Candidate Journals

My day was good I woke up I did my exersises and then I Did my two mile run and I did my sit-ups push-ups burpees and pull-ups and after that I helped Rotate the tires on My dad"s car and Yeah that was my day 

Today me and my family went fishing and only caught one fish. It was a toad fish and it was really ugly. After fishing we went to a pizza place and ate there. When we were done we went home.

Me and my family went to the beach. We arrived at 12:00pm and we were really tired.

My friend got done with surgery so I went to his house to check up on him and he was really tired. After that I went to help at TKD and had a good time. I went home to play guitar I ate dinner with my family.

On Thursday and Friday in school not much happened and not much happened this weekend either, I’ve been practicing my guitar lately but aside from that not much.

I didn’t do my journal yesterday so today will count as both. Friday,Saturday, and Sunday were filled with things a had to do. Now, I’m coughing and have a very stuffed nose.   

I have most of my requirements done for the day and it feels great. My neck is much, much better now although I won't be training any spinning kicks today. Speaking of... Master Evins went over hurricane kicks this past Saturday and gave us an exercise for practicing those.  I couldn't do much that day, but I'm really looking forward to practicing this week. My diet suffered this past week. I'm going to blame it on the prednisone and, now that I'm finished with that, I have no excuse for getting back on track. The kids want to go back to White Water today so that's probably the agenda - after I cut the grass and send a few emails. Have a good day all.   

I've been slacking on posting (but not on practicing).  It was a good weekend, with classes in Harrisburg on Friday night and North Charlotte on Saturday morning.  We had some friends over on Saturday night to watch the Charlotte FC game.  It was great to catch up with them, it had been too long, and Charlotte got the win (it's always more fun when they win).  I had a very productive time in the park practicing on Sunday.   Today I'm going to start at White Belt and work my way up through all of the requirements in order.  Just starting at white belt and working my way up.  I don't typically do it this way, primarily because it takes a long time, and I don't typically have that much time in one sitting.  The Labor Day holiday is really going to help with that.   Prediction:  Kick Defense and Hapkido will be my...

Today is August 31st, we have officially made it to September. That flew by very fast, but I am grateful to have been able to accomplish all that I have this month. One major improvement is that my shin and legs do not feel like I am walking on hot coals as I walk / jog. That may also be due to my shoes I brought ,but the consistently of walking / jogging has helped. Thought I am not where I used to be and I have to take more breaks , I am happy with this. I am also proud that I have been able to teach classes at the Dojang. That has been a fun addition to my weekly routine. This month will be a little challenging, with my wife having to sing on the praise team on Wednesday nights. I will have to go to Harrisburg or Huntersville...

Today was my rest day! My sister’s friend stayed over last night and we watched a movie till late. I’m pretty close with her too so it’s cool. We made breakfast together and were listening to songs for some time. Then we were watching some random TV while my dad made lunch. I ended up watching Avatar the last airbender episodes. It’s one of my favorite shows. I was just lazing around for some time and then I went to clean my bunk bed cupboards out because I’m getting a new bed. I listened to some murder stories while I did that. Then I made some meal prep food, Pad Thai, and it turned out really good. I showered and am chilling now.

Poomsae class was awesome today. We did an exercise where each step was broken down into two counts. The first count was the prep and the second count was the finish. 

August 31 - Entry # 21 Today was a pretty good day.. just spent time with my mom and dad. My sister went to my grandpa's for the weekend. I woke up, ate breakfast, then did some requirements. Rode bikes with a few of the neighborhood kids, we had a campfire and made s'mores. Finished my requirements, then got ready for bed. We plan to take the boat out tomorrow for labor day. We got a new float to be pulled on, so im excited about that.

Man this cycle is flying by. Just finished my no technology challenge. I actually really enjoy it, but it was actually pretty hard this year. I’ve gotten into some bad habits that this helped me see. Got lots of chores done!

Today was a good day. I woke up and went to a different campus for our church. It was okay but I like one we usually go to better. I worked on my requirements and then played with friends the rest of the day. I'm glad we get a break from school and I get to stay up a little longer. I hope everybody has a good night :) Bye!

Spent majority of today working on requirements, unfortunately I have been falling behind since school started. It's hard waking up on the wrong side of 5:00am and not getting back home to rest until 9:00pm some days.

Today I woke Up went to the shoe store and got new shoes then I went on a bike ride and after I took a walk and that’s about it. Night!!

today, i went and hung out with my girlfried. we went to lunch and rode around. i went to my grandparents house also. me and my mom just got back from hanging out and now im gonna make some food and hit the hay.

