shuttle runs moving kids around, I wrapped up the workday. Christian and...

Today was my sisters birthday, she turned 13 so now she's officially a teenager. Her birthday party was at Big Air which is a trampoline park and it was pretty fun. After her birthday party I had my "birthday party" (my birthday is in a week but this was the only time my friends could all hang out). We did a scooby doo themed escape room and we escaped with 4 minutes remaining. After that we went to a mall nearby. Overall today was a busy but fun day. On another note, requirements are going good but getting a little boring. I tried doing different variations of push ups today which was fun. Does anyone know about the Sportacus push ups from lazy town? Thats what I felt like I was doing, but obviously im not as good as him. 

Today was pretty good, I slept in and when I woke up I did my requirements like usual. I practiced my creative form some, just trying to get everything to muscle memory. Later in the day, I went to sparring class which was good. After class I had a mentee session. When I came home, my legs became very sore, not just the muscles but my shin bones. The rest of the night, I tried to stay off of my feet as much as possible in order to rest and promote recovery.

Today I woke up earlier than usual then drank some milk and ran my mile I got a bit of a higher time with 10 secs more than yesterday. After I completed my requirements then. After that I started a quest to watch all the marvel movies so I watched the first Spider-Man movie which was really good. After that I got prepared for my Open House for school. It was good seeing my friends again after a long break and meeting my new teachers and classmates. Although I didn't get in classes with any of my friends but 2... I was dissapointed but that meant that I had to make new ones. Anyways after that I headed to the class before sparring and helped out teaching a student chil jang which was fun. Right after I attended sparring which was fun and we did this drill where we lined up...

Hello guys. I’m about to do my 24 no tech hours. Gonna start and end at 10pm. I’m a little nervous but also excited for that. Feels like running a social experiment on myself. I think I forgot to journal yesterday. I’ll double up sometime. Oh also, the leg was indeed not nothing. I’ve been training on a sprained ankle. Which is wild. I have a brace to wear tho, with that and modifying requirements as much as I can I think I’ll be fine. I also have sparring tomorrow, that’ll be interesting now. I’ll just do what I can. Hope u guys are doing well.

I woke up at 5:00am this morning to take my daughter to the airport to catch a flight.  I was wearing a t-shirt with my high school's name on it.  As I was walking out of the airport, with all those travelers in it, I heard someone yell, "Hey! You went to Westover?!"  In that split second, I just started laughing.  I graduated in 1981 and she graduated in 2016.  What are the odds of me seeing someone from my high school in Charlotte, NC?  Westover High School is located in Albany, GA, which is about 425 miles from Charlotte in Southwest Georgia, about 90 miles north of Tallahassee.  Like the Disney song says, it's a small world after all. As for tonight's classes, I've noticed that ever since the week of July 18th, we have been getting a lot of new members at our dojang.  I've welcomed 4 new people...

Today I woke up and immediately started doing so pages of the Grit Workbook. After this I played soccer for a bit with my friends. Then I got ready for my open house at Hickory Ridge Middle School. Once me, my dad, and sister went I saw a lot of my friends. Then we went to my sisters open house at the High School. Then once we got home I did my daily requirements.

Today, I didn't really feel good. I woke up with a huge migraine, so I didn't really do much. I got all of my requirements done except for the running. I had to run to the bank to drop something off, and that was basically my day. So today was not great, but sometimes you have off days, anyways I hope everyone had an amazing day. Goodnight!

I woke up and ate breakfast and went to King Tiger summer camp. I learned how to solve a Rubik’s cube finally. I ran my mile with Instructor Evan today.  I had a good day at camp and then went to early dinner before sparring class. I think I did good in sparring class but there are a few things I can work on. 

Today was okay but kinda good, first thing is I woke up and went to the gym for an hour then me and my mom went home to clean a little while my mom was finishing her work for that hour. After that I reread through and changed some words in my history of the kwans essay for alittle bit while she finished up, soon after I cleaned some more until dinner was ready so I took a break for an hour and a half, I took a shower than took me and my mom to go take the dog for a drive since she doesnt like walks. After that I cleaned a little more than just chilled on my phone for at least right now. I hope everyone had a beautiful day!

I started my day normaly finished my daily requierments at noon .Then after lunch went to a friends house to have a sleepover and came home the next day.

    I am very excited today I’m going on a cruise. I’m currently staying at a local hotel in Norfolk Virginia and woke up at 7 AM to complete my exercises for the day so I can have unlimited fun on the cruise. I feel it might be difficult keeping up with things on the cruise, but I know I can do it. anyways, good morning.

