Spring 2025 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!

2/8/2024

Hi King Tiger Family. Thursday night. All is well. Went to sparring and helped with classes before. Got a mentee session in as well. Need more Leadership, so need to ask more often. Did some requirements and ate a yummy dinner my wife cooked. Getting ready for bed and then resting for the next day. Have a great night and weekend. Take care.

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2/8/2024

Today my history teacher dropped my grade for some reason. I did the test in the back and the lessons except for one but she said "You can just do that one for homework because you have been good for the past two weeks just turn it in on Monday." We also had five more minutes of class left and I don't know why she said I've been good for two weeks, I've been good for three weeks so I was mad about that. After school I went too TKD at the North Charlotte location for sparring. After the match I felt something dripping. It was blood, I look down and it was my bruised toe and I don't know how.

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Journal For Thursday

Hello King Tiger! I couldn't type yesterday's journal because I was busy doing a project and I went to sleep at about 11 o'clock. Today started off great. I went to school and got a 100 on a test. I turned in the project today during that class. I did the requirements and went to sparring class. Sparring was fun, I guess. I really need to get more leaderships credits. I just watched Percy Jackson and I am typing my journal now. See y'all tomorrow!

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2/8/24

Today I had a good day at school and for every holiday we make cards and stuff for old age homes so for Valentine’s Day we made paper roses. The funny thing was that me and one other person were the only people who figured out how to make them so we did all the work but still needed to make 48 more. Knowing this I did the roses at home and then did my requirements. After that I had dinner and I’m about to go to bed.

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sparring

Hello guys. Today will be a short journal because i have to work on my essays. So let me tell you about sparring class. I was sparring a smaller kid and I didn't know whether to kick her because I didn't want to overwhelm her but master marcus said to kick her so I was feeling confused. But when I spar someone my own size I throw all sorts of kicks. I can feel myself improving and that's what it's all about. Anyway, hope you guys had a great day and i hope that your black belt cycle is going well. See you tomorrow at black belt class. Hugs and kicks, Matthew.

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2/8/24 Journal #34

I woke up and got ready for school.  Then we walked to school.  At school we did blocks.  After school I got to King Tiger and did most of my black belt stuff.  I did sparring and I sparred the same kid twice.  Also Brien came to watch me spar! Finally we went home had dinner, showered and I finished my self defense and wrote this journal!

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February 8th, 2024

I woke up today and did my normal thing, except no requirements. I then went to school, which was pretty fun. I had JROTC today and it was uniform day. I then went home and hung out with my girlfriend. I did some studying while she was over. I then went to Tae Kwon Do. I helped out with class and took sparring. My dad got a little injury at sparring so I spent some of the class making sure he was "ok." I then went home ate and did some requirements. I then showered and now I am here. 

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2/8 Cry, cry.. and more cry.

Today I woke up early and put posters in then went to school. I've already raised $206 and I would like to raise more for my band so please support me if you can! After school I went straight to class then did all of my requirements. I went home and did homework then I started crying because I'm so tired. I hope everyone had a great day and stay safe!

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2/8/24

Today I went to school and we had to do book clubs in reading. When I got home I went to TKD and helped with the 3 classes. I did a mentee session and then a mentor session with Master Foster. I got frustrated before TKD because I am tired and need a break. 

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im not sick anymore

 today i did some requirments then i watched some tv bye

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02/08/24

Today I had another normal day at school with no tests.   After school I read some of a book for school and did my requirements.  I helped in 515 class, took 6 o'clock class and then did sparring. Its Chick fil A time and then bed.  

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Jordan Small-2/8/24-#33

Hello! Today I went to school and had art today and then I had a decently hard math test, and I wasn't that confident with it :(.  After school I did my homework then did my requirements, after that I had Burger King.  I couldn't get to Sparring Class today, because I was on a tight schedule.  So my dad just cut my hair for our trip to Baltimore tomorrow!       Good night!

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2/8 Journal

Today I went to school and didn't really do much. When I got home I did my requirements and some homework. Then I went to sparring.

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Caden Journal

today was very slow so there’s not much that happened in school. But I did get picked up early for a dentist appointment. It was super quick and they said I have zero cavities and I’m brushing and flossing well. Then I went over whom sings and self-defense for a while when I got home. then I went to sparring class, it was great. Now I am at home, showering and eating before I go to bed. Good night!

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Shaan Pattnaik 2/8/24

Today, after coming from school, and I went to Tae Kwon Do where I had sparring. I sparred three times, and someone unfortunately got injured while I was there. I am going to take a shower now and do homework.