So I have not managed to do a journal entry in a little while so here we go this time this is going to be weird for my regulars I don't know if I have any regulars but anyway this was not as exhausting as most other days and apparently dad's car broke down at 3:00 in the morning and apparently Mom told me about it and then left to go deal with it but I do not remember any of that at all but aaanyway we did not end up going to mass I'm not even sure why but we made french toast for brunch and the biggest thing was probably going to Grandma and Grandpa's for dinner and we had ribs and corn on the cob and some sort of broccoli salad and some kind of onions I don't remember but it was good we had brownies a la...

Today was awful. My husband's car broke down on 485 last night and I had to go rescue him and we had to wait for state troopers for a jump and 3 hours later, we still ended up having to leave it there and get it towed today. I'm so tired....

Today was a chill day. I was able to play some video games with my friends.

Today, I did a lot of stuff, like go places with my cousins. It was very fun. We were at a festival where we ate food, and went on rides.

Today was a normal day. First I woke up and had my math class. Then I watched tv and read for some time. Then I ate lunch and did the laundry. After that I had my music class and I went outside and played volleyball with my friends.

Today I woke up and I had an SAT class in the morning and then I went for a run and did my requirements. Then I went outside with my friends and we played volleyball for a bit and then after that we played a game called infection which is basically tag/hide and seek and we used like half of the neighborhood for it. Me and a few of my friends went into the trail in our neighborhood and then we found this separate trail that led up this hill behind the houses. We were there for a while but then my other friend who wasn't a tagger came and found us and he said he didnt get tagged but then he tagged us because he lied. After that we played another round but it was getting late so we went back to the court to play more volleyball and then...

Today we stayed for the most part. I did my homework in the morning and then finished my requirements. Then I watched a lot of tv. We went out for dinner and then I did my run.

Today I got up and it was my cousin's birthday today! I went to out uncle's house because he had a surprise to show her, and it was a car! This surprised me since my cousin just turned 18 and I really just didn't expect a car. But we surprised her, she cried, which I would cry as well if I got a car for my 18th birthday. We went to Buffalo Wild Wings and I got the Triple Bacon Cheeseburger, it wasn't as big as I thought but it still tasted great though. Well that's my journal! I hope my cousin has a happy birthday!

Today I woke up and went on run and did my requirements.  When I came home I got changed and me and my mom went to the plant house to make our own succulent habitat. I came home and worked on some homework and some of my essays. Now I’m gonna go to sleep. 

Hi today I woke up and went to poomsae class  we used these bottles with stuff in them to practice poomsae then to went home and then went play with my friends and then I ate dinner well thats all byyy.

So today I went to poomsae class. I came home and cleaned. Then I went biking with my friends. Then I Went home and ate dinner. That’s it bye-bye.

Today was mostly a normal day. Also, I went for a long bike ride. After my bike ride, I finished my requirements and now hanging out at my house.

Normal day today, going to do requirements later and going to relax the rest of the day.

Today was the actual move-in. I got my room situated, and my roommate is yet to be here, so it looks like for the time being, I have the room to myself. I also found a place in the basement to stretch in. Hopefully I can do class in that space, but I am still looking for a bigger space to do that in. Maybe I can borrow a lounge, but if push comes to shove, then that's what I'm doing.

average day, i had sparring which was fun though, and after that got credits then requirements and yeah

Week 8 – Respect We not only bow to our instructors and peers, but to life itself. Respect is the foundation of strength—it reminds us that we do not walk this path alone.

Today, I went to the black belt class, and did somewhat well.Then, I went the aviation museum.Then, we went to sushi. Then we came back home, and watched a movie.

Today I had black belt class in the morning. It was a pretty normal class today and then I had piano class. Definitely need work on my hurricane back kicks though. After I came home hanged with my dog, made a dessert thing and did some chores. Then I finished the rest of my requirements. I went a short run today and then did a little more chores. Some of my dads friends came over and my sisters friend (one of their daughters) came over too. Since I started my diet, I wanna try a little meal prep so we went to the grocery store for that. I am about to have dinner and watch a movie with my sister and her friend. Tomorrows my rest day!!!

so today was my first full day at sun outdoors myrtle beach. its not a beach its a camping ground but it is close to the beach I was able to get a few requirements done but not all of them.

Today i did the digital detox. I went to sparring class and helped out with the junior tigers and family class, and then after that I had leadership class. In leadership i did my drill I made and it went pretty well. After that I came home and went to this lunch thing that was part of the festival that was going on this whole week. There was this bouncy house but these kids kept unplugging the fan thing so it kept deflating which was funny. Also it was meant for younger kids but these older kids kept going in it. Anyways after lunch my friends came over to my house and we just played a bunch of card games. The we went outside and played volleyball in my driveway for a bit. After that we went to the court but it was too hot so we went to the pool and played...