Been spending a lot of time on my poomse.

Having not done them regularly in over a year, I have lots of gaps and merging of poomse.

Have gotten through all of the color belt forms and self defense.

Got Koryo, Guemgang, and Taebaek down. Been working on Sip

I fell asleep very early i was wiped out after workouts and I didn’t get my journal done so I’m doing it now. I had a good day and I helped out with class and took sparring class.

Hello everyone, I'm disappointed in myself because I haven't written my journals for the last two days, so I'm doing it earlier today. I have had a good past 2 days, I've been working and chilling, I went for a run at planet fitness. Mostly what has happened has just been the same thing, start my work shift at 12:00, end it at 7:30 PM. It's been good doing exercises, but I want to get back into weightlifting again because I haven't been doing that for a while. But anyways, I hope you all have an amazing day today, and goodbye.

Today was a crazy day! Today I woke up ran my mile and did my physical work in the hot hot summer heat! Then I ate egg and played a board game with my family. After me and my cousins played Sara and sita and then we just played Roblox and watched yt. After I thought we were going to get ready but apparently not. After that we then got ready to go to a family friends house for dinner. They had such cute cats and kitties! Unfortunately I’m allergic and got a reaction to the kittens but the cat is a hyper alagenic cat so it was fine for me to go around that one. Anyways I went home with red sore eyes but maged to practice a little taekwondo. And went to bed.

Yesterday was pretty chill in class. we learned about locks and how to get out of some grabs. other than that, i worked with my mentee today and that was pretty fun. she's really funny so it's never boring mentoring her. im just really excited for the weekend.

When I got home from work I went in my backyard to check on "Peaches."  That's the name of the peach tree that Master Jason planted for his 4th Dan.  She is huge and beautiful and crazy but no peaches so far. I am thinking about planting a peach tree when the time comes...most peach trees are self-pollinating but who knows.  We all need some help from our fellow students and testers from time to time. Help with self-defenses, our poomsaes, ideas, workout partners, critical eyes, knowledge for the written test.  Maybe Peaches needs some help too. Which reminds me--FIND THE ANSWERS AND START STUDYING FOR THE WRITTEN TEST. Have your answers checked, be sure that you are studying the correct answers and don't use Google. My advice for the night. Have an excellent Thursday and I'll see some of you in sparring class!

​Today was a good day. I was with the little kids today, and it went really well. Audrey does a great job with the group. I set them up for crafts later in the afternoon while she ran games for Game Show Day. The kids made masks out of paper plates today, and I think they really enjoyed it—a lot of them walked up and put them over their faces to show their parents. ​I did a little bit of driving today, but not much since Reena came back on a very quick turnaround. ​After work, I came home to follow up on some personal stuff, then hit the road for a 3-mile run. It felt good, especially after the 5-miler I did the other day. Came back home for a few more requirements, a shower, some dinner, and a movie with the wifey. 72 Hours is pretty funny. ​Hopefully, good...

This morning I woke up, then I did some pages of the grit workbook, ate breakfast, then went outside and played with my friends. Then later, I ran my mile with my friend. After that I went to King Tiger Tae Kwon Do for class. Then I came back home and did my daily requirements.

I woke up today and went on a run. I think I still prefer to run at night because the whole day after my run I felt a bit more tired than usual. After I was all settled from my run, I completed the rest of the daily requirements. I played chess for a while in the afternoon; I haven't played chess in a minute and it was fun playing a few games today. This evening I worked on my creative form and some of the skills that go along with it. My legs are pretty sore so I am looking forward to a good nights rest.

Today my throat was bugging me a bit, so I drank a ton of water today. I got all my requirements for the day done early in the morning, so I watched some tv. I went to work and my throat just kept on bugging me to the point where I couldn't teach for very long because my throat would dry up and I would start coughing and stuff. Even though it was a little bit difficult, today was a good day. Goodnight!

hi guys. today i woke up early and went to the gym with my dad. after that i came home and made lunch for my family. after that i did some summer assignment for ap physics. by the time i finished it was time to go to tkd. i helped out with the senior tiger and junior tiger class today, took black belt class, and had a mentor session with master weeks. after i went to whataburger with my family. i have never tried it before but they opened a new location right next to my house. my parents NEVER let us eat out so i take my chances. after that i came home and continued working on my summer assignment...which looks like it is not getting done...like ever

On my very first black belt cycle in 2020, Master Lloyd was my mentor.--This was back when it was Covid and we had to do Saturday morning black belt classes outside, wearing masks, in Grandmaster Evins' parking lot (uphill may I add).--I was doing a mentor session and Master Lloyd told me something that still sticks with me to this day. "Practice doesn't make perfect, it makes permanent." If you do something wrong in a poomsae, self-defesense, kick, whatever it is and you keep doing it incorrectly, it will make a bad habit. Bad habits are hard to break and I'm sure you'll find 1 if not many that you have throughout the cycle. Whether its not rechambering correctly, kicking the wrong way, doing the wrong move in a poomsae 100 times, it doesn't matter...but if you practice it the right way, with the intention of doing things correctly, regardless of...