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2/8/2024

Hello King Tiger Family. Today I went to school and had a normal day, we got  Thursday folders and report cards. I got all  A's so here come my blue pants! Well I got an A average last quarter too though. After school I went home and did requirements and now I am relaxing. Tomorrow is Friday so yay!

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2/8/24- #23

School so far is going well. We just had a meeting for CPCC (college) courses if we want to take any in the future. I'm not sure if I will next year, I might wait so that I can do summer courses. Overall another uneventful day. Though I did once again forget to journal yesterday. Another habit I really need to break: forgetting.......

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2/8 - #19

I fell asleep sometime inbetween read my book for school, Night by Elie Wiesel, and doing requirements. I’ll have to do some math when I get home today to find out how much I did, oops!  Today, we have a socratic seminar, and while usually I tend to watch more than speak, I want to be more involved in the conversation today.  I’m going mute tomorrow, as it is a Friday which means my classes are shorter and we do a lot of team based activities during the second half of the school day. Because it is team based, I’m going to have to find out creative ways to communicate with my group, as we’re normally not allowed to use our phones. It is going to be interesting, and good for my essay!!!

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2/8

Today I woke up the. Did my black belt requirements except my run but I hope it will go by fast because I’m exhausted of school since all school is, is just go to it and try not to fall asleep

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02/08/24

today i went to jail and then went to taekwondo and did a leadership and attended black belt class. now i have to do homeworrk.

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Run, Run, Run

Today I worked on more kicks than usual along with my other requirements.  A shipmate of mine called to see if I was still running in the Hot Chocolate 5k, but was worried that we were supposed to train close to a year earlier, as she was confused with training for a marathon.  I assured her that we could run the 5k.  We will run three miles in the morning using the Galloway method.  I'm really excited about the run.  

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Feb 7

Today was another one of those autopilot days. I did the same things as usual. Worked, went home and ate dinner. Played with my dog, and am chillin.

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February 7th, 2024

Today was a long day. I woke up, did my thing, and went to school. Today I met with one of my counselors to talk about my classes for next year. I then came home and hung out with my girlfriend for a little bit. I then went and worked out. I came home afterwards and went to youth group at our church. Afterwards I came home and read for a while since I have reading due tomorrow. Now I am here. 

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1/7/2024

Good Evening King Tiger Family! Today was a great day. I went to school and had a normal day. I was able to do some requirements at school in p.e and during recess. After school I went to taekwondo class. I was excited to learn about all of the credits I received because I attended jr instructor's camp. After high belt class we had black belt curriculum class and worked on sticks and staff forms. I learned that I need to practice my sticks more and I did pretty well with staff form. I came home and finished up my requirements and took a shower. I'm about to watch a little tv before heading to bed. 

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Modules and Online work

Lots of desk work today. I did end the evening with a workout and taekwondo. Probably will go to bed now so I can wake up early and finish some more work. 

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1/7/24

Today wasn’t the best day for me. I woke up and went to school at school we play soccer and I got slide tackled and then kicked in the stomach. The only good thing was that I scored the game winning goal. After school I had a bad headache but I still did some requirements. After that I slept for a while. At TKD I met with my mentee and had a session.

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2/7

Today I woke up and did my black belt requirements. Then, got ready for school and got some donuts on the way to school. I went to school and immediately had math map testing. That test went really good, I got a 253 on it. Then the rest of my classes were shortened. I came home, I ran 1.75 miles and did some extra pull ups after that. Then I did extra planks. Then I played some video games, ate dinner, and took a shower. I did 5 minutes of extra planks and then Poomsaes. 

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2/7 Journal

Today was busy. First of all i woke up with a really stuffy nose so that’s fun. At school i didn’t have a break in any of my classes . In math we did a worksheet. In science we did another assignment but it was a group thing so it was pretty fun. In spanish we went over how to say time. In social studies rachael joined our group so we got to the middle of the project and are near the end. in Ela we did a short assignment and then read and my teacher kept having me go back and first to and from the printer room but I didnt mind it because i like printing stuff for her. After school i didn’t have much time so i quickly did some of my requirements and headed to my TKD i helped out with a few classes then had my...

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Journal part 2 - th@nk you!

PS - thank you to Grand Master Evins and all the other great masters for the Jr instructor's camp experience all the lessons learned. The credits are a bonus but I would have done it for free! One of your favorite Matthews on 123 Ooga Booga Street.

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2/7: average day

2/7: today was a half day at school like usual. i came home and took a quick nap and then did some exercises. i had guitar lessons at 5:30 then went straight to taekwondo. afterwards me and parker went for a run and now I'm doing homework.

