Earned my green belt with blue stripe tonight.
Honestly, though, in the last month or so I’ve really stopped caring about my belt color. I know what I know, and I don’t know what I don’t know (a lot more than what I know), and that doesn’t change regardless of my belt.
The belt may reflect what I know to the outside world, but it in no way defines what I know. And since I’m doing martial arts for me, and no one else, I’m not particularly concerned with reflecting what I know to the outside world.
So, I’ll wear the belt, out of respect for the school and for the positive effect it has on other people, but I’m not really fired up any more for new belts for my own sake.
I even considered eliminating this goal, but I think I’ll keep it around anyway.