Today I had to walk my two miles instead of running it because I twisted my ankle. I streamed today with one of my oldest friends and I also made progress on a song me and one of my best friends from 5th grade started making. The funnest part of my day was when I went to Tae Kwon Do  and especially Black Belt Class. I learned a lot from that class and practicing my Bocho Dan one step and special was fun as well. I haven't seen him in a while. I did see him randomly one class just watching but I haven't taken a class where he was involved in a while. I have a lot to practice but I know it's possible with time.

Today, I woke up early again and completed my mile run and today felt very good since I got my first Sub 10 getting 9:52 my best timed run yet. i was pretty happy and got my requirements completed quickly after that my dad and I went to run errands again today. After that I finished this puzzle I was doing and then headed to my robotics class I signed up for. After it I stayed back played soccer with my friends then got back home. It was pretty late so I ate dinner, watched a movie with my family then went to sleep.

Today I woke up early at like 7:30 and ran my mile which felt better giving me a time of 10:11 the lowest of the week. After that I did my requirements and also attempted to do a 1 hand push-up which I instantly failed in 2 seconds. After I went with my dad to run some errands. Then I starting gaming for a bit with my new monitor I got. After I ate dinner and slept.

Today i didn't do much since I was pretty tired from going to party's for the past 2 days. Anyways I woke up at 9 in the morning and and ran my mile getting 10:27 a bit longer than the last two days. After that I did my daily requirements and that's all I pretty much did today.

Today I was busy. I had to go to the dentist and then after that I went to go get a haircut. Then I helped out with some classes and took the high belt class. After that I came home I finished my requirements and played volleyball, a lot of people came to volleyball today so it was pretty fun. 

hellooooo, today i worked on polishing up my essay for apps and making sure everything was good. i think im ALMOST at a final draft so im excited to finish it. after lunch i finished up my requirements. i went to bbc in the evening and we worked a lot on our poomsaes and self defenses. i just ate dinner and my family and i are about to have a game night!!

Today I ran a quick mile near 8 minutes. Which showed improvement for my mile outdoors. But today during weekday black belt class I had a severe shock and had to leave class halfway. I done some excersizes And stretched so my pain is not as bad , but it is still unbearably painful.

Today was pretty fun, so when I woke in the morning and I went to go see about my essays which I dont really need a lot. Later we went to this place for breakfast which was amazing, after that me and my dad stayed home and took a nap, after a few hours it was around 12pm so we both got ready to go see a movie for like 2 hours and 33 minutes or something. Right after this movie I went to taekwondo for sparring class and got my book signed. I just ate dinner and chilling right now but I already did my other requirments but, I hope everyone had a wonderful day!

Today, I went on a walk and went down to the turtle's house that I'm babysitting for. When I got home, I did the rest of my requirements and had to do some laundry. Since school is starting in a few weeks, I wanted to have a clean room, so I went through all of my clothes and got rid of a lot of them. Then my sister had to go to the eye doctor, and she asked me to go with her, so of course I went. After that, I went to taekwondo and got to help with the shin kickers class, which is by far my favorite class, and the sparring and sparring prep class. I got to take the sparring class, and it was a lot of fun, but somehow kids just keep getting hurt. But overall, today was a pretty great day. I hope everyone also had...

I decided to change up my workout routine a little bit today.  In addition to the push-ups, pull-ups, sit-ups, etc. (which can get monotonous, but they have to be done) I decided to attend a yoga class at the Y.  I get in enough strength training, which targets power and durability, and running and elliptical work, which targets endurance, but, as I get older, I feel the need to focus more on flexibility, joint health and recovery.  That's where the yoga comes in.  I'll be attending these classes at least until the end of the cycle.

I woke up and ate breakfast and went to camp at King Tiger. We had a great day swimming. I went to Master Evins’ school tonight to make up a black belt class. It was a great class and I definitely want to go back. I had a lot of fun. Thank you to Master Evins for allowing me to come. 

