The first thing I did when I got home was clear off everything and put the handbook on top of my desk. Smack in the middle.
The second thing I did was to make a paper chain. I had exactly fourteen days until the belt test, so I made a chain with thirteen white links and one yellow one. Master Kim told us to visualize our goals. The yellow was in honor of my new belt color.
I hung the paper chain on my bulletin board. And then I sat at my desk, opened the handbook, and made twenty flash cards with all the words and phrases I had to know.
The flash cards were yellow, too.