How would I want to feel when I got that black belt

I would want to feel like I did the best that    I could . I want to feel like I pushed my self to the limit and like I went above and beyond. Getting a black belt is not the end but a new beginning. I don't want stop at first degree I want to continue and I hope you want to also. Standing on that stage I want to know that I gave it my all. Not just giving it my all on testing day but through the entire test.I hope you guys feel the same way and I hope we can  all continue together as a team

HOW I WANNA FEEL WITH MY NEW BELT AROUND MY WAIST AND WITH MY OLD BELT AROUND MY HEAD. AND MY JOURNEY

i wanna feel proud that i have accomplished this journey. i wanna know that i gave it my ALL in the test. whenever i have gotten a new belt in the past few years i have felt like i have gone to another level but when i get earn my Black Belt, i wanna feel like it is a whole new start to an adventure!!!! in this time that we have been training i have actually met another person in me and i do things that i actually didn't think that i could accomplish! i can do more than i thought i could do. Aim High has changed my life in so many ways because i have had some good times but also some bad ones. when we went on the Beach Workout i don't think i would have ever climbed up the dune. but i am happy i did because it felt really good when i looked at the dune and said "i climbed up this dune!" being a martial artist i have learned how to do more things i have ever imagined of doing. i just wanna thank everybody for helping me in everything i know, but i mostly wanna thank KJN Jeremy because  he has helped me with allot hard times. :):)

Walking off the stage after receiving your black belt is almost indescribable. At the end of my last graduation ceremony I wasn't thinking of any regrets or that I didn't put in a thousand percent the whole year, because I felt that I had done my absolute best and that I was going to continue to push and strive to be even better. I only thought of how amazing it was that I have so much family around me. Aside from my friends and family filling up a whole section of the audience, I looked around at all of my fellow testers and instructors who gave up so much of their time to help me and who wouldn't let me quit. As the last two years have passed since my last test, I continue to be overwhelmed  by the people around me who refuse to let me give up and take so much of their time to see me through until I reach my goal. I also had the wonderful opportunity to really coach, mentor and give my time to help my fellow testers this year, and I will always be humbled by that. Getting your black belt is absolutely one of the coolest, most unbelievable things that will ever happen to you, but remember its just the beginning. You still need to live like you are training, especially with how you act outside of the studio. And remember, you wouldn't be standing here today without your parents and your Aim High family. Don't ever forget that. I hope that this time around when I get to step off the stage with my second degree tied around my waist that I will once again have no regrets about this year's test, continue to strive to be that much better and do my best to be a good example when I go back out into the world. Here's to phase 4 and the big day. Finish with the same thing that made you start.

Hey team. I would want to feel tired and proud that I tried my hardest after the test. After the test a want to know that I tried my best and earned my belt. Well I just wanted to share that.

P.S my first time writing about kjn suggested blog.

I am in awe of all of you!

Team,

You are all amazing and I have missed being there with you all during training.

Some of you might know that I started college again (developing myself mentally) and I have been struggling with some of my responsibilities. I knew it was going to be difficult starting school again, because I haven't had to study and take test (besides Aim High) in a long time. The work was challenging, but I worked very hard and received an A in writing and a B in women's studies. I will also finish my art class this week and I feel confident that I will earn another A.

All you young testers, you are incredible! You all go to school and train at Aim High, ad I'm sure a lot of you do other sports and activities. You do all that and still train so hard and perform so well. I didn't do as well as I could when I skipped the #3 evaluation this Saturday. I haven't made training a priority after I started school this summer, and I feel ashamed when I make excuses. You guys haven't made excuses.

To the testers parents, you guys are so hard core. You guys and girls all work, cook, volunteer, drive your kids to train and support them in so many ways. I would love to have advice and guidance from any one of you. I'm feeling overwhelmed by school, training, coaching my son's soccer team, cooking and making time to practice my martial arts on my own.

Thanks for reading. I'll be with you as often as I can before the big test. Thanks for letting me be a part of your team.

Jeremy

How I want to feel walking off-stage with a new belt wrapped around my waist and my old belt around my neck, is happy and proud of myself, thinking that I did the best of my abilities. I want to feel happy that everyone knows that feeling as they walk off-stage with me. I want to feel victorious. And even though everyone went though so many tiring situations, I want to have that little burst of energy that gives everyone the strength to walk off-stage, heads held high, to smile ear to ear, and the strength to be high-fiving left and right. And the last feeling I want to have is depression, or sadness from not earning that belt. I hope you guys feel the same way too. : )

Did you know: There are 32,556,926 seconds in a year. 

•Serena•

Progress #3

GOAL:  My goal is to have my acts of kindness and environmental acts (minor and major), Leadership project, food journals, black belt events, empathy training, fitness evaluations, and fast defense training logs done and ready to present by October 1st, 2013.

Things I've achieved in the last week:
- +1 more black belt event log. (2/3)
- First full poom belt class.
- +10 minor acts of kindness. (120/200)
- +10 minor environmental acts. (115/200)
- A plan to help at the fair with cows. (Major act of kindness 2/3)
- Fitness evaluation! (2/3) (350 sit-ups!)
-  A plan to research for major environmental acts. (0/3)

Things I have yet to achieve:
- Empathy training.
- Catch up my training logs.
- Food journals.
- Leadership project.
- Fitness Evaluation #3
- Fast defense.
- Type up my last 2 interviews.

KJN Jeremy once told me that getting behind is not what's important. The important thing is how you plan to catch back up. I've made my plan, I'm sticking to it, and I'm making time for it. My only worry is that I didn't make this plan soon enough and wasted too much time. I plan on setting up a meeting with KJN Jeremy for next week.