Hey guys, today I went shopping with my mom to get stuff for school, we went to the mall and then had lunch outside, then came home and fell asleep. Then at my gym at home I ran on the treadmill and completed requirements.

Hey guys, I woke up pretty late and headed out to go to an indoor court to play volleyball and run practices there. At the indoor court spent about a hour running and completing requirements, then headed home, around 7 had regular tkd class and went home around 8:30.

Today was my second day of camping as we were planing to leave at 11.00.Then ate brunch and went home .I took some rest then completed my requirements for today.

Today was the first day I went camping with a few of my friends their we set up camp then went on to have fun. Later i found some time to do few of my phisycal requierments.At night we did some smores and went to bed.

I was doing my physical requierments in the morning ,then went to attend my cousins graduation celebration.where we stayed until late at night.

I woke up ate some cereal and ran two miles I got home did the rest of my requirements and got a shower. I then did my grit and ate some lunch.

    Today I'm starting my trip to our cruise. My mom booked us a lovely cruise and today we are not boarding the ship but we are going to the hotel. It is quiet a long drive however I can do this. I cant wait to have fun a on the cruise. However there is no wifi so I will disapear for 3 days. Anyways I am very exited and can't wait to get on the ship.

Today started rough but ended a lot better. I also realized today, after being at the dojo for a few hours, it’s starting to feel like a second home in a way. I think I’m getting more in the rhythm of knowing the curriculum, starting to teach it, (and just being there all the freaking time lol). One thing I put in my applying tkd to life essay was, it’s helped to make me comfortable with discomfort. Having been in all the different more scary classes/situations recently, it keeps feeling lighter to walk in there. Like, I used to be nervous for every color belt class. Now it’s more like, oh finally just a color belt class! It’s wild haha. Anyways I got a solid workout, solid essay session and classes, then watched some family guy and now going to bed. Goodnight guys

Today was a busy day, first me and my cousins woke up and made pancakes and honestly they were not good…At all. But after me and my cousins watch this paranormal movie show. I love that show it’s so interesting. It talks about all these paranormal events. Like aliens,ghosts, monsters,spirits etc. After we went to a Majalis and I played with my baby cousin he’s so cute! And also stayed for a speech and lunch. After we went back home and just watched some random stuff then had to go to another Majalis. It’s was huge! We did the same thing except I got strawberry matcha! And also ate chicken nuggets with fries and fried chicken. After I went back home and did my physical work and ran my mile and practice my pomsae. And then got ready to go to bed!

Today i helped with our senior tiger class today. i helped the white belts and i really hope that i could be as encouraging to them as people were to me when i was a white belt. but i guess i have to turn in to them soon (for a week). im honestly really excited to see what happens when i turn into a white belt. that's all!!!

Today I had band camp in the morning. Not too much physical stuff today we were practing out songs a lot more. So far I’ve got one mostly memorized. I’m still not the biggest fan of the piccolo however. Playing is pretty fun at least when ur not doing it for realllyyy long. I’m excited to start marching while playing! Anyways, after I came back I took a small chill break before I had to go to tkd class to get some leadership credits in. I was also able to get a mentee session. During camp I was able to finish all my jump rope and sit up stuff and a 1.5 mile run but i still need more miles. I was gonna run after class but it was raining pretty heavily and it was dark and wet outside. Tomorrow we are moving my sister into her apartment where she’s staying...

Today I played outside with my friends then went swimming. I enjoyed swimming, although the rain made my day a little less pleasant. I came back home and played soccer for a bit, some guests came over.

Today felt pretty normal and nothing note worthy happened. I woke up at 8 which is late because I usually wake up early so I have more time to do fun stuff. I did my requirements and then I streamed again. After stream, I got ready for Tae Kwon Do and had a session with my mentee. After that I helped with 2 classes and led warmups for one of them. After that I took the 6:55 class and I was the highest belt that time. Most of the black belts weren’t there but one (who was Disha) helped and didn’t take class.

Long day. I slept hard last night after going back to KT and staying late with Peyton to work on our creative forms.  The good news is that I have  my form done!  Now it's gonna be what I am working on until the Greenville test.  I need to go through my board breaks with Master Marcus, sounds like an excellent mentor session to me😁  Game Show  Day for my bunch.  We tweak summer camp every year and this day is my favorite tweak... it's been a challenge to come up with new games for our groups and feel like we've found some really good ones. And invented some on the spot! Home to finish out my requirements after dinner was started. Then dinner, grabbing the last few things out of our closet, loading my car with things that I am dropping off at Goodwill after work tomorrow and after I...

