take control, feel better
At the moment I have several green stripes in my hair, my toenails are painted green, and so are both my thumbnails. If I had been nervous about my test last night, these things would have been charms to help me do my pattern right, but since I had prepared adequately for a change, I [...]
I got my green belt today (YAY!) and I wasn’t even a bit scared. So I have officially checked one goal off my 2011 list – the fearless belt test. The nature of the test helped. It was broken up in two parts, was held at our usual practice spot and I was tested by [...]
I’m like a frickin’ Zen Koan here. One of my goals for 2011 is to learn to face my Taekwon-do belt tests without fear. * Usually, right before my test I’m all whacked out, worried that I might mess up, or that I don’t know my stuff or that I might make an ass of myself. [...]