Today I did my digital detox. From 9:00 to 12:30 I was in taekwondo. Then from 1:00 to like 9:30 pm I was like outside because there was a festival going on in my neighborhood and I also played some volleyball while at the festival because it was a lunch and dinner and some few other stuff in between.

Today I woke up and went to the Saturday class, I found a few things that I need to work on before the overnight test. When I got home I went on a run and did the rest of my requirements. I got a shower and ended up falling asleep for a while. When I woke up I went to the store and got some groceries for the week with my mom and I came home and ate dinner. I watched a show with my sister and now i’m gonna go to sleep. 

Today was fun I went ice skating at pineville icehouse and went to a black belt class.

today, i woke up  and me and my mom spent the day together. we went and test drove a 4runner. looked at some property in rockwell. and now im doing requiremnts and about to eat dinner.

Today I woke up and went to class and got all my credits and stuff and I went home and chilled and I just had subs for dinner. Goodnight.

I had a football game and we took an L and now my friend is here. 

Today I woke up went to tkd then went on a walk after I hung out with some friends. Night!

Today. I did a mentor session with Master Chelley, took my black belt class, and helped out with the lower belt class.

Today is Friday. And School is over. So it's officially the start of my four day weekend. And I don’t have to run today either. So it's a pretty good day. I’m going to go to Taekwondo and spar. Then come home, eat and play the game. I’m going to get my rep up too. And I need to see how much 2k26 is right now. I’m not going to buy but I need to watch and see when the price drops.

Today has been a lot of Saturday chores and I went to pick up a new to us bed frame which I'm excited about and we're trying to get stuff squared away before our homeschool co-op starts next week and I'm really enjoying making instructional videos for my classes

Today was the day before move in day, but I was able to get my keys. I was also able to organize a lot of my stuff before moving in. I also created a weekly schedule. Turns out I have no classes on Tuesday, so my first day of classes is actually Wednesday. Having a 4-day week will make things easier this semester.

This was just another long friday. Nothing happened except I did my some of my requirements, I should my mom a cooking recipe I thought was cool, and my sister got home after she was on the bus for 3 hours straight.

Today I slept through my alarm so I had to rush to get ready. I won a raffle for a snack in my class during school so that was fun. After school I was watching some TV for some time and tried to get a small nap in before I started my requirements. I finished my requirements around evening and went on my run. Today my run felt horrible I was feeling like the beginning of the cycle. I think I’m just worn out. Anyways my sister came over this long weekend to visit from college. We watched an old murder movie together and our dad made us dinner. Pretty okay day.

today was just another friday. just like every other friday of this cycle. doing the exact same things as every other friday. with the same requirements that i do everyday. and the same activities as every other friday thus far. nothing new or interesting at all.

Today was a normal day. First I woke up and went to school. Then I came back and ate a snack a went to taekwondo. In taekwondo I took black belt class and took sparring. Finally I went to a festival and watched people dance.

Today was really eventful. I went to school and did my regular classes in the morning. Most of our teachers just made class like a study hall so we could do whatever we wanted as long as it wasn't too loud. I got my homework done during that time but i still have a project i need to work on over the weekend. Anyways after that the second half of the day we had what we call full house, its basically just an assembley. They just talked about upcoming events and what we need to do for service hours this year. After that we had clubs and im in art club but i didnt really work on anything because I didn't know what to draw. After I got home I went to black belt class and after that i did sparring. Then I came home and i went to this function...

Today I had a ELA test and I got a 100 hundred on it so I am happy, after school I chilled for a bit then I went to black belt class then I went home and ate dinner.

My first football game was today. The team lost 6-22 which sucks, but we had a really good first marching of our music. The music we played is great & we won a battle against the other marching band. they slept  when we played so we did the same & played the best music.  We also had a football player say that we were the reason they lost & we are all spiteful.

Tomorrow I have a football game.  I did some cycle requirements and yeah.

Practiced some forms and reviewed some of the videos. I even got a run in before school, never again..

Busy day today, we woke up and packed up. Ran the 1.5 miles to the car and drove it back to the hotel. We loaded up and were on the road by 10. The drive was uneventful and we were home by 2 or so, we had our bikes fixed a week ago and hadn’t ridden them, so Abigail Emma and I went on a ride. The bike felt so smooth and much easier to ride when it is all lubed up. Then we headed to black belt class, and works on hopkido, which was really good as we haven’t done much of that. 