This morning I worked really hard on some skills that will be in my creative form. Still super happy with the progress I am seeing. It is crazy that the schoolyear for some of us is less than 10 days away, I am so not looking forward to going back to school, summer always feels like it goes by too fast. Later in the day, I went over to King Tiger and while I was there I secured leadership credits and a mentee session. That wraps up my day.

Today was a good, busy day. It was pretty much nonstop driving from the moment I got to work: took one group of kids to the pool, another group to Urban Air (where I managed to capture some great action shots to upload), another trip back to the pool, and then brought kids back to King Tiger. After that, I picked up the remaining group from Urban Air to drop off at Enzo. During lunch, I grabbed a sandwich combo from Harris Teeter that came with a drink. I think it was actually the first time I've ever drank unsweet tea. Honestly? It was not good, but it did its job by keeping me under my daily sugar intake goal. The soda or high sugar drink challenge is still going strong—just dealing with small cravings here and there, but pushing through! One of the newer vehicles is acting really strange, so...

hi guys. today i had my sat prep class in the morning so i had to do my requirements in the afternoon instead. i also caught up on all my essays. i think i only have the community service and nutrition challenge left? good thing i knocked those out before school started. thats pretty much all for today...pretty uneventful...

Today I saw the new spiderman movie and it was really good. I also saw someone that goes to taekwondo there, its a small world I guess. Today I ran 2 miles. I really want to get my stamina up so I can run even longer. One of my friends runs a 5k everyday which I think is pretty impressive. I used to run with him and I think I'll start going on runs with him again after school starts, that will probably get me motivated to actually run after school. Running with someone is much better than running alone because its not boring. Also, I really need to get started on my essays before school starts because I know I'm going to procrastinate on those. I have a book on procrastination. Maybe I should read it... Later...

I was able to assist the Senior Tigers class tonight (ages 8-12) before attending my regular weekly class afterwards.  I enjoyed teaching them the basics (for example, why it's important to chamber before executing your kicks), teaching them how to properly tie their belts so they'd stop falling off during class, and helping them prepare for their next test, which will be held in September. I have to admit, their enthusiasm was infectious, so much so that I was able to carry that with me into my class.

hellooo, i did my requirements in the morning today. i'm really sore for some reason but i'm not sure why cuz i didn't do anything differently. i've been working on my apps for most of the day. THERE ARE SO MANY RANDOM QUESTIONS i feel like i'm never gonna get through the end of filling them all out. i've been asking all my older friends for advice and have been soaking everything up like a sponge so hopefully i'm doing stuff right. i had a shift in the in the evening and that went pretty well! im really tired so i'm gonna answer a few more questions on my apps and head to sleep. goodnight!!

I woke up and ran two miles and I got ready for tutoring and I went to the grocerie store with my dad for dinner and came home and ate then went to bed.

Today, I woke up and realized that I didn't finish some work for my class, so I had to hurry and finish it. I am also babysitting a turtle right now, so I went on a walk to go down there, and I'm trying to make it a point to walk 2 miles down and back. After I got home from that, I did the rest of my requirements and got changed because my dad, my brother, and I went to see The Odyssey (which was really good). When I got home, I had just enough time to get ready for taekwondo and head there. Tonight was really good. I got a mentee and a mentor session; I got to help take a small group back and help with their forms, and I got to do black belt class. So, overall, today was not bad. I hope everyone had a great...

When does the soreness go away? Today was good. I woke up and went to King Tiger camp. Urban Air was amazing as always. I did some of my requirements at KT and then did more when I got home. 

    Today was as normal. Get ready to go to King Tiger Summer camp. Today we enjoyed our time at Urban Air. I had lots of fun with Xavier and Jovi, however Jovi did get tripped on. However I hope he is doing well. After that we went back to the Dojang and my friend Xavier helped my finish my black belt cycle exercises. After I finished 4:45 class my grandma took me and my little sister out for Ice cream. When I got home I then ran a mile and had a good rest of my day.

Hey guys, its been a minute now, but I have been deadly sick but also did a few things around town. One day I was at my friends dance event which is called an Arangetram, then I had 3 birthday parties separated throughout these few days and I managed to fill all my requirements in and completed one more of my essays, from now on my journals will be consistent as I find myself irresponsible for not doing so. 