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Jordan Small-2/7/24-#32

Hello,, today I went to school, and had chapel in the morning, and after that I took ELA then went to Band class and practiced my clarinet.  After school I went home and did some of my homework, then I went to the dentist.  After the dentist I went to Tae Kwon Do class and had a mentee session the I took the 6:00 class.  When I got home I finished my homework and did my requirements.   BTW thank you Grand Master Evins for the Jr. Instructors Camp credits!                                                                                                                          ...

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2/7/2024

Today I didn’t go anywere because i don’t feel good. So I took the day off of school and sat around and watched TV all day then i took a shower and am having another great hair day and then i did my requirements and played fortnite

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congr@tulations!

Hi Guys. How's your day been going? If it's been good, good! If it's been bad, look forward to tomorrow. Sometimes it's just one of those days. I would like to say congratulations to Instructor Logan who will be a high school graduate in the next 24 hours. Master Chelly made an announcement after adult class when we were getting ready to go home. My dad told me that Instructor Cortney is a nurse now so congratulations to her also. It's great to see everyone making all of these accomplishments and how far we've come, from learning to walk to getting your first degree black belt or second, or third or master. Also, it's amazing how much we've grown as the Tae Kwon Do family. We're a team and that's what we'll continue to grow as. My spidey senses are tingling - i think my mortal care givers want me to go to...

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2/7/24

Today I woke up and straightened my hair because I showered last night. Then I went to school and I was suppose to have math superstars but the teacher never came. When I got home my sister was sick so I was the only person who went to TKD and I had tacos for dinner. In class we practiced our self defenses and worked with sticks and staffs during the high belt class.

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2/7/2024

Today I got out of bed with this pain in my leg. At first I thought we had to cut it off but it just lasted for the morning. At school there was nothing in the Bags of hope box. After school I went to TKD and practiced forms and self-defense. 

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2/7

Happy Wednesday! It was a busy day! Got in 2 1/2 miles. Did my bb requirements. Worked. Took Jovi to get a recorder for his 4th grade music class and then to his piano lesson. Then he and I went to taekwondo where I got a mentee session in and a class assistance credit. Late dinner after that. Hope everyone had a great day!

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2/7/24 #31

Happy Wednesday! I Today at school, I had music and we practice with the recorder, then I went to the school library for the book fair.  there were a lot of cool stuff. After school, I did my requirements.I drank some delicious chocolate milk and got ready to class to assist the 5:15 class and then I participated in the 6pm class. When I got home I did some band exercises and had dinner. Now I am working on my homework due tomorrow. Night night!

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02/07 Not again..

Today was like normal. I did my mile this morning and went to school. Then at school I popped my neck or something because I did not feel good after that. My head hurt, my arm hurt, I had a shortage of breath and everything. I took medicine when I got home and went to class for a mentee credit and leadership and assistant credit. When I went home I grabbed my posters for my school fundraiser and went and put some in mailboxes before going home and doing everything else. I got more posters to put out in neighbor's mailboxes tomorrow! I hope everyone had a great day and stay safe!

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2/7/24 Journal #33

I woke up and got ready for school.  We walked to school.  At school I did blocks like normal, today we started learning to play the recorder in music class.  Then I went to KT and had class (as a white belt....and my mom was teasing me and then a few other girls joined in).  Then I did my black belt stuff and a session with my mentee Jensen.  He also helped me with my stuff by timing me.  Finally we went home and had dinner and now I am writing this and finishing up my hw for school and then getting a shower and going to bed.  Thank you Grand Master Evins for the credits from Jr. Instructor camp!!

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2/7

Today I had another normal day of school with no test. After school I went to TKD and did class assist and  got mentored. I also went over the test questions with my mentor so I can begin to study. I had shake shack for dinner. It was so good! 

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Shaan Pattnaik 2/7/24

Today, after coming back from school, I went to Tae Kwon Do. I did a class assistance and a mentee session. At my mentee session, I went over Chil Chang and Pal Chang with him. I planned for us to also do some self-defense as well but we ran out of time. I am headed home to do homework and Poomsaes.

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Cadens Journal

today went very slow. In health we learned about the human anatomy and in PE I got my miles done. And social studies we continue to go over notes and study for our test. And ELA we started a big project which seems very exciting. Now I am preparing for basketball practice and I’m super excited. Good night!