So today I started the actual letter to self in school. Then I went to King Tiger after school. I ate snack, helped out then I did rolls and falls class and black belt class. Then I went to Jimmy John’s for dinner. That’s it bye.

Hi today I woke up and went to school and then I went to king tiger after school and then I did rolls and falls class then I did BBC it was so fun then we went next door and got jimmy johns then we went home byyy.

Today is Friday which means a three day weekend and no homework.

Today I went to school and took my quizzes and did really good on both. I got home and did some homework and ate dinner I went on a run and did my requirements. Then I watched a movie and about to go to sleep. today was a pretty chill day which is nice. 

I ran a mile at school today and then after I got picked up we went to eat Korean BBQ. When we got home I finished my requirements and did more running while watching Anime

Journaled this morning when it felt like the world was against me, but tonight I'm feeling energized. Had to modify a bit in class tonight due to injury, but just being there and being around everyone training and feeling the love of the King Tiger family put things back into perspective for me. Have a good night, all. 

Today was a great day. I went to school and all classes except drama was boring. In drama we get to play games and have challenges with donuts for the reward. We won today so we get donuts next class. It's also an easy grade. My bus was late picking us up from school and I was the last stop for some reason. It made me late for sparring tonight. Sparring went well. I liked the drills and learned some new skills. I felt more relaxed tonight and we had good group. I hate that I have to get up early for black belt class but I'm excited to check out a different class. I'm about to eat and relax. Goodnight.

Today I went to school and we had to take 2 tests, one for a book and the second one for our dianostic for math which was really "fun". After that I came home and went to run 3 miles which was pretty easy kinda. Soon later I went to go get ice cream with my dad, after we got our ice cream we went to his place and I did my requirements. Right now im working on my science fair log book. But today was pretty chill.

Our Co-op class with other homeschoolers started today at Lake Norman Baptist Church. When I got home, I was exhausted and I don't want to go the the black belt class. But I have to go because it gives me more strength and discipline.

Today, I went to school, and had an amazing day in science. We had to present our atmosphere project, and we did great. The science lottery happened, and the bag of diabetes came out, and I did not win a thing. Now I am working on cleaning the house because my cousins are coming.

Today, I woke up, and went to school. I actually made it to the gym. Then my day continued, and I went to Owen's mom's room to go to taekwondo. While I was there I worked with Owen on hopkito 2 and 3, and sparred Landon. Also, I forgot to says this, but I ran a mile on the gym's track with Ryan.

Today I went to help at TKD. I had a really fun time. I am packing for the beach tomorrow. 

Had a decent day at school, I'm doing this on Hazel Westine's computer. Got all my requirements done this morning. Heading to a black belt class and sparring class today. Have a good day  

It's been a few days since I've journaled, but I've been plugging away at my requirements, working, and doing some research about the Kwans for my essay. Tonight I will go to the black belt class.

I can't believe it's Friday already. Between work, taking care of two young boys, dealing with injuries, cycle requirements, finding family time, waning support... I'm feeling overwhelmed. 

Thursday was OK, I did not go to the Dojang  today. I did end up going on a walk, which ended up being about 3 miles then I came back home and worked on my requirements to end the night. It’s almost the weekend, I can’t wait.

August 28 - Entry # 20 Woke up and went to school. Got signed out right after lunch for my sister's orthodontist appointment. After her appointment, we went to gamestop to get some pokemon cards but they were sold out. I ended up getting a Gengar Funko Pop and picked out a Stitch one for my sister. Went went home for a little bit then headed to sparring. Glad to be at home and in the bed for the night.

Today i went to school which was boring and then i came home and then i went to run and i had chicken for dinner. Goodnight.

Today after school, my mom gave me a full meal to eat because she said I haven’t been eating properly. She was leaving to go to Vegas on a trip with her friends today. I said bye to her and was watching some TV for some time and took a short nap that felt really good. I finished my requirements after. I improved on running time today and was facetiming with my sister after. She’s in college but she’s coming over this long weekend. I had an online meeting for an organization I’m part of so I did that and had dinner.

i went to school cane back and ran. i felt really good running, like i wasnt that tired as i usually was which was great. did some requirements and yeah

today was a really long day. had band and bible at school. at 3 i went to marching band. after that i went straight to work. today i worked on staff form 2 a bit. i came home and did requirements and ate dinner. 

Today was a good day. School was okay today. I had French class and learned some new words and phrases. I like it way more than Spanish. The bus ride home was long because it picked us up late from school. I relaxed a little when I got home. My mom got me Jersey Mikes and then I finished my requirements. I forgot a couple of moves for my 1st dan self defense so I have to work on it tomorrow at tkd. I hope everyone has a good night. Bye!

