Black Belt Life Skill: Self-Control

One black belt life skill is self control. To me, self control is when you control your feelings. If you don't control your feelings you may start some physical action. You could also start some distraction for others or yourself, or you could make people feel bad about something.

I have shown self control by controlling my temper when I get mad at my sister. To stay calm, I tell myself that if I get angry I might lose temper and hit my sister and she could get hurt.

Another way I have shown self control is when I controlled my excitement during my bodan belt test. I did not want to distract the other testers, audience or judges. I kept my mind on remembering what I needed for my test, like my poomsae.

Sometimes I distract myself with my feelings for example, excitement. One time I distracted myself while I was doing homework on the computer. I distracted myself with nosiness because I wanted to know what my sister was doing on the iPad. I used self control and told myself that if I wanted to have playtime before I had to eat I needed to get my work done.

I have also shown self control when I was told that my classmate had invited me to a birthday party but I will be in Atlanta at a tournament. I felt very disappointed that I couldn't go the party, but I controlled my disappointment by realizing that my classmate will have another birthday next year and I could go to that birthday party.

I hope you use self control too!