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2/7/2024

Good Morning King Tiger Family, I missed yesterday so to quickly catch up. I am in Plano TX for work. We have an office here and visiting some of my teammates who are out here. Weather has been good and gotten some runs in. I also be working on requirements since I am traveling, so taking advantage of that. Work is work, but it has been great to visit people in person that I have only met or interacted remotely with. Heading back tonight to Charlotte. Looking forward to coming home. When traveling, I do like to get to know the area, but really did not get a chance to do that much this time. I will be back and will need to make it a longer trip. I hope you all have a great day. Take care.

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Feb 6

Today started off great. As in I had chicken for breakfast gotta love chicken. The rest of the day was pretty normal. Got asked a lot of weird questions and ended the day eith meatloaf.

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CrossFit, Running, Rolling,Taekwondo, Roller Skating

A very active day. I told myself to go to CrossFit today because it was alot of jump rope, running, handstand pushups, burpees, and sit ups. I came home and did some training modules. Then I went to King Tiger and ran. I ran a 5K because I've been following a training app, but man, the running time and distance has been increasing. During some down town at KT, I had a rolling race and a cartwheel with some of the kids. Later this in the evening I went roller skating, I've been working on a couple moves, I fell a couple times, I adding it to my fall times.

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Aurora Rocks!

I spent a lot of time on my self-defense today, a lot of time like two to three hours, but that included a lot of pausing, rewinding and water.  I was very pleased with the outcome, but when I returned from class my brain bubble was empty.  : )  Class was great.  Aurora was a great partner to work with.  She remembers everything, she's very patient and respectful and a great coach!

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2/6/24 #30

Hi! Today in science class I learned the Gulf Stream and its circulation and why it is so important to global climate. The gulf supplies warm water to Northen Europe. Pretty cool. When I got home, my sister and I went for a walk/jog/run. After that,I did my requirements. I played video games and relaxed for the rest of the evening. Good night!

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Journal For Tuesday

Hell King Tiger! I am going to type a short journal because I am so tired now. School was okay. I am going to start my registration process for next year tomorrow and I did a enzyme lab today. I finished my requirements and I am going to sleep now. Bye!!!!

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meow meow meow

Hello guys. Today was a cool day like most days. Although today I didn't go to class so that's a couple points off. I did get some good miles in though. At school, because it's black history month, they put up posters and exhibits so that you can read and study. We had to put facts that we found on an index card. That's all i have to write tonight. I'm really tired and it's past ten so I'm gonna go to bed, hit the hay, catch some z's, etc. 

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2/6

Happy Tuesday! It was a busy day! Had a meeting at 7am so Joe had to get Jovi off to school today. I got some work done and went for a run. Made some flyers for the black belt community service project and dropped them off at King Tiger Lake Norman. Got bb requirements in. Got Jovi to his various activities this evening. Jovi and I finished his lego guitar and amp tonight. It is very detailed and cool. Hope everyone had a great day. 

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2/6 Journal

Today was pretty fun. In math we did a 100 grid and i got candy. son science we just finished up our rotations and did something else. In spanish we didn’t really do anything because we were waiting for the people who had test corrections to finish. In social studies we started a new project. Rachael left halfway through because she was sick so i ended up partnering with bennett. In Ela i mostly read because rachael wasn’t there to keep me company and i ended finishing the book even though the rest of the class was only halfway through. After school I had a snack at home did my requirements then went to Tkd. I didn’t have any classes so i helped out with some and got leader ship credit and class assistance. After those I mentored hudson and went home. I just ate dinner and showered and completed some...

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Jordan Small-2/6/24-#31

Hello! Today I woke up went to school, and had a history test and I think I did pretty well on it.  After that at recess I ran a mile and a half on the field.  When I got home from school I did some of my homework then I went to class, during the 5:15 class I assisted and did leadership 1.  After that class I did a mentee session with my mentee then took the 6:00 class, and worked on Keumgang and First Dan self defense.  When class was done I got everything signed and left for home, when I got home I did the rest of my math homework and did my requirements.         have a nice day!     BYEEEEE!!

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2/6: rough day with new lessons

2/6: today was a really hard day for me. I had a really difficult economy test and ended my relationship with my girlfriend. today was a reminder that nothing lasts forever unless you nurture it. no matter how much effort you put into something, if both sides don't put forth effort, then it is bound to fail. like taekwondo, if the master or instructor is putting in all the effort but the student is doing nothing then the educational relationship is bound to fail. the question is how do we care for something or someone who doesn't want help. you can't. no matter how hard you try, if the other party doesn't want to advance then it won't and vice versa. im going to end off my night with some homework and a late-night workout.