Today was a pretty good day. At school in math we did a review about what we learned so far and we also got our quiz scores from the other day and I got a 100% because it was really easy. We have this class called seminar and the way that our principal described it was "everything the teachers want to teach you but don't have the time in their class to teach it" so basically like life skills and things about college and just how to be a better person overall. Right now we are working on making better and more engaging presentations, and the topics we got were very random. mine was "what animal would make a good pet if it was small" The first thing I thought of was bears because its like having a teddy bear thats actually alive. I did some research though and apparently its...

Today was a long day. I had a math test, a Spanish quiz, and a science quiz. As well I had a soccer game after school. Luckily, we managed to get the w after a hard-fought game. We didn't play very good but it was enough to win the game. After the game our coach, rewarded us with no practice tomorrow. But I'm just happy I'm home and can't wait to start sleeping.

Math test at school and then sparring. Sparring was fun.

Today I had school, and it was a normal day. After school, I had a bunch of homework to do. I went to sparring and got to practice some new stuff. After I got home, I ate dinner and I studied for the 2 quizzes I have tomorrow. Now I'm gonna go to sleep. 

Another exhausting day on cycle! Yay! Aaaaaaanyway The big thing today was taekwondo. We had a lot of chores before that so I was already tired out 🥱 But I still had to go help with the class and I actually got a mentee session in and oh yeah we like just after lunch we went to do a mentor session with Master Marcus and then I went to my appointment which basically was talking about the hotel situation at Disney world🏰 Which if you haven't been reading my journals recently, we are going in February. Aaaaanyway after I helped with the class then I took sparring which as usual was horrific😁😐😕🙁☹️😫 other than that the day was okay. So aaaaaaaaanyway bye

Today was stressful. I feel so overwhelmed with life right now. But it did feel good to go to class anyway and knock out requirements. We also had a good mentor session with Master Marcus.

My day was good. I woke up did my exersises and went to school.After school was over I went to the dojang early to help out and then I took sparing class good workout as usual and then I went home took a shower and just chilled

Today I one up, went to school. It was kind of a hard morning today, but I got through it. After school my dad picked me up and we went to an appointment. After the appointment we went to eat dinner at Sports Page.

today I wasn't able to get any requirements done due to homework and studying for a quiz. I hope it doesn't hurt me in the future but I will still try to make up for it either tomorrow or over the weekend.

Today was the 4th day of school, already getting projects and real assignments. Trying to complete 2 different types of homework (TKD and School) is difficult. :l

Hi today I woke up and went to school then I went to king tiger after school and then did a mentor and mente then I did my requirements and I'm really good at push-ups then I did sparing. Well thats all byy.

Today I had my math diagnostic at school, after school I went home finished a project and went to help with class and then did sparring.

Nothing really happened today except I just got my first pieces of homework at school today.

Today was a normal day. First I woke up and went to school. After that I came back and ate a snack and did my requirements. Then I did my dance practice and did my homework. Finally I read a book for sometime and then ate dinner and watched tv.

So   I’m almost done with my sloppy copy of my letter to self.  At king tiger after school I ate snack and did a mentee session . Then I did sparring class. That’s it bye

Today I went to school and I got to almost finish my Science Fair Project but all I have to do is my experiment. After school I came to my dads house and chilled out for a little bit before we had to go to Taekwondo and we all had a sparring class. After sparring class I went home to my dads house and I did my requirements and took a shower plus I also updated the site for me. Well basically thats it for today but today was good.

Tomorow is a football game & as such me & the rest of the band will be there. I recentley learned I am extremley posotive. This is useful to keep things normal as states of disarray only lead to a changing opinnion. I vote malevolence should be added as an emotion in peoples minds.

Normal day at school, got a 90 on my social studies quiz and ran 3 miles today. Got the teach some 6th graders in band how to play their instruments today. 

Nothing to really report today.  Pretty normal day, went to the office for a few hours, came home, worked some more, mixed in requirements, read to my youngest, did some household chores.  My wife made a delicious butternut squash soup for dinner.  For the rest of the night, I'll do some more chores, watch some jeopardy, and maybe an episode of The Punisher (we're working our way through the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe).

Today is Thursday. I have one day left until my 4 day weekend. I can’t wait. I’m going to play 2k a lot.They need to drop more codes. I need to hit a ruby rep. And I’m going to sleep in late. And at school I need us to max out on decline. I’m really curious what my max will be.