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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Happy independence from fear day

Fear is the one thing that stops us from doing the things we all want to do. And although sometimes it can be very tough to resist, you have to try your best because fear is the stuff that will kill your hopes and dreams. Very bad right? So, I'm sure we all don't want that to happen to us. How are some ways we can fight against fear you ask? Well, it can be simple - get a motivation. For example, maybe you're having trouble completing your miles for the week by yourself. Now and then you can ask a friend to come with you. Or maybe you're not feeling it for your poomsaes or self-defense so set a goal for yourself and feel the great feeling of accomplishment when you reach that goal. So, to put it in a different perspective think of fear like a simple pest that can be repelled by a little something called perseverance.  I have a theory about fear that it's not how something looks mentally or physically it's the questions that are left unanswered that scare us. This ties into the black belt cycle, for example, I was scared when I tested for first poom but it wasn't really the test that scared me, it was all the unanswered questions I had like "what will it be like, will it be difficult, will they be expecting perfection?" etc. In conclusion, don't let the big bully fear get in your way. Don't let those pesky questions get in the way, just do the work. and at times, when things get difficult, ask someone for some help. There's nothing against it. 

January 29th, 2024
Monday Motivation