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2/6/2024

Good Evening King Tiger Family! Today I woke up feeling better. I woke up a little later than normal and I did not do any requirements before school. School was normal except when I got there I found out someone took my headphones out my cubby. No one admitted to having them and I had to borrow some from school. I was not happy because I just got them for Christmas. They are going to look into it tomorrow. I have another pair at home that mom my said I could take and bring back home for now. Other than that my day was good except now we can't play with other classes during recess because some kids don't listen. I spent most of recess running laps. We picked up chikfila for dinner when my mom picked me up and I did my requirements after that. I'm about to play video...

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2/6/24

Today was a normal day at school I had study hall today so I could work on a project. After school I did some requirements and then did some homework. B6 the time I finished all my homework it was 6:30 so my mom made me dinner and then I organized my room and now I’m about to sleep.

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2/6/2024

I have no missing assignments at all now and my grades are a 90 average and i’m very proud of that. Today when i was walking to the bathroom at school a girl i’ve never met before she’s new walked out and stopped me to tell me I looked very pretty and it made my day. 

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2/6 - #18

HI :) Today I went to TKD at around 6:40, and came home around 8:50. I worked on rolls and falls, pull ups, and planks for the time from 6:40 to 7:35. Then I took an adult class, where we worked on our self defenses, and I got to work with Mrs. Palmer!! After that, I worked with Jill, my mentee. We worked on her kicks for yellow belt and her self defenses. I mixed up high yellow and yellow belt, but I did fix that. She also got to use Matthew as her target. I'm not sure what his relation is to her, except that he makes an excellent punching bag. I have a math test tomorrow, which I'll pretend to be excited about. I know that stuff, its just the pressure that comes in the form of a test. yaaayyy mathh I also tried to explain velocity to my friend in...

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2/6/24

Today I accidentally woke up late and then I had school. When I got home from school I played Fortnite and then I was on the phone with one of my friends. After that I headed to TKD and got Chick Fil A for dinner. After TKD my sisree wanted chick fil a too and so my mom said that I could get ice cream. Then I went home took a shower and went to bed

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2/6/24 Journal #32

I woke up, got ready for school.  And like normal mom and I walked to school.  I got to school and did my normal school stuff.  I went to KT after and played with my friends and did my blackbelt stuff and ran a mile with Instructor Courtney!  After that we had Bojangles for dinner in the car on the way to scouts!  Then I came home took a shower, wrote this journal and read a little  more of the Grit workbook, now I am heading to bed!

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February 6th, 2024

Today I woke up and had the exact same morning routine as yesterday, except there was another curve ball. My nose started bleeding this morning. I am pretty sure it is because my room gets so dry at night; I plan to take some precautions now with a re-humidifier in my room. I dealt with the issue, was almost late for school, but still made it on time. I had a pretty normal day at school. After school I had a meeting about CPCC classes next year, which I plan to take; now I just have to work them into my schedule. After that I hung out with my girlfriend for about 30 minutes then went to run club. We had a pretty good workout and I got to hang out with some of my close friends. I then came home and finished up some requirements. Afterwards, I ate, did some...

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2/6 Are you ok?

Today was good. i started off with a mile run before school and had breakfast then didnt miss my bus today (unlike yesterday). My mom made 100 copies of my Popcorn Fundraiser poster so I can hand out in the neighborhood. After school, I did homework, practiced my oboe, ate dinner and ran another mile before doing all my other requirements. I even did 30 minutes of poomsae... I'm exhausted. I took a little break to write this journal and now back to finish a little bit more before bed.  I hope everyone had a great day and stay safe.  S5:E4 - Michael Jackson, Smooth Criminal.  4 out of 5. ("Annie, are you ok? Are you ok, Annie?")  That's all i have to say about this one.

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2/6/24- #22

Another light day. School was a little boring, but we did learn more of our spanish song in chorus today which is nice. Instructing today went well and now I'm back at home doing homework and talking with friends. This week seems like it will be pretty uneventful until the weekend.....

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2/6

Today Bailey middle school chorus, band and orchastra came to our school and played some songs and music for the 5th graders. I liked the band instruments and it made me want to try out the trombone. I then went to TKD class tonight and did some more class assistance and a mentee session. Ate a hamburger for dinner and now getting ready for bed. Have a great night everyone!

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2/6/2024

Today I woke up to see my fish shoes have been cleaned thanks to my dad so I wore them to school today. While I was in science class a 5 year old got into a fight with another kid. He was sad and then I asked him "did you win?" And then he started giggling so I guess he did.