7  Today was very calm. We were on the way to Virginia as our first desination of the trip. It was so crammed in the back because we had to put extra luggage at our feet. I Mostly fell asleep for the 7 our drive. Once we got to the hotel, I did my tkd requirments. I was hard finding a spot for my poomse and running in an unfimiliar place.

6 Today was very boring. Today was the day we had to get packing. The whole day we were packing our bags to get to go on a big trip with some ouf our family friends. We packed for so long I barely had time for my tkd. as  a

5   Today was very fun. After my taekwondo requirments, I was very excited to go to a friends birthday. We went to the Concord Mills Mall and were having so much fun. We watched a movie that day too.

4 I woke up early for my morning run and then while running I saw a deer. The deer looked like it very young. when I went closer it ran away. I went back home after finishing and worked on my requirments.

3 Today was a good day. I woke up feeling very energized. I went early for a mile run today. Once I came back I was feeling as I need to work more on my poomse. I spent more time on the poomses and then did the rest of my requirments.

2 Today was a pretty boring day. I just did my tkd requirments then went around walking for enjoyment. When I came back, I went out with some friends then went back home.

today i got 2 out of 10 (i think) essays done. im going to start a new diet soon. i want my new diet to be getting more protein so im excited to see what that diet does to me. i also went to a black belt class today and did a lot of kicking. so it was a pretty chill day

Today, after eating breakfast I played soccer with my friends, then came back inside for lunch. After lunch I did my daily requirements. After this I went outside to play tennis. Then I went to Walmart to buy school supplies. Then I came back home and ran one mile.

Today was the first day of full band camp. It was from 8-5 and it was strenuous. We had to run 3 laps because 3 people came late. And it was so hot while we were marching. I’m still kinda getting used to piccolo. It was pretty fun but tiring for the most part. Once I came back I had a little snack before getting ready to go to my friends bday party. It was a small but fun party. Pretty packed day, goodnight!

hellooooo, today i finished my requirements pretty early in the morning. i helped out in my sisters class later in the evening. i'm trying to get into the habit of waking up earlier as each day goes by so my sleep schedule isn't messed up for school. COMMON APP OPENED ON SATURDAY so yayyyyy now i get the pleasure of starting college apps 🫩🫩. i'm actually really stressed out i feel like i'm going absolutely insane but it's okay we up 🥶. i have no time to do anything in the week and there's so much to do. i think my apps consume my every thought and i need a break because my head feels like it's going to explode from stress. anyways time to sleep goodnight!!

Today was fuller than usual for me. I had pet sitting, requirements ofc, a dinner for my brother’s birthday, then helped in a class, took a class, mentored and was mentored. I was there for a while haha. But I got to teach a student one on one in class, and she did great! It’s a great feeling when your student is happy with their progress and with what you taught them. I’m very tired but glad for the stuff done. Now gonna get some essay work done, some lines memorized for theater, and relax. Hope everyone had a good day.

Happy Monday! Today was super productive! I got an early run in, took a shower and got through my daily requirements plus a little extra. I'm trying to work ahead before school starts next week so that I have a little bit of extra requirements built in just in case I have to miss a day. I went to TKD at 1p.m. and helped out with summer camp and classes. Ms. Jen and I stayed at KT until 9:30p.m. working on our creative forms. A lot of good work done today but I am exhausted! I hope everyone else had a wonderful start to the week! ~ Peyton

Hello everyone, today was a relaxing day for me, I got the day off from work and was able to chill. I spent my day at my house doing my exercises and other stuff. Later I went to go see Spiderman Brand New Day which was really good. I'll see you all later, good bye.

Today I had a major sore back and was unable to run a fast mile, which frustrates me. Today in class though I was able to get a credit for black belt class and get my second mentee credit!

Today was a good day. Got to work and swapped in a battery for one of the vehicles—hopefully, it just needed a solid charge and isn’t a bad alternator causing it to drain or fail to charge. I drove the kiddos around today since our main driver was out. Got to hang out at the park for about an hour where I worked on some requirements; it was partly cloudy and breezy, with pretty comfortable temperatures. It definitely helped that I kept a hand towel wet with cool water from the fountain to stay fresh. The day seemed to fly by. Came home, sat down for a brief rest, and then headed out for a 5-mile run. Running on a level surface makes a massive difference! I planned a flat route to get the miles in, and it felt night-and-day compared to my 4-mile run the other day. As far as...

