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Military BallYesterday, my JROTC unit held its annual Military Ball. This is one of my favorite JROTC events each year. It’s essentially like prom, but just for ROTC students. The girls get to wear long prom dresses and i…
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Life RecapNothing super interesting has been going on recently, so I am going to just give a little life update. Since I started this test, I have gotten much more used to having to do my daily numbers every day, to the…
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MeditationOne of the many tasks that I need to complete on my black belt test is doing 15 minutes of meditation every day. I don’t talk about it a whole lot on here, so I’m going to talk about it in this blog. Meditation was…
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Meditation is something I have had difficulty doing. The book You Are Here by Thich Nhat Hahn is an excellent book that talks about meditation. It helped me get better at meditation. I recommend reading it because it has excellent insights about meditation.
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Bataan Death MarchOver this weekend, I participated in my JROTC’s Bataan Death March. Every year, we do the Bataan Death March in honor of the thousands of American and Filipino POWs who died during the Bataan Death March in 1942. I…
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That sounds like a good way to honor all those people that died. That’s great that you were able to walk 14 miles to help get more miles for the test. Keep on moving.
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FinalsThis week at my school is finals week. This is the last week of the first semester, so I have a week of early release days, but also a week filled with lots of hard tests. Because I am now an upperclassman, I…
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I hope you did well on your finals. Try not to put so much stress on being a straight A student. You are very busy with working at the dojo and the challenge. That doesn’t give you the same amount of time to study as in the past. Learning to balance all of it is a great lesson.
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That sounds like a fantastic night. All of you and your friends look very beautiful. It
is good to have enjoyable days during this challenge because this challenge is so difficult.