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Cadens Journal

Today I got my miles done in PE. In social studies, we just studied for a test that we have next week. In ELA we worked on a project and my group finished it. Lunch and recess was pretty boring because they shortened it down. The rest of the day was pretty monotonous. Then I came home did some homework and studying after that I did requirements and now I am preparing for class.

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2/6

I woke up and did my black belt things and now getting ready for school but I hope today will not be as bad as yesterday and I hope the test that I have tomorrow will go great so my teachers are not unhappy with me and I hope that today will just go by fast so I can just get home and finish my mile run.

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Monday

This was another day that I felt like I didn't get much done, but realized I studied, swept, mopped, cleaned, washed dishes, washed clothes & dog beds, moved plants, walked the dog, rotated dogs every hour for free-ranging, completed TKD requirements, read a chapter of my book, filled in my calendar, attended a zoom meeting and ate...all without sugar today!  

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02/05/24

today i woke up at 5 and knocked out my requirements in the morning before school. i went to jail and i had a pretty normal day. after school i was so tired and wanted to take a nap but i had to go to taekwondo to do a mentee session and help out with class. when i got home from school i found out that the power went out so i was practicing my forms and doing homework in the dark. i helped my dad hold the garage up while he took the car out because there was no power. i helped out with the class and had a good time seeing the kids. i've learned most of their names by now. i then did a mentee session with isa and came back home. it's currently 11:35 and i have more homework please save me

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Feb 5

Today was like living on autopilot. I've had the same day many times before. But hey at the end of the day I'm still here being me. Had some chic fil a for dinner too.

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2/5/24- #21

Today was quite boring in school. We recieved a science project that lasts a whole 2 weeks that will probably bore me. I finally got back to instructing after being out for a week due to my knee. It felt so good to be back (though I forgot how exhausting it can be sometimes). I'm just finishing some homework now and will probably grab a snack. Tomorrow is going to be exciting, especially because my friend apparently has a suprise for me.....

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2/5/24

Today I woke up and wore a new soccer jersey for Liverpool FC but they lost their match today. At school I finished all my work and my teacher just told me to sit down and do nothing for 20 mins and it was a boring 20 mins. After school I came home and did my requirements. At TKD I hyperextended my knee and was limping on the way out. 

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2/5: busy

2/5: today I woke up early and had a paper in English class today. we had to compare and contrast the lord of the flies book and movie. then I went to chipotle. then I ate, showered, and left for tkd. at kt Harrisburg we practiced our forms and our stick forms. then after class me, parker, and molly went for a night run together. I came home and did some math homework and now I'm going to study for an economy test that I have tomorrow.

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Fourth of July

Hello guys! Before you start reading make sure you like and subscribe and hit the notification bell so you know when I release a new journal entry. Thank you! Please enjoy! Today I did the usual including helping out out with classes after school. At night I came back for Master Chelley’s really cool self taught adult class. We couldn’t get through warmup without everyone laughing. One minute you’re counting like a whisper, you see Caleb make a sour face and then you’re counting like you’re cheering on your favorite sports team. We had fun but we worked really hard too. Well I’m sorry but that’s all the time I have tonight. It’s getting pretty late. I will leave you with a random fact. Did you know that your name spelled with the letters of your name is your name? (Boom) good night all

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2/5

Happy Monday! Busier day than usual with work. Got a run in and bb requirements done for the day. Took Jovi to his guitar lesson. Went to King Tiger and had a session with my mentees and assisted with a class. Hope everyone had a great Monday. 

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2/5 Journal

Today was a normal day i woke up went to school and got busy . in math we played a game and my team tied for first so we got candy.In science we had a sub so obviously i barely got any work done. In spanish we got our test scores back and I got a 100 which Im really happy about. In social studies me and rachael finished our project. I Ela I just read the entire class because I finished all the work. Once I got home I did my requirements then went to my Tkd. I first helped out with the Junior tiger class then went to my own Weekday black belt class. after I got a mentor session. Once i got home I ate dinner did a chore and now I need to go to sleep

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02/05 Normal day.

And today started with me running one mile right after I woke up. Then missed the bus and had to ran another mile to school! I guess that's one way to get my running done! Other than that, today was really normal. My back is killing me. I did the rest of my requirements after the 6:45 class and I'm so ready for bed. Before bed though, my mom helped me make my poster for my school band fundraiser. I'm giving it to all my neighbors and putting it up at King Tiger to hopefully get some more people to support me. You wanna help? Click the link below between 2/8 - 2/12!  Thanks and stay safe.  Graceyn's Popcorn Fundraiser!