I played catch up on all my exercises due to me being sick, it was rough but I got through it. My new shirt from Gymshark arrived today and it feels great, it's a lifting shirt so that's what it's good for, but it's also super comfy. I also went with my family to go see Spider-Man Brand New Day, and it was amazing! Definitely recommend it. I've been seeing a lot of fantastic movies lately, and I'm excited to see more, goodnight!

Today was a normal Monday. I did my requirements and ran a quick mile in the morning. That was definitely the fastest mile I did but for some reason my phone didn't track it right which was frustrating. I need to get in the habit of running 2 miles more often but I also want to work on my speed so I can shave down some time on my two miles. I'm starting to enjoy running more which is a good thing. Tomorrow I'm finally going to see the new spiderman movie which I am really excited for!

    Today was quiet normal. I woke up and got ready to King Tiger Camp. However I did not have all of my best friends their but Aiden was their and that made all the difference.  I enjoyed my time their and then took 4:45 class before heading home to my enchiladas which where SUPERIOR! after that I finished up my exercises before practing self defence with my little sister Layla. That brings me here, eating ice cream and going to bed soon. Goodnight everyone!😴

Today I had to do double of everything which was challenging because I had to that and also class was very difficult. I played FIFA again today but I didn’t stream it. My brother’s still sick but I don’t know how much better he is. I actually didn’t eat much today but I’m writing this before eating dinner and I’m about to eat a LOT more than I did earlier today.

Today was really just a relaxing day. I did my exercises and went on a 2-mile walk just to start the day. After that, I just played some games with my brother and watched a movie before I had to get ready for taekwondo. Today I got to go over all of the color belt forms and meet some of the new kids that are starting with us. Anyway, today was an okay day. I hope everyone is having a great week so far and had an amazing day!

Today was pretty good so today I woke up at 7 I think and went to my dads house to change and go to crowders mountain which was super fun, going uphill was the worst part because of all the slopes and hills, down hill was not that hard. Right after crowders I was gassed out, so we went to eat at home, forgot to mention but the hike was 4 miles, 2 going up and 2 going down. After I ate I took a shower for the sweat and changed clothes. So then I did my other workouts real quick and ate really late lunch, I took a nap later in the day for a few hours, when I woke up I ate dinner. I hope everyone had a wonderful day!

Today I woke up and went to camp at King Tiger. I was really tired after camp but I did work on some requirements. I know I will sleep very good tonight.

Today I didn't really do much, I woke up early did my mile run, requirements, and yeah nothing much because I was exited for something else. At 2 I left my house to attend my friends birthday party he's turning 10. We went to a trampoline park and had so much fun. I also learned how to do a "half" front flip on a trampoline. After the trampoline park we went to his house and we got cheese sticks at like 8, we also went on different trails in the woods which was fun a well. After I went home got some sleep at thats was it.

I followed through with my normal routine today except with a little twist. The daily requirements have become monotonous so in order to try and cure this, I did each exercise in a different room of my house. It was kind of nice having a change in scenery while exercising. Later I practiced my creative form and I am pretty happy with the progress that I am making. Hope I can continue this progress for the rest of the week.

Good weekend. PMAA practice with Master Evins. This is the first time I have trained at his new location Looking forward to another training later this month. On Sunday I did my miles on the elyptical machine at Planet Fitness. I was able to achieve a much higher cardio burn. I will plan to get more elyptical workouts in until I can resume running.

Today, I went 15 minutes earlier to Black Belt Class and Grandmaster Evans was on a call with us helping us practice. After that I got home did my first mile for week 3 and then completed my requirements. I really had to focus on my double side kicks like Grandmaster Evans said so I was mostly gonna work on that for the week. After that I had to go to a party so I just went there hanged out with my friends and yeah.

I’m a bit stressed but okay. I get stressed when I have a lot of different things to do and can’t work on all of them lol. Which looks dumb typed out. Like today, I got a great training session in the park this morning, did all my requirements, logged in my book, progress in other hobbies, cleaned, rested and ate well, and I’m all stressed that I didn’t do essay work. Wild how perspective runs with things sometimes. 

ALSO I absolutely s u c k at jump rope, (literally learned koreyo faster). Which I find funny. Of all the difficult black belt things, I get frustrated over jump rope. But, I made some progress with it today, so that’s good too.

