The quiet time. What is important to you and why essay

Prompt: what is important to you and why (max 250) words.

The quiet time

I woke up to the insistent buzzing of my phone alarm at 5:00am and gently reached for my bible and earpiece at the bedside.
I come from a religious family and my parents believed in training us in the right doctrines. For instance, in seventh grade, my mom introduced me to a daily practice which she she partook in and referred to as quiet time. At that time, as a kid, this had no meaning to me hence I considered it a waste of my time. To me, it was just all about saying my prayers and reading my bible daily but as I grew up, I realized I gradually became a better person each day as I struggled to keep up to the time I chose; a practice that required discipline, consistency and sacrifice.

Over time, quiet time to me revolved from a daily practice to please my mom to something I enjoyed doing. Hence, when my aunt told me I could learn so much from studying the bible I didn't disagree. Quiet time to me has become more than just a religious practice; I consider it a learning process also. Quiet time gives me the peace and solitude to reflect on various areas of my life. Apart from the knowledge and values I learn from the Bible, I also have the opportunity to enjoy one of my hobbies; listening to inspirational music by individuals who overcame significant challenges in life.

Even though there are still times when I slap the snooze button and go back to sleep, I wake up the next morning with a new zeal to keep to my time.

Chinenye, here is a piece of unsolicited advice. It is alright and admirable to write about your quiet time as a period of self reflection and meditation. It is not okay to relate that point in time to any religious references due to the high degree of tension surrounding such topics. It would be in the best interest of your essay to not "accidentally" insult someone reading your essay because of your description of your religious beliefs. That is, unless you are applying to a religious university. In which case, this essay is right up that alley.

Personally, I would refocus the essay on the topic of learning about myself and finding solutions to my problems through the quiet contemplation that the quiet time allows me. You can even make a reference to meditative yoga if you wish as that is a common relaxation practice in the West and is acceptable as quiet time. I am just worried about the religious reference because it normally does not bode well in terms of application considerations unless in a religious school setting. By the way the term is "evolve" not "revolve".

@Chichi9
I think its a bit too religious and normally for essays like this its better to write about something more general. Its safer. But its simple and straight to the point though.

I am religious so I understand what you say, but other people may not. and what you wrote "I also have the opportunity to enjoy one of my hobbies..." .what do you mean"one of my hobbies"

The last sentence, it is not clear for me

@Chichi9

Religion is a really sensitive topic. The reviewer could even be of a different religion. I suggest you select a different topic, something general that everyone can relate with.

Good luck