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Journal for Monday

Hello King Tiger! Hey, quick joke: What do you call a person who likes Mondays? Unemployed. For some reason my computer is so cold and I am about to fall asleep while typing this journal. Today, I started reading Atomic Habits, and so far, so good. I am not wearing my glasses right now which is making me fall asleep, I guess. Today was fun. I finished a project early and I have to study for quiz tomorrow and a test on Thursday. For us, there is no school on Friday, which turned Friday into FriYay(Get it?) and it is also some time to finish some essays. Going to fall asleep. Bye y'all!!!!

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February 5th, 2024

Another normal day, except my dad is on a work trip. I woke up and did requirements; it was weird not doing them with my dad. I then went to school, which was pretty productive. I then came home did some homework then went to the gym and had a nice workout. It has been a month or so since I have been to the gym; I haven't been in a while mainly because I have been racing so much. Afterwards I headed straight to Tae Kwon Do. I helped out with a class and got to work with some yellow belts on proper blocking preps and IL Chang. Afterwards I came home and finished up my requirements for the day. I then finished homework, stretched, and now I am here. 

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2/5 - #17

Good 9:09 PM! I finally got to take some classes today, a high belt class and then a black belt class. I then got to take a mentorship with Master Foster and Deetya. Although I am a little tired, I have many things to work on, and that in itself is motivating! I'm utilizing my laptop's timer again, so I can have focus periods for schoolwork and then take breaks to work on requirements :D Overall, a good day!!

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2/5/2024

Today I went to school and I got all of my history, math, and science work done and I placed a Bags of hope box. There was only one box of craft mac-n-cheese in the box. After school I went to TKD and danced instead of working out and I didn't like that because I'm not good at dancing. After TKD me and my friends went for a run in crocs. I couldn't keep up with them so I was alone in the dark.

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2/5/24

Today I had school and I ran 2 miles on the playground. When I got home I tried playing Fortnight with my friend but it didn't work so I just hanged out until I went to TKD. Before I went I had 2 corndogs for dinner and after TKD we ran a mile outside at this park. It freezing cold. 

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Jordan Small-2/5/24-#30

Today I went to school and had a bible and science test I think I did pretty decent on them, then I had PE with was boring for once :0.  After school I did my homework and then went to class.  During the 5:15 class I assisted and did leadership 1, after that class I did a mentor session with Master Marcus, and worked on knife self defense.  Then I took the 6:00 class and we did poomsae and self defense in the back, when I got home I ate and did my requirements.     Have a nice day or night!

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2/5/24 Journal #31

I woke up this morning got ready for school.  Mom and I walked to school.  I had a math test today at school, we did blocks like normal.  Then I got to KT and took class, this week I am doing my white belt challenge! After class I did some black belt stuff, did a session with my mentee and played with my friends.  Finally we went home and had TACOS for dinner.  Now I am going to bed.

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2/5/24 #29

Monday, monday... back to school. It was kind of a relax day since we had a sub. After school, I went home and I worked out for 25 minutes with my sister. Then I got ready for taekwondo at 5:15 class and I did some assistance. Then I took the 6:00 pm class. We practiced a lot the geumgang poomsae and I practiced the mountain stance and did high kicking defense as well. That basically sums up my day so it is time to go to bed!

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2/5/2024

Hello King Tiger Family! Today when I woke up I felt sick so I could not go to school. I took the first few hours of my day to just relax and rest. Then around noon I had breakfast and watched tv. Later in the day I knocked out my requirements and did some Grit workbook activities. After I took the rest of the day to myself and then I had dinner later. Now I'm about to hop in the shower and wind down for the next hour I have. Tomorrow I have MAP testing so wish me good luck. Good night. 

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2/5 Journal

Today I had a test in school which I felt confident about. I got home did my requirements then went to work. After I got back I did my homework.

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2/5

Today I woke up and did my black belt requirements. After that I got ready for school and went to school. During Science, we extracted DNA from a strawberry. And then I completely messed it up by accidently pouring the chunks of strawberry with the DNA. In Math, it was pretty boring. We just did a simple worksheet. In Spanish, we learned how to describe family. Then in ELA, we just did a simple worksheet on the Harlem Renaissance. After school, I came home and immediately ran. Then after my run, I played some video games, ate dinner and then went to bed.   

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i stayed at home

 today i stayed home i did some  requirments  then i listen to godzilla by emnim and juice wrld then i just was reading so bye

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Progress

Today can be describe a progressing. I progressed further in my career with orientation today. I finished Atomic Habit today. I went for a recovery run and my relax pace has gotten faster. Braxton and I have been running together, and he's improved a lot. And I made the best matcha latte this morning.  Today was a good day. I'm about to go out and celebrate the new job with a few people.  

