A New Day

 I look forward to the Chinese New Year Banquet every year. I love seeing all of the demos, the lion and dragon dance, and seeing everyone’s hard work through the year being showcased. This year being the year that I was honored with my Black Belt of course brought more of a special meaning to me. It was a very proud, emotional day. (If you couldn’t tell lol)

The last several months have gone by in almost a blur. In my grading year I was hyper focused on grading day, and then preparing for the New Year’s banquet. Although this brought many great opportunities, in being so focused on these primary objectives, I feel I let why I love Kung Fu go by the wayside a bit. 

I love learning new things, and progressing in my training. It wasn’t that I wasn’t doing this over the last year, but being focused on these objectives it became solely about that, and I lost myself a little. I struggled greatly with my confidence, and I put so much into my training, I wore myself down, which in turn didn’t help the confidence. My mistakes became detrimental to me, and that certainly doesn’t help. Trust myself, believe in myself was advice given to me in my one on ones. 

Today is a new day, and although my belt color has changed, my path is still the same. Everyday will bring new opportunities to learn and grow. My journey begins anew everyday, as I am new person everyday. I look forward to focusing on me, progressing wisely , and seeing what new challenges await me. 

Thank you to everyone who shared my special day, offered support, and congratulations. You are all such a big part of my journey.