Totally forgot to journal yesterday, loads of stuff had taken over my mind, being sick, and also having to do all of the other black belt stuff, and take care of both my brothers has been a lot. But now because of it, I have an even greater respect for both of my parents for taking care of all three of us when we were little. Anyway, made cookies today because it was a rainy Sunday and I felt like it (who's gonna stop me?). They turned out really good for my first time baking, and I'm really proud. I'm trying to get back into the groove of things and trying to make sure I get my stuff done. Goodnight, sleep well, it might be midnight, but all is swell. (I rhymed on purpose 😎)

Hello everyone, today was a good day today because it was a relaxing day, I woke up and had some breakfast. Then I played a game with my brothers and then went to church. After that we went home and did chores because our parents weren't home so we had to be responsible, then I went on a five mile walk and I got rained on for about an hour. Then went home and chilled, and even better, my parents are back so all is well with the world. I hope you all had a wonderful day, and I will see you later.

This is my first blog. I got up early to catch up on my daily requirements. I went to watch the new Spiderman movie in the theater with my dad and sister. After that I came back home and did more daily requirements. After that I played soccer with my friends, until it started raining in the evening.

I got a lot done today but also felt off-kilter for most of the day as well. Good things in poomsae class, have to finish off my creative but I think.I am about 2/3s done. My run turned into a walk because it was sneezarama...but I got the miles in. Bannister is one coat of paint away from being done and my closet is completely empty so today had some productivity in it.  Turns and balance are what I want to focus on this week. And my creative and practicing it, again and again. Have a great week!

​Not too much going on today. I woke up, completed a few requirements, and grabbed some breakfast before heading into the garage to clean up a bit. Shortly after, we went over to my in-laws' house for dinner—it was delicious as always, and I always appreciate their cooking. ​After getting home, I knocked out a few more requirements, showered, and now I'm heading to bed. Today was Day 2 of my no-soda challenge. I had a strong craving to crack open a nice, ice-cold Coke, but luckily it passed pretty quickly.  

Today was a really busy day! Me and my family woke up at around 7ish. I ran my mile and then also did my physical work. Then we stared our 4 hour drive to Atlanta Georgia. I slept for the whole ride. Then we arrived at a family friends house and stayed for lunch. I ate naan and baked chicken with salad! It was really good. After I played with the kids and then we went to a majlis and also ate dinner. After we went to a Majalis again and also ate dinner and I played with the kids. Then to our drive to the hotel I read The Grit workbook for kids. And then played Roblox. After we reached the hotel and I took a bath and brushed my teeth. The I finished off with practice my work and the heading to bed.

Today was my mom’s birthday so I forgot to do all of my requirements and I didn’t go to sparring class today. I went to sleep at 3 AM but I somehow stayed awake during the whole sermon at Church today. After Church we found out that my brother was sick so he was quarantined for basically the whole rest of the day except for using the bathroom. I gave him his food and stuff. After a while we gave him a supply of food and drinks and we went to a skating rink and I had a LOT of fun. I think the last time I went there was just before covid in 2019’s spring break. Then at 5 pm we had to leave so we spent 4+ hours there. I surprisingly didn’t fall once even though I got bumped into a couple times. After the skating rink we went...

I am not a fan of all this rain because it makes it difficult to train outside. I like to practice my creative form outside so I have more space but with the ground muddy, it's near impossible. I started my summer reading book for school today; I figured I would wait until later in the summer to read it so it would be fresh on my mind going into the schoolyear. Tonight I went for a "run" but only about 1.5 miles in, I could tell I ate to big of a dinner. I ended up having to walk the rest of the miles. Hopefully next time I run it will be more successful. That's all for today, I hope everyone is doing great!

Today I didn't have any class, so it was pretty boring. I start cat-sitting for my neighbor tomorrow, so I had to go over today and make sure I know what I have to do. After that, my mom and I went to the store to get a few things. We also went to see my sister at work, which was nice because she works at Buckle, so we got to look around at the new things in the store. After that, we went home, and I completed my requirements, and now I'm gonna go to sleep. I hope everyone had a great day!

Today was my grandmas bday! After I woke up I was talking to her and chilling a little. Later on I had some food and starting working on her cake. I made her a mango white chocolate cake and it turned out pretty good! I went to sunday sparring class for the first time around 2 and it was very different from normal class. We did a bunch of unique exercises and I was among professional sparrers so when it came time for actual matches they were very intense and cool to watch. I learned a lot and am looking forward to next week. When i came home I finished up frosting the cake and we had some people over to have a small celebration. Everyone said my cake was very good. Pretty normal day, my rest day so no requirements today but still pretty tiring because of sparring. Tomorrow is...

honestly i can’t even keep up with the date anymore 🫩. today i went to my sat prep class in the morning and got back around 1. after that i had lunch and did my requirements. i then went to my neighbors house since they got a new dog. thats pretty much all i did.