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2/5

Today I had a normal day at school and I had barley any homework! After that I went to class got a Mentor session in. Then I came home and ate some pasta for dinner.

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Caden Journal

today was pretty chill, but i realized it was a Monday, that ruined it. in PE we ran a mile and then we pretty much did regular classwork and all the classes. But, in ELA we had a big test. She said that she will get it done and graded by sometime this week so I’m waiting on that. Now I am working on essays and requirements and getting ready for class today. Bye. 

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2/4/2024

Today me and my dad went to the park to run. As soon as I started running there were three paths one had a huge pile of dirt on it, one said closed, and the other one was a road. I took the road path and I thought my dad did too but he didn't so I ran around trying to find him and then he just showed up after I ran a mile and a half. 

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Feb 4

Today was pretty chill. Went to my mom's house for a bit then headed to the Hornets game. Brandon Miller dropped a career high game so that was pretty cool.

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Happy Sunday!

Happy Sunday!  We went to church and my SIL visited and sang with my husband.  Everyone loved it and of course when church was over, my husband had little crowds around him as he showed his video of the previous days incident.  If you read yesterdays journal, my husband told me that per the doctor what I actually saw was his muscles moving back and forth, not the tendons.  That's how deep the gash is.  Whatever it was, I still can't fully watch the video, because what I saw was unbelievable.  After church we ate lunch at Hello, Sailor.  The rest of today is a blur, so I'll work on the rest of my physical requirements tomorrow.  I am almost finished with the Blooket game for the written test and I will read a little this evening.

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Sunday 2/4

Worked a lot on kicks at poomsae class today. I really want to prioritize my kicks now, even with the increase in physical requirements. As always on Sunday I prepared for the week. I made Salmon in the air frier for the first time. Excited for orientation day tomorrow!

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2/4/2024

Good Evening King Tiger Family! Today I went to church and saw a bunch of kids from my school. After church we went to the store to pick up supplies for my Black history project. I am John Lewis for our living museum so I have to write a speech to present in class and at the museum and also make a tri fold board about him to display. The board is the last part of the project I have left to do. I started typing some facts and accomplishments to use for the board and just have to work on printing pictures and putting it all together later this week. My mom bought me a suit to wear for the final presentation. I feel really excited about this presentation and can't wait until I get to present my project. I learned a lot about John Lewis and new things about...

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Journal for Sunday

Hello King Tiger! Today was a good day that started off well and ended well. My requirements went well. I saw my test score for the test that I took last Sunday and I got a 97 on it. I was pretty happy about it. I finished my requirements and watched Inside Out. I am tired now and my dad cooked up some real good food. Got to go to sleep now. See y'all on Wednesday(or Thursday, I have a lot of things going on right now).

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Word of the day: fun

Hello fellow fifth week black belt cyclers! Today will be a cool journal because it's about JR instructor's camp. When we got there, I was really excited, and ended up having a blast, like every year! All of the classes were fun, but for me, I liked crav maga. I liked the dynamicness of it and we kinda learned a new martial art. I also liked nun chucks with master Foster, and I really liked Master Knight's classes: the trilogy (boom noise!) but something extremely cool was that my dad was an instructor there this year! It was exciting and felt weird to have my dad there the whole time (except for bedtime, I don't think he could put up with that). He and Miss Jen lead their own class: team building. I thought it was fun but other kids thought otherwise. It seemed like everyone was having fun at the time tho. I hope...

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February 4th, 2024

Today I woke up, did my morning requirements and went to church. I volunteered in the kids room again and worked with the kindergarten and 1st graders. It was a little hectic, but we all made it through and I hope they learned something today. I then came home and ate some lunch. Afterwards I started working on a essay that I have grossly overwrote. Shortly afterwards I did a lot of requirements to catch up from what I have missed this week. This seems to be the new norm for me; miss a few days of requirements, make them up on Sunday. Then I wrote some more of my essay for school. Then I hung out with my girlfriend. Came home, wrote more of my essay, stretched, showered, and now I am here. 

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2/4

Today I woke up and just hung out on my phone for a couple hours. Then, I ate breakfast and went to class. I did my jump rope and push ups before and after class. After class I came back home and did burpees. I ate lunch and played video games for a while. Then went on a run with my parents. I ran about 3 miles. After I ran I did 2 minutes of pull ups to get ahead. I did self defense, ate dinner, and that’s it. 

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