Fall 2024 Black Belt Cycle

Candidate Journals

King Tiger Tae Kwon Do Black Belt candidates blog daily about their journey: their thoughts and feelings, their struggles and successes; their pain and their encouragement. Follow along on their journey; words of encouragement are always welcome!
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A good day to go slushing

Finally got a 3 miler in today. Weather temperature was perfect for it. The only problem was it was like running through a 7-11 Slushie. Spent most of the morning trying to get my piece of junk car out of the driveway. Chevy makers must be having a good laugh at my expense when they made the traction control on my car. It basically doesn't allow the wheel to move any further if the car feels it's slipping. So, the piece of junk was just sitting in my driveway making that annoying thudding sound and I wasn't going anywhere. Good times. For those who are or will be driving soon, take the no text when driving seriously. During my run, I always face traffic just in case, and here comes this teenager girl, car wandering into the shoulder of the road where I was running. I watched in amazement as she was so engaged with her phone, that she never noticed me. Glad I wasn't a child. She and the parents would have to deal with that death for the rest of her life. Parents, (and I am including myself), realize that they will be looking at their phone. It's far too tempting not to. It's like a big red button that says "Do not press" for a little boy. It's just too enticing. I don't have a solution for this, outside of taking the phone away, but parents aren't going to do that. Hopefully she will live long enough to grow some wisdom. Take care and be safe.

Another day
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